THE EFFECTS OF SEVERAL STYLES OF SUPERVISION UPON THE PERFORMANCE OF INDIVIDUALS WERE EXPLORED IN A LABORATORY SETTING IN WHICH SELECTED ASPECTS OF SUPERVISION WERE EXPERIMENTALLY MANIPULATED. PARALLELING THE WORK SITUATION, THE EXPERIMENTAL SETTING INVOLVED A CHOICE OF TWO ACTIVITIES, EACH OF WHICH WAS REINFORCED. THE ROLE OF SUPERVISION WAS TO…

A model for team planning, instruction, and evaluation is presented, utilizing peer observation and analysis of instructional effectiveness, with suggestions for reducing the anxiety of teachers being observed. (MJB)

Describes an alternate approach to the technical/rational methods of teacher supervision. Proposes a naturalistic supervisory practice and lists the assumptions on which it is based. (RK)

Styles (N=5) of clinical supervision were identified. Data collected from 164 clinical staff members working in 22 different community mental health programs suggested that staff prefer the didactic-consultative, insight-oriented, and feelings-oriented styles over laissez faire and authoritative. (Author)

Data indicates that use of a clinical approach by supervisors in dealing with teachers promotes more effective communication and is so perceived by teachers; yet the approach requires careful training and subsequent monitoring to assure that the method is indeed consistently used. (MJB)

Factors characterizing the organization, the job, the supervisor, the subordinates, and the fit between supervisor and subordinates were explored for effects on participativeness by the members of 144 work groups in 13 randomly selected local health departments. (Author/MLF)

Teacher supervision is suffering from a legacy of being affiliated with an outmoded integration of science and technology. Dialectical supervision, which emphasizes empowering teachers with ways of knowing that involve continually confronting themselves and searching for more responsive and less dominant educative practices, is proposed as an…

Attempts to bridge the gap between the research literature on supervision and its application to evaluating individual supervisor effectiveness. Presents a conceptual framework for making decisions about evaluation, where the decision maker considers the purpose of evalution, the developmental stage of the counselor, and the focus of evaluation,…

Investigated buffering role of social support in relationship of work load to tension-anxiety and coping for police radio dispatchers (N=60). Found under high perceived load, dispatchers with high social support engaged in more coping actions and felt less tension-anxiety than did low-support dispatchers. Found no differences when perceived load…

Describes both a dichotomy between library managers and library staff involved in direct service and a supervisory development instrument intended for use by employees to rate supervisors. This instrument, which is included, is designed to encourage an organizational climate characterized by mutual trust and shared values among supervisors and…

Discusses the nature of intern supervision, identifies counselor skills and strategies suitable for various stages of the supervision process, and proposes a concrete sequential outline for structuring internship experiences. (ABB)

The current and expected roles of local vocational education supervisors were investigated by collecting perceptions of school superintendents, state vocational supervisors, local vocational teachers, and local supervisors. Differences were found in role perceptions between current and expected roles and among the four groups. Recommendations for…

Using Cogan's multi-phased Cycle of Supervision, the project focused on teacher behavior as it affects classroom climate and used supervisor and teacher evaluations as tools for inservice education. Preferred and actual teacher behavior were recorded on a modified Tuckman Teacher Feedback Form. The formative process identified areas for teacher…

Examines the hypothesis that subtle hypnotic patterns used by Milton H. Erickson are found in the person-centered approach to counseling of Carl Rogers. Points out that counselors and supervisors should be aware of the possible hypnotic elements in simple suggestions. Presents examples of counselor-client and supervisor-trainee dialogue to…

Outlines a model of experiential psychotherapy supervision illustrated by a case study. Four stages of experiential supervision are identified with issues relevant to each stage presented. Various techniques for working with issues pertaining to the supervisory process are discussed and exemplified by case illustration. (Author/JAC)