A guide for training eligibility supervisors in public welfare is presented. The following topics are discussed: (1) the agency's program goals and philosophy for determining eligibility for financial and medical assistance; (2) understanding the worker's function; (3) the supervisory responsibility; (4) developing the supervisory relationships;…

Teachers who do not continually progress, regress. There are four main streams of in-service teacher education: advanced study towards academic progress, advancement as teachers, professional regeneration, and advancement towards new or special objectives. In-service training must bring about the continuous revitalization of a teacher. Changes are…

The supervisor facilitates the students' attainment of the instructional objective by (1) diagnosing the curriculum (in particular the behavioral objectives) and the teachers, (2) prescribing steps to remedy areas of concern with respect to the curriculum and the teachers, and (3) enabling changes in the curriculum to occur while at the same time…

Techniques for effective student organization advisors include defining a problem and allowing students to make the final decision, working with the organization's executive committee, training students for leadership, using publicity to award individual recognition, and providing varied activities. The advisor is responsible for five basic…

This study evaluates vocational teachers and four dimensions of teaching style identified by Tuckman (1974) as creativity, dynamism (dominance plus energy), organized demeanor (organization plus control), and warmth and acceptance. The intent is to find whether supervisor ratings of teaching competency, whether structured or unstructured, in fact…

Student teachers, after listening to two taped supervisory conferences, rated the more directive supervisory behavior (typified by declarative and expository statements and an authoritarian posture) as more desirable. Discrepancies between these results and those of earlier studies are discussed. (MJB)

Reviews the area of on-the-job training or retraining as a helping relationship between supervisor and subordinate and gives three basic requirements for effective interaction: (1) on-the-job training involves both the supervisor and the employee, (2) the supervisor must create a climate a trust, and (3) the supervisor must be a good listener. (MF)

Investigated the relationship of counseling students' level of ego development and level of experience with their perceptions of clients. Analysis of students' perceptions of clients and their level of ego development revealed no significant effects or interaction of either ego level or experience level on the structural complexity of client…

Offers a method of implementing the idea that supervision of resident assistants is central to the effectiveness of a residence life program, by proposing a developmental supervision strategy for supervisors in student affairs. Tabulated information offers supervisors specific strategies for processing the experiences and maximizing the…

The article examines the components and rationale of clinical teacher supervision as they apply to preservice teachers, describes the role of supervision in student teaching, and suggests ways in which clinical supervision can support the goals and objectives of teacher education programs. (Author/CB)

Discusses ways in which teacher supervision and observation can help teachers to explore and see teaching as a process through such methods as taping and transcribing class activities, grouping tape or transcription excerpts, arriving at a common language to discuss them, and making multiple interpretations about them. (Author/CB)

This article analyzes the conceptual similarities and differences of clinical supervision, counseling, and consultation models in training of educational leaders. It also provides a conceptual model whose goal is to make supervisors aware of the implications of introducing consultation and counseling into the supervisory relationship. (TE)

The relationship between supervisory behavior and staff burnout was tested in two schools for severely retarded children. In the lower burnout school, the principal spent less time in classroom observations, more time planning and coordinating activities, interacted more with her own superior, and discussed work-related problems more than…

Discusses the problem of incompetent library supervisors in terms of the process that results in the selection of such supervisors, inappropriate supervisory behaviors, and the effects on employees. Several strategies for coping with an incompetent supervisor are suggested. (4 references) (CLB)

Promotes teacher supervision that is aimed at helping teachers reflect on their own practice. Outlines views that teaching which aims at the development of intellectual independence needs to address epistemological issues. Argues that attention has to be directed at knowledge and control. Outlines a scheme to address these issues. (CW)