An educational workshop series was created to prepare clinical coordinators in Physician's Assistant (PA) programs to assist clinical instructors and preceptors in designing, implementing, and evaluating learning experiences for PA students that focus on clinical skills. Six goals were established: (1) develop a strategy for outlining the student…

Education is often referred to as a business and expected to follow standard business practices. An examination of the schools shows that they resemble natural monopolies and service enterprises. Although they have administrative management, they do not have a parallel to production management. When education is viewed as a business, it becomes…

Brooklyn Center of Long Island University has developed a number of student teaching centers. (Such "centers" are schools with which an agreement has been reached providing for the placement of student teachers in concentrated numbers, thus allowing for resident supervision. An extension of the Campus School concept, they continue the…

The question has arisen as to what kind of information a manager without extensive technical training needs to learn to supervise effectively. For example, the Nike Hercules fire control platoon leader, usually an officer in his first active duty assignment, seldom has had extensive technical training. Yet he is responsibile for the…

Blacks are said to be often called upon to serve in difficult administrative positions located in school districts with financial difficulties where personnel and/or students are in revolt, where discipline is non-existent, where academic achievement levels are low, and where the community is divided. Major problems that arise when examining the…

The core surgical clerkship is described as the most intensive clinical experience during the student's first three years, and one which is extremely difficult to examine systematically. The research strategy, methodologies, data collected, and major findings of a study of such clerkships are reported. The data from more than 1000 hours of…

This paper discusses the theoretical assumptions of the triadic method, the structure of the triad, and the processes involved in triadic supervision. The triadic method represents an attempt to create a means of supervision which will help counseling practicum students develop a more positive attitude toward supervision; will enable them to…

This study determines some of the competencies a public school teacher should possess before being assigned a student teacher. Subjects in the study included a random sample of unversity faculty who supervise secondary student teachers, student teacher placement directors in public school districts, principals of secondary schools, and teachers in…

The papers presented at the 1974 seminar are grouped under four headings. The six papers in section one discuss community information needs and methods of interpersonal and intercultural communication. Section two describes several existing urban librarianship training programs and outlines models for the effective training of librarians to meet…

A January 1970 conference on the changing role of the art supervisor in relation to new program content, media, and facilities consisted of presentations by six experts in specific fields, task-oriented laboratory sessions, related activities to stimulate thought and discussion, and on-going evaluation sessions. (Seven priorities were implicit…

After an overview by Kenneth R. Blessing, eight positional papers consider the role of the resource consultant in various areas of special education and discuss the current and envision the future consultant role. Lou Alonso and Charles E. Henley treat the area of the visually impaired; Hazel Bothwell, the hearing impaired; Peter Knoblock, the…

An annotated bibliography on volunteers has been selected from a survey of the literature published within the past ten years, and contains material which is easily available in libraries or from the presses of national agencies. The areas covered include: the evolving role of the volunteer; organization; recruitment, motivation, placement,…

The training and supervision of teaching assistants in German at Indiana University is summarized. Training through orientation, course work, teaching, visitation, and observation is outlined. Special attention is directed to group observation techniques. The use of video tape recordings and veteran teaching assistants to improve the effectiveness…

A definitional statement of "articulation" in education introduces a seven-point program aimed toward that end in foreign language curriculum planning. Considering a six-year program essential for mastery of the target language, the author comments on the proper achievement of articulation through: (1) clearly defined goals, (2) proper…

To determine the feasibility of using audiotape recordings of class sessions and follow-up supervisory telephone conferences in in-service teacher supervision, 16 experienced and nine inexperienced junior and senior high school home economics teachers recorded three class sessions and mailed the tapes to the supervisor. After each tape was…