This descriptive analysis of Michigan State's Student Teacher Education Project (STEP) focuses on the problems encountered in its acceptance and first five years of operation. Basic data for the analysis was obtained from systematic evaluation interviews with students, their instructors and supervisors, and members of the project staff. Chapter 1…

This paper discusses the psychobehavioral approach to counseling supervision the goals of which involve learning to be therapeutic as well as helping the trainee to become therapeutic. A discussion of the various phases of the supervisory process is presented including the trust phase, work phase, and termination phase. A brief discussion of…

This study investigated the use of feedback and encouragement in improving counselor effectiveness. Clients judged their counselors significantly higher than did expert raters. However, a significant correlation occured between the client and rater opinions concerning helpful counselors. Counselors receiving feedback based on client-rater…

This collection of readings examines teacher education by looking at present trends, issues, and innovations with a special emphasis on field experiences. The book, which is directed mainly toward students of teacher education, is divided into four sections that discuss a) the nature of teacher education from a broad theoretical base, b) the…

A manual setting out the policies of the Neighborhood Centers Day Care Association (NCDCA) describes the day mother's relationship to the agency; her relationship to parent and child; licensing; fees and attendance; the daily program--including meals, rest, clothing, play, field trips, and disciplines; safety; training programs; and health…

This report presents the highlights of a year's experience with the advisory approach to the in-service education of elementary school teachers. The term "advisory" is defined as in-service assistance to teachers that is provided only at their request, in terms of their own goals, and "in situ" rather than in formal courses; it is designed in such…

This paper focuses on using a systems approach to develop supervisory conference strategies to be tested in constructed and controlled teaching-supervisory situations. This involves identifying performance objectives through a functional analysis of teaching and analyzing the interacting and interdependent variables. It is then necessary to…

This training manual was developed to provide newly appointed first-line supervisors in vocational rehabilitation with principles and techniques of casework supervision. Chapters cover: (1) agency goals and the function of the supervisor in establishing, maintaining, and involving those he supervises in the goal-setting and goal-reaching process,…

This bulletin presents two papers that focus on the concept of change, modification, and improvement in teaching performance. The first paper suggests some changed roles for supervisory agents in teacher education. The notion that college supervisors have a more fruitful role to play than the traditional observation practices that have been…

Job descriptions for directors of student activities at 32 two-year community colleges are presented. A summary and analysis are provided. The duties that stand out as most common to the position are: (1) supervision of the activities fund; (2) advising the student government; and (3) general responsibility for advising clubs and organizations.…

The University of Tennessee--Clinch-Powell student teaching project was a cooperative effort between the College of Education at the university and the Clinch-Powell Educational Cooperative. The project was designed to accomplish three goals: a) meeting the needs of university students who desired to learn about the unique characteristics of rural…

The first main section of the paper consists of a description and analysis of some of the main features of primary education in Zambia at the present time, set against the developments that have taken place since independence in 1964. The purpose of this section is to outline the context within which the system of primary inspection in the country…

Describes a program that consists of a three-part cycle of activities, all of which involved the department chairmen working jointly with the principal on actual preobservation conferences as well as with actual classroom observations. (Author/MLF)

Correlation and regression analyses were used in a sample of 135 elementary schools to examine internal structural variables (centralization, standardization, specialized training, close supervision, size, professional freedom, and adaptability) and to examine two contextual variables (permeability and stability). (JC)

The effectiveness of college supervisors in the student teaching experience is questioned. (JD)