Economical routes to training and development are suggested in a cross-Canada overview of sources, resources, and cash assistance available. (Author)

This article describes a practicum supervision course and presents what the enrollees concluded were the primary contributors to their growth. (PD)

This document compiles leadership development ideas used at colleges and universities throughout the nation, based on information collected primarily through direct conversations with personnel at each institution mentioned in the document. in outline form, is divided into five major categories. The first and largest category describes the formats…

An ethnographic or anthropological perspective is useful for the reexamination of the assumptions and taken-for-granted nature of the practice of supervision. An indepth survey of literature on supervisors illustrates supervisory roles and the existence of a separate "supervisor culture". Specifically, the relationship between novice teachers and…

This study expands a previous longitudinal study. The field experiences of students placed with trained and untrained cooperating teachers were compared by analyzing records of time spent in various classroom activities, planning, and conferencing. Subjects were 35 elementary and secondary education student teachers participating in a 16-week…

San Diego State University has evaluated the effectiveness of their Clinical Supervision Model Program for cooperating teachers and student teachers. The goals of the program were to: (1) integrate a clinical training component within the School of Teacher Education; (2) develop a three-year training model for supervisors, student teachers, and…

This student guide is intended to assist persons employed as supervisors in improving their ability to organize and manage work teams. Discussed in the first four sections are the following topics: groups and work teams (work groups, types of groups, work teams, and the effect of the workplace on groups); individuals in groups (the individual,…

The Collaborative Supervision Project involving the University of New Hampshire and several public schools is described. This paper addresses the university teacher education interest in enhancing supervisory effectiveness and the teacher education faculty during the initial planning stages and the development, demonstration, and dissemination…

This project focused on both students and their teachers. Through the SLICK (Summer Learning in Colchester for Kids) component, children were afforded the opportunity to participate in several enrichment courses during the summer of 1987. Through the effective teaching component, teachers assisted in training their peers, and coached one another…

This paper describes the preliminary findings of a national survey of state requirements for cooperating classroom teachers serving as supervisors of student teaching. It represents a 90 percent national response, with data from all but five states (i.e., Kansas, New Mexico, Rhode Island, Texas, and Utah). Reported information includes: (1)…

The Danforth Foundation Program for the Preparation of School Principals has recently been implemented at Georgia State University, the University of Alabama, and The Ohio State University, and it will soon be extended to another 11 universities across the United States. This article provides a brief description of a week-long specialized training…

The purpose of this study was to determine whether there were significant differences in the mean attitudinal scores of 285 teachers who met proficiency or did not meet proficiency as they entered their postevaluative conference with principals. Proficiency was assessed by principals completing classroom visitations utilizing the Mississippi…

This document comprises the first of four training models prepared for use by professionals responsible for enhancing the leadership skills of current and future educators. This first module, "Coaching Secrets for School Leaders," is designed to involve participants in an analysis of coaching situations, behaviors, and competencies that…

In a microsupervision workshop experiment designed to investigate group differences in acquiring an indirect style of supervisory conference behavior, 18 elementary school inservice teachers were randomly assigned to a video-modeling, written-modeling and performance-feedback treatment or non-treatment. Criterion performances were the frequency…

The safety training provided within Reed International Limited and its relationship to production operations are outlined, demonstrating that safety works when management is committed to it on both humanitarian and economic grounds. (MW)