Responds to previous article on supervision of beginning and advanced graduate students of counseling and psychotherapy (Ronnestad and Skovholt, 1993). Assesses usefulness of developmental model in understanding and evaluating supervisory process and compares differences between Norway and United States in supervisory practice. (NB)

Discusses and demonstrates how supervisors of therapists can improve their understanding of gender-related communication problems and preferences by listening for the voices of both care and justice in counseling supervision. Advocates literary, deconstructionist method of analysis that can be used to teach therapists and supervisors to notice…

Describes and interprets the processes that supervisors currently use in conference, relying on anthropological linguistics and other qualitative techniques. Reconstructs a contextual definition of the supervisor conference and suggests some implications for future supervisory study and practice. Supervisors' controlling behaviors make collegial…

Some companies are finding ways to manage a culturally diverse work force: analyzing work force composition, increasing awareness of attitudinal differences and diversity issues, thinking interculturally about problems, mentoring diverse employees, making standards fluid enough for all achievers, and rewarding successful managers of diverse…

Describes a mentoring project whose purpose was to answer the challenge of balancing the school counselors' personal and professional development needs during the critical first year. Describes mentor selection, mentor training, program implementation, and project evaluation. (ABL)

Investigated effect of Structured Group Supervision (SGS) model on master's-level counseling students' (n=194) personal and skill development. Collected data during participants' enrollment in practicum courses taught over seven-year period. SGS model of group supervision seemed superior in comparison with "control" group model.…

Considered construct of self-monitoring as potential variable for supervisor assessment of counseling trainees. Data from 65 doctoral students from 4 counseling psychology programs suggest that counseling trainee's self-monitoring status was related to additional counseling and personality variables, particularly relationship between…

Explores three aspects of management research supervision: range and adequacy of supervisory roles, processes of supervisory intervention, and perceptions of power relationships. Identifies actions for supervisees, supervisors, and organizations in terms of academic and supervisory roles, intervention styles, and power relationships. (SK)

Presents a standardized curriculum that can be applied to a variety of counselor supervisor training programs. Includes suggestions for implementation and research. Notes this guide is based on current knowledge, composed of the limited theoretical and empirical literature and supplemented by working group members' experience with supervision.…

Although both professionalism and leadership are prescribed as cures for school problems, the two concepts are antithetical. The more professionalism is emphasized, the less leadership is needed. Teachers become more committed and self-managing when schools become true communities, freeing principals from the burden of trying to control people.…

Responses from 446 of 1,283 public agency personnel directors showed that 40% had ethical dilemmas when 2-career couples were employed in the same agency. Most prohibited only supervisory relationships between spouses and offered employment assistance. Reform of the merit system may be needed to stay competitive in the face of this demographic…

Argues that schools, in trying to restructure to improve education, must tap the resources of all employees, including women as potential managers. Outlines ways that administrators and other influential groups might encourage women to step forward as managers and administrators. (HB)

Describes a model for the structured group supervision of counselor trainees. Discusses preliminary research on the model's effectiveness. Presents five phases of Structured Group Supervision model: request-for-assistance statement, questioning period and identification of focus, feedback statements, supervisee response, and optional discussion…

Responding to Francis M. Duffy's article in the same "Journal of Curriculum and Supervision" issue, this article argues that insurance agents are in the business of selling policies and bringing in revenue, not promoting personal care for clients. Education attempts to cultivate equality, collegiality, and cooperation, not personal and…

Francis Duffy's case study of a district manager in the insurance business suggests comparative inquiry in supervision as a reasonable alternative to uncritical acceptance of constructs originating in noneducational contexts. Managers and supervisors in all organizational settings face the paradoxical task of encouraging both differentiation and…