Mastering Coaching and Supervision

by Madeline Hunter

Use these guides to form the basis of your staff development program. Here are tools to help teachers: 1. establish successful discipline techniques, 2. mentor and motivate inexperienced staff, 3. work with parents to solve behavior problems, and 4. train aides and classroom volunteers.

128 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1989

Reviews

[Jill · Rating 4 out of 5]

A nice, quick read that I think will be helpful should I ever decide to take an educational leadership position. The book went over real responsibilities public school Administrators do have, along with helpful tips such as “script taping” during observations. Hunter also defined different types of teacher conferences to hold with educators at varying levels. Overall, however, the book is bit utopian in its approach, assuming that school leaders have tons of time to devote to observing teachers, analyzing notes, and planning/executing PD which would be amazing if it were true, but it’s not. Administrators have tons of other responsibilities that frequently get in the way of observation, analysis and PD planning and execution but I plan to try and make some of her recommendations work should I become a building administrator in the future.