The loss of public confidence in the schools can be countered through carefully thought-out programs of individual and group action. (Author)

Supreme Court rulings specify that the study of religion in the the public schools must be undertaken from an objective point of view and as part of a program of secular (rather than religious) education. However, the "Back to Basics" movement is a conservative educational philosophy with strong moral and religious overtones. (Author/MLF)

Supervisors can help teachers resolve problems involving affiliation, control, parents, student success, and time. (Author)

The process of "progressive discipline" is one method of improving employee performance by documenting areas needing improvement. Each disciplinary case must be dealt with as though the administrator would be asked to argue it before an arbitrator or a court of law. (Author/MLF)

Parents and teachers must accept death as a natural function of life in order to teach children about dying. Children and youth need to learn how to cope with catastrophe and crisis whenever they meet it. (Author/MLF)

In St. Paul (Minnesota) a certified reading consultant is assigned to each secondary school to provide initial and continuous inservice to English teachers who then teach developmental reading classes as part of the communication curriculum. (Author/MLF)

Data on teacher expectation research have revealed that some teachers treat high- and low-achieving students differently and that teachers' expectations appear to be associated with student achievement. (Author)

Twelve samples of teachers' contradictory expectations that create a no-win situation for supervisors. (Author/MLF)

Clinical supervision focuses on helping teachers improve their performance through the analysis of observed events in the classroom and postobservation critiques. (Author/MLF)

The Conference Category System (CCS) is a systematic and practical approach for supervisors to use in identifying and analyzing their behavior in conferences with teachers. (Author/MLF)

To help teachers solve their problems, supervisors must first deal with problems inherent in the helping relationship. (Author)

The Collaborative Instructional Improvement process is a communication facilitating process that enables a supervisor and a colleague to identify problems, delineate action strategies and responsibilities, specify time constraints, and establish an evaluation design. (Author)

A comprehensive three-year process for planning a system of teacher accountability can ensure discriminating and valid results. (Author)

Writing under a pseudonym, the author recounts in a humorous style his experiences serving as an assistant principal under four different principals. Suggestions are made for effective ways to utilize the abilities of assistant principals. (MLF)

Businesses are finding that positive reinforcement is a useful tool in management and supervision. However, there are few reports of the systematic use of positive reinforcement by educational administrators and supervisors. (Author/MLF)