Language Teacher Supervision: A Case-Based Approach

by Kathleen M. Bailey

• ISBN13: 9780521547451
• ISBN10: 0521547458
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-08-14
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Teachers can be promoted to supervisory positions for a variety of reasons, such as excellent teaching skills, "people skills," or seniority. Seldom are teachers made supervisors because they have had specific professional preparation for the role.

Table of Contents

Preface	xiii
Acknowledgments	xv
Chapter 1 Doing supervision: Roles and skills	1	(33)
Case for analysis: Your new job as a language teacher supervisor	2	(1)
Supervision as a profession	2	(2)
What is language teacher supervision?	4	(2)
Supervisors' varied roles in professional contexts	6	(2)
Roles of teacher supervisors in general education	8	(5)
Supervisory roles in language education contexts	13	(4)
Supervisory skills	17	(5)
The case approach to teaching and learning	22	(5)
Concluding comments	27	(7)
Chapter 2 Awareness and attitude	34	(20)
Case for analysis: A question of varieties	34	(1)
Awareness and language teacher supervision	35	(5)
Attitudes, language teaching, and language teacher supervision	40	(2)
Sociocultural theory and language teacher supervision	42	(2)
Working with teachers' knowledge and skills	44	(3)
Attitudes, awareness, and teachers' journals	47	(2)
Promoting awareness and development	49	(1)
Concluding comments	50	(4)
Chapter 3 Autonomy and authority	54	(27)
Case for analysis: The "teacher's pet" issue	54	(1)
Autonomy in second language learning and teaching contexts	55	(5)
Autonomy, supervision, and power	60	(3)
Autonomy and self-regulated action	63	(5)
Autonomy in decision making and action taking	68	(5)
Authority	73	(4)
Concluding comments	77	(4)
Chapter 4 Issues in observing language teachers	81	(18)
Case for analysis: Getting through the door	81	(1)
To observe or not to observe: That is the first question	82	(4)
To collect data or not to collect data: That is the second question	86	(6)
Key concepts in data collection	92	(3)
Concluding comments	95	(4)
Chapter 5 Manual data collection procedures	99	(23)
Case for analysis: Wrong place on the audiotape	99	(1)
Generating field notes as classroom data	100	(12)
Using observation instruments	112	(6)
Concluding comments	118	(4)
Chapter 6 Electronic data collection procedures	122	(18)
Case for analysis: Working with a transcript	122	(1)
Using audiotapes to collect observational data	123	(1)
Using videotapes to collect observational data	124	(3)
Advantages and disadvantages of electronic data collection	127	(2)
Using transcripts	129	(2)
Triangulation in data collection	131	(1)
Technological developments in supervision	132	(3)
Concluding comments	135	(5)
Chapter 7 The post-observation conference	140	(20)
Case for analysis: Classroom control issues	140	(1)
The role of feedback in language teacher supervision	141	(7)
Factors affecting supervisory discourse	148	(2)
Macroanalyses of the post-observation conference	150	(6)
Supervisors' nonverbal behavior during post-observation conferences	156	(1)
Concluding comments	157	(3)
Chapter 8 Mitigation and the microanalysis of supervisory discourse	160	(22)
Case for analysis: A tricky post-observation conference	160	(4)
Face-threatening acts in the feedback conference	164	(2)
Mitigation in supervisory discourse	166	(5)
Syntactic mitigation devices	171	(3)
Semantic mitigation devices	174	(3)
Indirect mitigation devices	177	(2)
Concluding comments	179	(3)
Chapter 9 Purposes, participants, and principles in language teacher evaluation	182	(24)
Case for analysis: Summative evaluation of two teachers	182	(2)
Purposes of teacher evaluation	184	(1)
Sources of input: Participants in the language teacher evaluation process	185	(7)
Principles for language teacher evaluation	192	(2)
Portfolio assessment	194	(4)
Problems in language teacher evaluation	198	(4)
Concluding comments	202	(4)
Chapter 10 Criteria for language teacher evaluation	206	(19)
Case for analysis: Letter of recommendation	207	(1)
Evaluative criteria	208	(5)
Problems in defining effective teaching	213	(4)
Factors influencing teacher effectiveness	217	(2)
Allocated time and engaged time	219	(3)
Concluding comments	222	(3)
Chapter 11 Supervising preservice language teachers	225	(26)
Case for analysis: The practicum student	225	(1)
The prevalence of research on preservice teacher supervision	226	(1)
Situational leadership and language teacher supervision	227	(6)
Participants in the supervision of student teachers	233	(9)
Problems in giving feedback to preservice teachers	242	(5)
Concluding comments	247	(4)
Chapter 12 Supervising teaching assistants	251	(16)
Case for analysis: Rater reliability	251	(1)
The work of teaching assistants	252	(1)
The central dilemma in supervising teaching assistants	253	(4)
International teaching assistants	257	(1)
Coordination and quality control	258	(2)
Strategies for supervising teaching assistants	260	(2)
Concluding comments	262	(5)
Chapter 13 Supervising in-service language teachers	267	(26)
Case for analysis: The curriculum issue	267	(2)
Teacher decision making jug and language teacher supervision	269	(7)
The induction years	276	(1)
Attitudinal factors in the supervision of language teachers	277	(7)
Research on supervision in in-service contexts	284	(5)
Concluding comments	289	(4)
Chapter 14 Supervising non-native-speaking teachers	293	(21)
Case for analysis: Working with less-than-proficient language teachers	293	(1)
Nativeness in the broader context	294	(3)
Issues in working with non-native teachers	297	(1)
Strategies for supporting non-native-speaking language teachers	298	(2)
Defining language proficiency standards for teachers	300	(6)
Language teachers' perceptions	306	(4)
Concluding comments	310	(4)
Chapter 15 Professionalism, paradigm shifts, and language teacher supervision	314	(31)
Case for analysis: Exploring our options	315	(3)
Teacher professionalism and language teacher supervision	318	(7)
Reflective teaching and language teacher supervision	325	(7)
Alternatives to supervision	332	(8)
Supervision in service to teaching and learning	340	(1)
Concluding comments	341	(4)
References	345	(28)
Author index	373	(6)
Subject index	379