This booklet, prepared by the Public Service Committee, is designed to assist appropriate officials in each state to establish rules, regulations, and policies which will permit handicapped persons an equal opportunity to compete for jobs in state governments. Data gained from a survey of 50 states plus the District of Columbia and Virgin Islands…

Following a classroom observation, an audio tape was made of a supervisory conference between the principal or other supervisor and the teacher. Two analyses of the principal's conference skills were then added to the tape together with editorial comments on the analyses, and the tape was then returned to the principal. At the time of the report,…

The stated objectives of the workshop were to help Home Demonstration agents improve the effectiveness of the Expanded Nutrition Program by helping them to develop and understanding of the principles of supervision and their application to the supervision of program assistants and aides. Speeches presented at the workshop are included together…

Based on the assumption that the conduct of an effective supervisory conference is analogous to effective teaching and that the assumptions made about effective teaching behaviors can also be made about supervisory behaviors, this paper develops and describes in detail a ten-category observation system for supervisory conferences, similar to the…

A guide for achieving effective two-way communication is presented. Its scope includes the following: (1) a discussion of the importance of effective two-way communication, (2) an examination of the ways in which communication works and some of the reasons for its failure, (3) an examination of the role of the supervisor as a key figure in…

This manual is one of four designed to help supervisors in training hard-core disadvantaged employees. It provides guidelines for preliminary procedures before implementation of a supervisor training program and is intended for the use of those charged with training supervisors. Related documents are available as VT 018 032-018 035 in this issue.…

Two studies were specifically designed to test the effect which leadership training and experience would have on the performance of relationship-motivated and task-motivated leaders. In the first study it was predicted that task-relevant training and experience would make the situation more favorable in the task-structure dimension. Subjects were…

Guidelines for supervisors and managers in handling grievances are presented, with suggestions for avoiding the long and costly arbitration process whenever possible. The author stresses that management must understand the perspective of the arbitrator who is bound by the labor contract and precedent. (MF)

Describes a program in which line managers were taught in a reasonable amount of time how to conduct management training programs for other managers. (EM)

Emporia State University College of Education's recognition of the strong impact university supervisors and cooperating teachers have on student teachers compelled it to develop a training program to prepare supervisory personnel in the use of various supervisory strategies. (Author/CB)

The Dayton (Ohio) City School District initiated a very successful pilot induction program for entry-year administrators in January 1987. Nine special workshops were planned to train both volunteer mentors and entry-year administrators in such areas as personal development, conflict management, problem identification and solution, time management,…

Instructors at Cleveland State University have designed an activity that moves prospective supervisor teachers through the steps of a particular model simulation to develop needed skills. (SK)

Discussed are the role of the social studies supervisor and the future directions the role might take. Suggested are four methods of improving supervisor effectiveness, including in-service programs, advanced teacher training, and improvement of supervisory skills. For journal availability, see SO 505 192. (Author/DB)

The author offers a three-dimensional model stressing problem solving, human relations skills, and professional knowledge as a guide for the development of competent supervisors. (Editor)

For all the justified criticism to which it is subjected, vocational training in the United Kingdom and in France has achieved its prime aim of greatly increasing the supply of trained manpower in areas of activity where it is most needed. (Author)