A handbook for supervisors of students training as physician assistants is presented, based in part on workshops and interviews conducted at Northeastern University (Massachusetts). Topics include: the role and attributes of the supervisor, needs of adult learners and adult learning styles, beginning the supervisory process, use of skills in…

Perceptions about career ladders were studied in 254 pre-service and in-service teachers from two southern states at five different levels of socialization in their professional life: (1) 118 were students taking an entry-level course in teacher education; (2) 44 were senior students before student teaching; (3) 40 were senior students after…

A survey was conducted to assemble information from the 50 state departments of education about existing policies on master teachers. Master teachers in this survey included those assigned to supervise student teachers as well as those who may have been chosen for outstanding performance. Items on the survey were: (1) state policies on selecting…

High quality instructional supervision can be provided when educational objectives have been stated clearly and a strong staff development program has been instituted. The success of the staff development program used in the Newport News (Virginia) Public Schools is dependent on several prerequisites: the existence of clearly established district…

The goal of this practicum was to teach parents ways to supervise the kinds of television programs their kindergarten-aged children watch and to limit the time they spend watching them. Attempts were made to advise teachers about ways to supplement information provided to parents about educationally sound and appropriate programs for children. The…

This paper describes three paradigmatic "change facilitator styles": initiator, manager, and responder. These styles were identified through observations of principals' school improvement practices and the effects that those practices had on implementation at the classroom level. Initiators have clear, decisive long-range policies and…

A Clinical Supervision Training Program was designed for department coordinators for mathematics, science, English, and social studies in four high schools. The program lasted throughout the school year, and included three full-day and one half-day workshops as well as four small group meetings. At the first workshop, the program was introduced,…

The role of principal as supervisor and evaluator of teachers is central to instructional leadership, and this means direct involvement through classroom observation and interaction with each teacher. Principals often neglect this role, with lack of time usually given as the reason. There are other reasons: Interacting with teachers about their…

This is the fourth in a series of four booklets describing the Child Development Associate (CDA) Project at the California State College in Pennsylvania, one of the 13 original CDA pilot programs. Topics covered in this booklet include: a rationale for teacher trainer programs; a review of research on the importance of teacher interpersonal…

As part of the work from the Content Area Reading Project (CARP), which focuses on inservice teacher education in content area reading, this paper examines eight premises for the training of administrators in the clinical supervision of content area teachers. These premises are as follows: (1) problems in content classrooms can be resolved if…

Because the use of clinical supervision methods by administrators in their evaluation and supervision of teachers has been linked to instructional improvement, administrators' perceptions about the implementation of clinical supervisory practices were surveyed. Participants in the study were 412 school district administrators and supervisors who…

A three-part method of teacher supervision is based on a developmental approach to early education. The method assumes that children learn by interacting with their environment and respond to the educational environment differently, according to their individual backgrounds, temperaments, and learning styles. An observational record, written by a…

Forty college and university directors of field experiences (from 40 different states) responded to a survey on their payment practices for cooperating teachers. A wide variety of payment practices exists among the states, ranging from no payment, tuition waivers, to various amounts of money. Most directors indicated that their system of payment…

Based on the view that instructional supervision means the improvement of both teachers and instruction, this paper attempts to show how instructional supervision is managed and administered by one principal. Data were gathered through observation and interviews conducted for a related study by the author on teacher rewards. The bulk of the paper…

The traditional model for student teaching is based on a one-to-one relationship between the student teacher and the supervising teacher. However, by providing interaction with only one individual, the possibility for varied practice and feedback is limited. A model is proposed in which five student teachers work with one supervising teacher. The…