This publication is a reprint of the combined Instructor's Manual and Student Materials developed for a training course entitled "Human Relations in Government." The course, manuals, and materials were developed and tested over the years 1969-1970. Designed primarily for management personnel in public administration, the purpose of the course is…

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;…

An instrument to help teacher supervisors in El Salvador to identify and measure good teaching was developed and tested. Because the supervisors were not trained as researchers, they needed an instrument that was simple to use as well as reliable. Several indicators were defined to distinguish between modern and traditional teaching methods, for…

Intended for use as part of a training program for supervisors and administrators of special education programs, the instructional module provides a discussion and recommended exercises for improving interpersonal interaction through the use of feedback techniques. Topics considered include establishment of a cooperative relationship, techniques…

Discusses three ways to gain middle management support for supervisory training: measuring training results, increasing top management commitment for training, and involving management in the training process. Analyzes the degree of support provided by four types of managers and indicates which strategies work best in gaining the support of each…

The first of five articles on how to plan an implement a supervisory training program focuses on establishing a philosophy and setting the right job climate. The philosophy of the organization should clearly communicate three levels of responsibility for the development of supervisors: supervisory, managerial, and organizational. (EM)

Describes the internship phase of the Supermarket Management Program at College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, which requires the students to view their on-the-job training as an opportunity to think and act like management. (BM)

Future public managers should be proactive by creating management processes before problems arise. Planning prevents reactive or crisis managing. Future managers should also be prepared to meet dilemmas and paradoxes such as centralization versus decentralization of decision-making and work processes, politics versus administration dichotomy, and…

This last article in a series on a process for the evaluation of training programs covers the "implementation" phase. The article presents a dramatization of the decisions and actions involved in evaluating a supervisory training program, with a flow chart for the entire evaluation process and several rating figures. (MF)

According to the author, this article presents a hypothetical example for designing a supervisory training program by (1) performing organizational, operations, and person analyses; (2) formulating instructional objections; (3) performing a content analysis; and (4) constructing criterion-referenced tests. (MF)

Assistant principals are important people, reminds this principal, who asks his colleagues to probe how they use their assistants. He follows with several suggestions about how to improve the situation. (Author/TE)

The quality of field supervision of student teachers is a major problem in preservice teacher education. A pilot study of supervising teachers showed positive trends when these teachers were enrolled in a course to increase flexibility through role-taking experiences. A discussion of the curriculum and its revised version are offerd. (DF)

Describes a management skills seminar for head nurses and supervisors which utilizes an inductive method of problem analysis, maximizes transference of learning, participation, and reinforcement, and is based on principles of adult education. (TA)

The role of the principal as the instructional leader is particularly important in special education because the principal's attitude toward special-education students, as well as his or her ability, or inability, to supervise their instruction, will ultimately determine the efficacy of the school's special-education services. Moreover, the…

The major learning theories behind the learning-oriented model of social work supervision, which emphasizes supervision as a learning and teaching process, are reviewed. A phase theory of supervision is suggested that connects the model with stages of learning and interpersonal development. (MSE)