Seven rural California counties participated in a teacher preparation internship program funded by the Education Professions Development Act. The 101 elementary teacher intern candidates--having a wide range of academic backgrounds, personal interests, and talents--first took part in an 8-week summer preservice experience consisting of (1)…

This paper proceeds from the premise that, if inspection is to be useful to the teachers, the school, and educational authorities, certain basic conditions regarding the nature and quality of education and of the organization, staffing, and functions of the inspectorate need to be fulfilled. The paper, therefore, begins with an examination of…

The outstanding challenge to counselor educators and supervisors will be the evaluation of personnel-development efforts. Inservice activities for all school staff members are taking place and will continue to take place, but the key will be the evaluation of these efforts. (Author)

Various educators including principals, team leaders, curriculum specialists and supervisors may be charged with the task of evaluating and improving reading instruction. Outlines seven considerations that require attention if supervisors of reading are to be effective in helping teachers improve reading instruction. (Author/RK)

A technique developed at SUNY at Stony Brook measures changes in second-year medical students' ability to recognize psychopathology following an educational program in psychobiology. It compares ratings of videotaped interviews by the students to the ratings of the interviews made by the faculty preceptors participating in the teaching program.…

Definitions of supervision and instructional supervision are provided, along with financial and educational rationale for better quality-control of public education through the development and maintenance of an effective instructional improvement program. A suggested supervisory model is described. (MJB)

Reviews the focus of past publications and conferences of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development and concludes that curriculum has received much more attention than supervision has. Argues that continued overemphasis on curriculum will eventually lead to the demise of innovation in both curriculum and supervision. (JG)

The experience gained in three semesters with three students in an internship program for future pharmacy professors is reported. Students spent the equivalent of about one work day a week on the course, each completed two or more special projects incorporated into the department, and participated in departmental activities and meetings. (LBH)

The effect of a combined education and monitoring program on the use of gentamicin in a community hospital is described. The data support the tenet that the ways antibiotics are used can be altered by an education program. (Author/LBH)

Protocol materials are being used effectively as a teacher training device with preservice interns at numerous institutions. Here two suggestions for use of protocols at the inservice level are discussed. (Author/RK)

Seventy-one psychiatric resident-supervisory dyads were studied in terms of Schutz's interpersonal theory of compatibility, and personality changes were measured with Schutz's Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation Scale. Predictions relating compatibility to satisfaction with the dyad and competence ratings were not confirmed.…

The guidelines presented for a practice-experience course are the results of additions, revisions, and refinements as knowledge was acquired with experience in the management and operation of a practice-experience course at the University of Kentucky since January 1970. (LBH)

Describes a four-stage process that supervisors can use to help teachers compare "what they preach" with "what they practice" through use of videotape equipment. (JG)

A forthcoming report of the international Organization for Economic Development urges educators to provide better supervision of doctoral candidates and encourage them to take their research more seriously. (MSE)