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Sistrunk, Walter E.; And Others – 1983
Two data-gathering instruments, the Supervisory Behavior Description Questionnaire (SBDQ) and the derivative Supervising Teacher Behavior Description Questionnaire (STBDQ), are described in one paper and employed in three others in this symposium series. Both forms are useful in evaluating perceived behaviors of supervisory educational personnel,…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Behavior Patterns, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Pope, Laura Means – 1983
This chapter examines the legal issues involved in state evaluation statutes as interpreted by the judiciary. The nature and purpose of state statutes governing evaluation are described, followed by a discussion of how these statutes relate to tenure laws, administrative regulations, board policy, and collective bargaining agreements. Next,…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Board of Education Policy, Compliance (Legal), Court Role
Champagne, David W.; And Others – 1984
In an attempt to compare the qualities of educational leadership recommended by effective schools research with the actual training and knowledge of district superintendents, the study reported here explores existing training requirements for superintendents in the advanced study of curriculum, instruction, and supervision. The research is a…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Role, Content Analysis
Watson, Beverly H. – 1985
This curriculum guide provides instructors in part-time early childhood education programs with a comprehensive overview of course descriptions, themes and topics, classroom activities and assignments, and resources. Presented in four sections--including first year courses, first year observation practicum information, second year courses, and…
Descriptors: Assignments, Child Development, Class Activities, Course Content
California Univ., Berkeley. Office of Educational Development. – 1986
Suggestions for the selection, training, guidance, supervision, and evaluation of graduate student instructors (GSIs) are provided by the University of California, Berkeley. "Good practices" for departments are identified, including assigning individuals or a committee with the task of selection, training, and supervision of GSIs;…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Departments, Employment Practices, Graduate Students
Tinning, Richard I. – 1983
Literature on the efficacy of university faculty as supervisors of student teachers reveals the general opinion that university supervisors have a low impact on student teachers, and that their role is secondary to that of cooperating teachers. A cause for this is the lack of training to help student teachers respond appropriately to certain…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Feedback, Higher Education, Leadership Styles
Bush, Robert N. – 1984
Beginning with the observation that educators are faced with rising public expectations, declining resources, and increased public criticism, this paper describes a six-fold model for determining how staff development is operating and how it can be made to operate more effectively, in a self-renewing manner. The six dimensions consist of the…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
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Testimony was presented on various issues of restoring excellence to education. The following papers are included in this document: (1) "The Neglected Obligation of the Teaching Profession" (Richard Swain); (2) "Instructional Supervision for Excellence in Education" (Ben M. Harris); (3) "Competency Testing: Excellence…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Educational Improvement, Educational Quality, Educational Resources
Toepfer, Conrad, Jr., Ed. – IMPACT on Instructional Improvement, 1977
Competency-based skills necessary for improving the professional role and function of curriculum supervisors and developers are researched and identified. The role of the curriculum worker is categorized under four headings and rationale provided for each: (1) coordination of curriculum planning and development; (2) definition and application of…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Elementary Education, Evaluation Criteria, High Schools
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. National Center for Research in Vocational Education. – 1978
This eighth in a series of eight learning modules on professional role and development is designed to give secondary and postsecondary vocational teachers skill to supervise student teachers in a vocational education program--guiding them through the student teaching experience and evaluating their progress. The terminal objective for the module…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Competency Based Teacher Education, Conferences, Cooperating Teachers
De Witt, Kilby A. – 1981
Literature is reviewed and research is proposed on the supervision of teaching. The literature review on administrative theory in business and education reveals three periods of thought: a period when theories of supervision focused on the producer (the worker or teacher), a period when theories focused on the supervisor-producer relationship, and…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Educational Theories, Elementary Secondary Education
Burden, Paul R. – 1982
Teachers have different job skills, knowledge, behaviors, attitudes, and concerns at different points in their careers. A number of these characteristics follow a regular developmental pattern. Three stages of teacher career development have been identified, with different developmental characteristics at each stage. In the survival stage, which…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Attitude Change, Beginning Teachers, Developmental Stages
Florida State Office of Volunteerism, Tallahassee. – 1980
Designed to help public and private agencies organize a successful volunteer program, this guide begins with a discussion of the development of successful management techniques for use in the planning, implementation, and operation of volunteer services. Elements of structuring volunteer objectives, developing agency rationale for volunteer…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrative Principles, Administrator Responsibility, Adult Education
NAYLOR, HARRIET H. – 1967
THE MAJOR CHALLENGE NOW FACING VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS, ESPECIALLY IN VIEW OF SUCH COMPETING FEDERAL PROGRAMS AS THE PEACE CORPS AND VISTA, IS TO RECRUIT, TRAIN, AND HOLD A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF PROMISING VOLUNTEERS, PARTICULARLY AT THE POLICY MAKING LEVEL. SINCE FUTURE VOLUNTEERS WILL COME INCREASINGLY FROM THE RANKS OF THE TECHNICALLY EDUCATED…
Descriptors: Administrators, Adult Learning, Curriculum Development, Federal Programs
GLOVER, J.H. – 1966
THE CHIEF OBJECTIVE OF THIS STUDY OF SPEED-SKILL ACQUISITION WAS TO FIND A MATHEMATICAL MODEL CAPABLE OF SIMPLE GRAPHIC INTERPRETATION FOR INDUSTRIAL TRAINING AND PRODUCTION SCHEDULING AT THE SHOP FLOOR LEVEL. STUDIES OF MIDDLE SKILL DEVELOPMENT IN MACHINE AND VEHICLE ASSEMBLY, AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION, SPOOLMAKING AND THE MACHINING OF PARTS CONFIRMED…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Industrial Training, Job Skills, Learning Plateaus
