Written for individuals responsible for overseeing the staff training of preschool teachers, this guide consists of four sections. The first enables trainers to determine whether the training program, which is based on the 13 Child Development Associate (CDA) Competency Standards, meets the needs of their program. The second provides an overview…

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…

Provides a set of guiding principles for a philosophy of creative educational supervision. (JT)

This manual presents guidelines for supervisors of employees with learning disabilities. Guidelines were developed from both the author's supervisory experience and from a research study surveying employers to identify support systems and techniques to enable supervisors to work more effectively with these employees. The survey, which included 65…

The author suggests that the cooperating music teacher prepare the student teaching experience as a formal class, presenting the student teacher with a written syllabus and assignments. He discusses timing and procedures for the consecutive phases of the student teaching term: orientation, observation, practice lessons, and, finally, teaching…

A handbook for supervisors of students training as physician assistants is presented, based in part on workshops and interviews conducted at Northeastern University (Massachusetts). Topics include: the role and attributes of the supervisor, needs of adult learners and adult learning styles, beginning the supervisory process, use of skills in…

This manual is intended to serve as a basic guide for the partners in the Whitworth College (Washington) student teaching program--the student teacher, the cooperating teacher, the college supervisor, and the building administrator. It contains basic information about the education program, serves as a general reference for practicum procedures,…

This manual is designed to help supervisors perform their duties, whether in the public or private sector or in a community organization. It provides information to help supervisors understand the individuals with whom they work, orient new workers to their jobs, plan and organize the work to be performed, assign and monitor tasks, conduct…

This yearbook deals with the dynamics of creative individual and collective leadership and the ways in which industrial arts educators can apply them to improve their professional services. The first two papers examine the ideals of leadership as well as the individual's function and the history and development of leadership. Examined next are the…

This curriculum guide, part of a multi-volume dietetic support personnel training program, consists of materials (15 units) for use in training future food production workers. Covered in the first part of the guide are nutrition in food production and diet therapy. The second part of the guide deals with sanitation and safety in food production.…

This curriculum guide, part of a multi-volume dietetic support personnel training program, consists of materials for use in training future food service supervisors. The first unit provides an overview of the field of dietetics. Addressed next are various aspects of nutrition and diet therapy as well as the functions and sources of nutrients,…

This teacher's instructional guide, which is part of a family and consumer sciences education series focusing on a broad range of employment opportunities, is intended to assist teachers responsible for teaching one- and two-year management programs for Texas high school students. The following are among the items included: (1) introductory…