This document describes clinical supervision, a method of carrying out supervision in a classroom through face to face relationships between teacher and supervisor. Clinical supervision is to improve instruction through help to the teacher. Activities include a) the supervision of actual professional activity, b) the enhancement of interactive…

Results showed that a treatment procedure involving a valuative feedback led to improvements in supervisors' rates of making relevant comments during therapists' evaluations and increased usage and accuracy of technical terms. (Author/CL)

A model for group facilitator supervision using a one-way mirror for unobtrusive observations and interventions is presented. Methodology adapted from selected family therapists was applied in a group counseling class in order to achieve live supervision. (Author)

Article discusses advantages to supervisors operating on an authority based on competence and plan. (GB)

Because individuals are motivated by work which they regard as challenging and worthwhile, their motivation is increased as they are given clear-cut responsibility. A performance appraisal system based on these new insights is available and may be used by supervisors. (NL)

Presents a definition and examines arguments for and against the clinical supervision model for teacher improvement. (SJL)

The job of school advisor is riddled with ambiguity. The present advisory system prevents advice from being seen as valuable, builds barriers between teachers and advisers, and is bought at too high a cost. Suggests a number of alternative patterns. (Author/RK)

The problem of this study was to determine if there were differences in principals' supervisory emphases and practices in school systems where the superintendent is appointed and in school systems where the superintendent is elected by popular vote. A total of three hundred principals was surveyed using a Supervisory Practices Inventory developed…

The author describes four models of supervision--administrative, traditional mental health, relationship-based, and mindfulness practice--with their corresponding domains of staff development. Each model's communication style, participant roles, and assumptions of how change occurs provide a framework for understanding the relative needs…

Literature about doctoral supervision has concentrated on describing the ever lengthening lists of functions that must be carried out. This functional approach is necessary, but there has been little exploration of a different paradigm, a conceptual approach towards research supervision. This article, based on interviews with supervisors from a…

This paper explores the current issues relating to doctoral research supervision and candidature, set within the context of the neo-liberal and consumerist agendas and the pressures of the Research Assessment Exercise. The paper opens up discussion about the extent to which the discourse of performativity may be having an influence on supervision…

Literacy coaching, a unique and generative opportunity to engage with and learn from teachers, is currently viewed as a powerful intervention to increase student literacy achievement. This article focuses on eight principles for responsive literacy coaching. To build trusting relationships, coaches engage with teachers in literacy events, confirm…