THIS STUDY WAS MADE BY LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE TO SAMPLE PRACTICES IN FACULTY COMPENSATION FOR EXTRA-INSTRUCTIONAL ASSIGNMENTS. TEN JUNIOR COLLEGES RESPONDED TO A SHORT TELEPHONE QUESTIONNAIRE. A SUMMARY OF THE REPLIES SHOWS THAT (1) 75 PERCENT GRANTED COMPENSATION FOR TEACHING LARGE LECTURE SECTIONS, HALF BY ASSIGNING ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTOR TIME,…

This document is an instructional module package prepared in objective form for use by an instructor familiar with personnel management in water and wastewater plant operations. Included are objectives, instructor guides, student handouts, and transparency masters. This module considers long range and short range planning, supervisory…

This study was undertaken by the participating school systems and the University of Maryland to systematically examine the 14 teacher education centers which have been in operation since the mid-1960's. The questions investigated were the following: (a) In what preparatory experiences are student teachers engaged? (b) Do experienced teachers…

This book is divided into 10 chapters. The first deals with the historical development of clinical experiences in teacher education. Chapter 2 explains how it was realized in the late 1960's that a true partnership between colleges and public schools was needed if quality laboratory experiences were to exist. Many such partnerships have been…

Fifth- and sixth-grade students in one school were instructed using the Mathematics Target System, an individualized approach, while those at a comparable school were given more traditional instruction. Students in both the experimental and control groups were pretested using the Pupil Opinionnaire, Attitude Toward Mathematics scale, and the…

Counselor educators at The University of Tennessee implemented a competency-based counseling practicum in 1974. These educators have had several reactions to this approach. The counselor competencies that are employed are listed at the conclusion of the paper. It has been noted that the competencies tend to encourage movement through the…

The speaker presents his notion about reconceptualizing the function of supervision and the role of supervisors in a way that fits the needs of teachers, supervisors, and schools. This new approach conceives of the function of supervisors as interpersonal intervention and the role of the supervisor as that of interpersonal interventionist--a…

The manual provides supervisors with both a reference as they assist employees in writing descriptions and developing performance indicators and with a guide for conducting performance appraisal interviews with employees. It contains the basic guidelines for the operation of the performance appraisal system, discussing such matters as how often…

As the humanities approach to education expands, the high school English chairman can aid his teachers in developing this approach by suggesting useful teaching methods, praising successful teaching techniques, and permitting teachers to pursue independent methods of instruction. One method is an in-depth study of an historical period (such as the…

This study was designed to determine whether student response to supervision would be affected by the reinforcement of positive (or negative) attitudes toward five patterns of supervisory behavior as shown in motion pictures. For one group of vocational high school students, attitudes toward the supervisory roles "Consideration" and "Tolerance of…

This paper investigates two types of practicum experiences: (1) experiential introspective; and (2) didactic-behavioristic. The hypotheses tested include: (1) there are no differences between mean responses of the counselees in the two above groups; (2) there are no differences between mean responses of the counselors in the two groups; (3) there…

In order (1) to determine how auxiliaries (lay readers and instructional, clerical, and housekeeping aides) were used in secondary English departments, (2) to determine the reasons for English departments discontinuing the use of auxiliaries, and (3) to evaluate the way auxiliaries were used, questionnaires were sent to two groups: schools using…

A study compared instances of self-supervision with more traditional supervision of student teachers to determine the relationships between this variable and teacher attitudes and interaction behavior. Eighty-four secondary education student teachers were engaged in self-supervision, or were more traditionally supervised, or both. Self-supervising…

In 1969 the University of South Dakota set up a program of T-Group Experiences for the leaders of practicum groups. Relationships between the leaders as well as between the leaders and their groups were noted. Some fall out from the T-Group to the practicum group was observed. Inter-personal communication increased within practicum groups and a…

A 2-year investigation attempted to ascertain whether summer workshop training of elementary teachers in the use of such feedback practices as Flanders' interaction analysis, video tape techniques, and other conceptual supervisory tools would produce measurable change in the instructional behavior of their student teachers as compared to student…