Lists characteristics of effective performance appraisal interviews noting typical limitations, such as time, to effective training. Offers three suggestions for increasing performance appraisal effectiveness: (1) relate daily performance management to performance appraisal interview, (2) involve subordinates in training for interviews, and (3)…

Compares the bases of power of principals with those of supervisors in other organizational settings. For the most part, the bases are the same. Teachers prefer principals to exert legitimate and expert power. (IRT)

Volunteers have needs, abilities, and desires of their own. The skilled and caring extension agent will use management and supervision principles to fully use all of those needs and abilities. (LRA)

Describes a model that can be used as a roadmap to provide supervision to counselors in a manner that facilitates professional growth and development rather than evaluation. Doctoral students like the model because it provides a guideline for developing their own styles of supervision. (Author/BEF)

Studies of the relationship between women workers' attitudes and withdrawal from work identify two major attitudinal factors, role conflict and job dissonance. Good personnel practices, especially in the areas of orientation, training, supervision, and scheduling flexibility, do influence the development of favorable job attitudes. (SK)

In clinical supervision, the teacher is helped to identify and concentrate on a limited number of specific skills, the supervisor focuses on a manageable task for data collection, and together they evaluate results. (Author)

Suggestions for teacher-oriented supervision of classroom practices, development of new courses, and grading and assignment policies are discussed. (HTH)

In organizational supervision one is concerned with the nature of the organizational process and its outputs. The author outlines the process of organizational supervision to identify the source of a serious problem and to identify problems before they become serious. (Author/IRT)

Supervisors can help teachers resolve problems involving affiliation, control, parents, student success, and time. (Author)

The continued education of practicing counselors is essential. Equally as important is training of counselor educators who are knowledgeable about the settings in which their students will function. Proposes a model for achieving both tasks, one in which practicing counselors receive on-site supervision from counselor educators in training.…

A study indicates that supervisors and consultants are spending only a little over half their time in tasks directly related to the improvement of instruction. (Author/MLF)

This article reports on a study conducted among supervisors, superintendents, and teachers to determine what congruence existed relative to expectations for supervisory personnel. Each of these groups indicated how much time they thought supervisors should spend in each of 10 roles. Results are included. (KC)

This special issue journal is a comprehensive survey that covers all major aspects of supervision in general state vocational rehabilitation agencies. Major content areas covered are: (1) supervisory background information; (2) supervisory selection; (3) supervisory practices; (4) supervisory training; (5) supervisory evaluation; and, (6)…

The steps in successful practicum site selection and assignment for prospective special education teachers are discussed. (CL)

The article discusses the role of the special education teacher in the implementation of Public Law 94-142 (Education for All Handicapped Children Act) and Public Law 93-112 (Section 504 of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act). (PHR)