Temple University's Intern Teaching Program, a self-supporting graduate program to develop liberal arts and science graduates as secondary school teachers, involves two years of full-time teaching and formal course work on the campus. A highly selective program, it leads to a provisional teaching certificate and a master's degree. An intensive…

With decreasing enrollments in student teaching programs and the increasing need for more responsive education, it has become imperative that the choosing of cooperating teachers be more selective and that all concerned--university supervisors of student teachers, cooperating teachers, teachers of methods classes in the college of education, and…

This paper compares the methods for prescribing exercise according to various contemporary authorities. The programs are compared as to their goals, the testing modalities and physiological parameters used for prescription of the initial training session, and the methods and the progression of training. Regarding goals, there is a general…

In an attempt to identify and develop the unique competencies and contributions of supervisors a list of 180 technical skills of science supervisors was reviewed by a national jury comprised of four panels: state science supervisors, local science supervisors, science educators, and directors of National Science Foundation institutes for science…

This document reports on a study to determine (1) the status of the administrative internship in 1967-68 University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA) universities, (2) university supervisors' perceptions of the future of the administrative internship, and (3) the role of the internship in future preparation programs for school…

This paper reviews the development of the supervisory conference from 1930 to the present and contrasts the objectives and procedures of traditional and emerging models of supervision. A general discussion of systematic observation instruments for use in supervisory conferences leads to detailed descriptions of and directions for using two…

This study describes professional and curricular innovations in a traditional high school English department within one academic year, resulting from a self-evaluation prepared for the regional accrediting association. The study provides an overview of the school's community, a description of the faculty and student body, and a portrait of the…

This report discusses the kinds of objectives that supervisors should pursue and proposes an approach that emphasizes human resource development and organizational enrichment as proper emphases for modern supervisors. The author illustrates the advantages of his approach over traditional and contemporary supervisory approaches by considering four…

Many studies have suggested that supervisor performance and employee knowledge of organizational policies are related--that the better supervisors are those who are more sensitive to their communication responsibilities so that they tend to give clear instructions and keep their subordinates properly informed. A study was devised to test this…

In many cases the only solution to dealing with unsuccessful teachers is to encourage them to go into some other profession. However, it is also the obligation of principals to make certain the beginning teachers get all the assistance that can be provided them to avoid the pitfalls and difficulties that the challenge of the classroom presents.…

To offer the best field work experiences to a graduate student, it is necessary to plan carefully the types of assignments that the student will have. The author feels that in some instances, the student's vacation periods enhance treatment, and in other instances severly retard treatment gains. (Author)

Research indicates that four-minute videotape segments may provide the best, most practical diagnostic tool available to supervisors in both preservice and inservice programs. (Author/MLF)

Supervisors, in order to fulfill their responsibilities for helping teachers become more effective in the classroom, need to have guidelines for helping a teacher who is in the throes of a personal problem. (Author)

Describes a process of supervision that the author used successfully when he was a principal. (Author/MLF)

The role of state agencies in improving school library/media programs is discussed. When federal funds were made available to states for school libraries through the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, some states provided funds plus leadership for school library development. However, activity has been reduced in many states recently. (Author)