Presented is a transcript of a Supervisor-Teacher Conference together with an annotation indicating supervisory stress on an item and its subsequent effect on teaching. (RY)

Suggests a method of evaluating teachers that includes a daily lesson plan form to be completed by the teachers being evaluated. The form lists the general and specific objectives of the class period, the concepts involved, teaching methods and teaching materials, and the methods for testing the students. (Author/RW)

In situations where it is not possible for trainees to practice teaching in local schools, teaching short lessons to their peers--called microteaching--can provide beneficial experience and feedback to teachers-in-training. The article includes guidelines for presenters, observers, and teacher trainers as well as a sample practicum class schedule…

This article proposes the Teacher Observation Programme for in-service teacher trainees. The program is reflective, collaborative, and builds confidence. It enables teachers to grow in their ability to self-evaluate. Trainees who have made decisions about their own observation, who have created and used their own observational tools, and who have…

Research on elementary teaching practices has provided a list of effective teacher behaviors. This list can be used as a menu from which administrators and teachers can select objectives that will serve the teachers as goals for improvement and the administrators as criteria for teacher evaluation. The behaviors listed in this paper have been…

This paper assesses teacher evaluation policies and practices operant in First Class School Districts in the state of Washington. The data, submitted from mailed questionnaires, deal with a district's assessment policy and specifically include concerns relating to evaluative personnel, procedures, and an evaluative instrument or model.…

The first three chapters of this booklet describe the utilization of observation as a measurement technique, the types of observation systems available, and the necessary components of an observation system. The second part focuses on the following four commonly used observation systems: 1) primary reading checklist, 2) student affective behavior…

Professor playfully pursues the possibilities of lesson planning; pedants and other pundits may peruse his premises with profit! (Editor)

How a teacher achieves a balance between structure and freedom in his art lessons requires a critical awareness of the methods he chooses. Discusses the problems in teaching art lessons, the basic characteristics of creative art lessons, and provides a checklist for analyzing the effectiveness of an art lesson. (Author/RK)

In this study, we examined the nature of whole-class discussion and teachers' instruction during discussion about historical topics in one inclusive, middle-grade classroom. We videotaped and analyzed 4 lessons to determine the nature of discussion sequences, rates of participation, and instructional challenges encountered by the teacher and…

THE VARIOUS WEAKNESSES, DIFFICULTIES, AND "COMMON CONFUSIONS" THAT HAVE CHARACTERIZED THE CRITERIA USED IN TEACHER SELECTION PROCEDURES ARE IDENTIFIED, AND SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT ARE MADE. TEN STEPS IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF PROCEDURES ARE OUTLINED--FROM IDENTIFICATION OF LOCALLY VARYING EXPECTATIONS ARISING FROM VARYING VALUES…

This handbook summarizes the basic principles of practice teaching for the person who is teaching for the first time. This experience is cited to enable the student to observe a) the school as a community, b) the environment of the classroom, c) teachers and teaching methods, d) curriculum and school organization, e) children as individuals in…

The observation period traditionally has served as a time of transition between the study of educational theory and the actual practice of teaching. It has been a time for the trainee to observe--unpressured--the teaching process and to note important teacher-learner behavior. Observation in teacher training--as in medical school--is an art; it…