Describes the purposes and duties of the Assistant Principal for Instruction (API), a support staff position in every school in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School System. Outlines the typical day of an API, who acts as an adviser to teachers on matters of curriculum and instructional excellence. Considers ways of improving the teacher-API…

Provides a model for pregroup training and ongoing supervision of master's-level group leaders of career awareness and self-exploration (CASE) groups. Results are reported. (Author)

Presents a graduate course design for the training and supervision of group leaders, including goals and objectives, course format, and evaluation. (Author/BL)

Presents a conceptual model of educational leadership that is based on the dimensions of leading groups (including purpose and direction, educational problems, management of events, and standards) and on the dynamics of group interaction. (JW)

Two case studies of a nongraduate and a graduate teacher-in-training at a technical and further education (TAFE) college illustrate the problems of beginning teachers. Survey results also showed that 40 percent of beginning teachers found their preservice training irrelevant; 50 percent perceived inadequate support from senior staff; but 70…

Elaborates on the use of simulated families in training novice-level therapists. Outlines a process for preparing students for the simulation, reviews live supervision interventions, describes a procedure for conducting the postsession discussion, and clarifies the family therapy skills that can be taught with the use of simulation. (LLL)

Presents a proposal for effective teacher supervision and evaluation that puts the responsibility for supervision on someone close to the teachers, while the responsibility for evaluation remains the principal's. Includes diagrams outlining supervision and evaluation procedures. (MD)

Advocates a managerial mode for English supervisors that values informal, decentralized, creative, and intuitive ways of getting understanding and change. (HOD)

Theoretical and practical perspectives, absolute and bounded rationality, the nature of reality, and the subject-object problem are discussed to point out the blind spots in the scientific-technical view of teacher supervision and evaluation. Multiple perspectives of knowledge development and use are needed to build an expansive science of…

Discusses the role of the reading specialist acting as a clinical supervisor of reading teachers. Provides a format for conferences between specialist and classroom teacher. (AEA)

Introduces a procedure to give supervision and feedback to students in training using written and verbal feedback as well as a rating scale to assess change in psychotherapy skills. Presents a case study as well as recommendations for future exploration. (LLL)

An effective teacher evaluation program geared toward instructional improvement is described. It includes frequent interaction between administrators and teachers and is participatory, diagnostic, and cooperative. (MD)

The article describes a triadic method of supervision that can be adapted to several settings. The triadic method reduces the complexities of the supervision process to teachable elements. Students learn to function alternately in the three roles of supervisor, commentator, and facilitator. (Author)

This collection of resources focuses on several specific aspects of cybercounseling and its many ramifications. Some chapters are original articles written especially for this publication, while others were initially ERIC documents or articles in the ERIC/CASS Virtual Library. The sources were selected for their ability to present information on…

The Working Alliance Inventory of Supervisory Relationships (WAI-SR) was designed to evaluate the three factors--an agreement on goals, an assignment of tasks, and the development of a bond--of a working alliance between supervisor and trainee as proposed by Bordin (1983). The items for the WAI-SR were drawn from the Working Alliance Inventory and…