This document contains 13 articles concerned with the best practices in the supervision of school psychological services. Included are: (1) "Motivating and Encouraging Staff" (John Anderson); (2) "Orienting New Staff to Professional Life in the Area Education Agency" (Bruce F. Jensen); (3) "Program Research, Development and Review in School…

This study investigates journal keeping as an example of successful reflective leadership and management practice among administrators in government, business and education. Twelve participants were identified through peer nomination as effective senior level administrators. Onsite observations and indepth interviews were conducted. Participants…

It is common for supervisors to evaluate their supervisees with a rating form. Despite the importance of supervisor ratings to the training of counselors and therapists, very little attention has been devoted to the overall reliability (generalizability) of these ratings. This study examined the generalizability of supervisor ratings of…

There is little attention in the literature to the dyad of the woman therapist and the man patient; as a result, the woman therapist is faced with a poverty of theoretical accounts upon which she can draw in her clinical work. Although analytically-oriented work must focus on individual histories rather than cultural internalizations, analysis of…

Graduate professional social workers are increasingly taking on supervisory and administrative positions, yet little research has been done on the implications this has for social work education. This article analyzes a comprehensive nationwide survey of 750 supervisors and 750 supervisees. (Author)

Article written as a result of experiences with the Stanford Secondary Education Teacher Program.

This study demonstrates how the use of microteaching techniques allows for the collection of a wealth of comparable data about supervisory behavior in a relatively short time and under well-controlled conditions. This technique, combined with qualitative analysis of the data, investigated the individual's dominant and persuasive patterns of…

This article discusses the cause of the conditions surrounding teaching and learning. It focuses on the management of the conditions which influence teachers. (RC)

Values are essential for the improvement of instruction because values are the source of and support for teacher behavior and values bring consistency and commitment to that behavior. (Author/IRT)

High- and low-mental-ability secondary school students randomly divided into three supervision treatment groups (no supervision, supervision without verbal exchange from the teacher, and supervision with verbal exchange) showed no performance variations but evidenced better attitudes with the third supervision treatment. (MJB)

If clinical supervision is to be applied successfully in school districts, those responsible for its implementation must receive adequate training. A program of high-quality training in clinical supervision has been offered in the Denver metropolitan area for the past six years. The program is described and recommendations are made. (MT)

An experimental peer-review program, implemented at Prospect High School in Mt. Prospect, Illinois, was very successful. Its primary goal was that teachers would help their colleagues improve instruction by sharing teaching methods. The peer review process was separate from evaluation. (MT)

Effects of scheduled activities versus scheduled activities and supervision on staff-mentally retarded residents' interactions were investigated. Results showed that a supervision package added to scheduled activities produces a statistically significant decrease in the time that ward staff spent on custodial care as well as off-task and an…

Within the field of systemic family therapy, the collaborative team is emerging as a powerful training approach as well as a valuable therapeutic tool. This article presents the collaborative team as a method of counselor supervision and training. Issues around the developing team process and potential pitfalls are elaborated. (Author/BL)