Jennifer Nevins is in her tenth year of teaching. She has her Master’s degree in elementary education with an Emphasis in Gifted Education. She speaks at gifted conferences multiple times each year and has had her curriculum published twice by the world’s largest gifted literature publisher. She also leads professional development in the district to help regular classroom teachers to meet the needs of their gifted students.
However, this year, Jennifer has met her match. She has a class of students with extreme social and emotional issues. The class argues constantly, and they have even become violent with one another, causing Ms. Nevins to send some to the principal. She has several twice-exceptional students, including one with severe Asperger’s. …show more content…
Maybe a book study would help. Or maybe we could watch a video about teamwork. There’s one I watched last year at a conference that’s all about things being better when you have a team.” Jennifer said. “Okay, that’s three solutions. Can you think of one more?” Mrs. Harwood asked.
“Hmmm… Maybe I could incorporate more small teamwork opportunities throughout the day. Like using Kagan cooperative structures or mini challenges, like the minute to win it stuff. Maybe not having to work together for so long would help the kids to fight less.”
“Okay, so now you have four solutions! So let’s think about them. Will all of them work, or would some have problems?” Mrs. Harwood probed. “Well, I think the kids don’t understand how to communicate with each other. And I don’t think that’s going to come naturally to them no matter how many times I force them to work together. So maybe I should start slow, with a book study. It could teach them ways to communicate and strategies for successful group work. We could start with very small projects and work our way up to bigger team building activities. I think the video’s good, but it doesn’t really have strategies in it. It may help their attitudes, but not their communication. Maybe I should show that to help them understand why we are doing the book study, to give it a purpose.” Jennifer …show more content…
How does your case study provide a clear match between the teacher’s level of expertise, development and commitment to the supervisory approach that was used?
Based upon the case study analysis and the developmental process of supervision, what have you learned about your level of expertise in implementing any of the four different approaches with teachers?
Given your behavioral response to the case study written, convey the implications and applicability of the interpersonal behaviors you prefer to use as a future supervisor? Which approach would you be least comfortable using? Would you use a modified version of developmental supervision?
Since the administrator used the nondirective approach, the teacher was able to come up with several solutions to the problem. The leader then questioned the teacher to help her narrow down the options to the one the teacher thought would be the most successful. In the end, the teacher decided doing a book study with some small teamwork challenges over the next quarter would be best. This means that teacher will try something new with her students, which will hopefully help them to have a more successful
However, this year, Jennifer has met her match. She has a class of students with extreme social and emotional issues. The class argues constantly, and they have even become violent with one another, causing Ms. Nevins to send some to the principal. She has several twice-exceptional students, including one with severe Asperger’s. …show more content…
Maybe a book study would help. Or maybe we could watch a video about teamwork. There’s one I watched last year at a conference that’s all about things being better when you have a team.” Jennifer said. “Okay, that’s three solutions. Can you think of one more?” Mrs. Harwood asked.
“Hmmm… Maybe I could incorporate more small teamwork opportunities throughout the day. Like using Kagan cooperative structures or mini challenges, like the minute to win it stuff. Maybe not having to work together for so long would help the kids to fight less.”
“Okay, so now you have four solutions! So let’s think about them. Will all of them work, or would some have problems?” Mrs. Harwood probed. “Well, I think the kids don’t understand how to communicate with each other. And I don’t think that’s going to come naturally to them no matter how many times I force them to work together. So maybe I should start slow, with a book study. It could teach them ways to communicate and strategies for successful group work. We could start with very small projects and work our way up to bigger team building activities. I think the video’s good, but it doesn’t really have strategies in it. It may help their attitudes, but not their communication. Maybe I should show that to help them understand why we are doing the book study, to give it a purpose.” Jennifer …show more content…
How does your case study provide a clear match between the teacher’s level of expertise, development and commitment to the supervisory approach that was used?
Based upon the case study analysis and the developmental process of supervision, what have you learned about your level of expertise in implementing any of the four different approaches with teachers?
Given your behavioral response to the case study written, convey the implications and applicability of the interpersonal behaviors you prefer to use as a future supervisor? Which approach would you be least comfortable using? Would you use a modified version of developmental supervision?
Since the administrator used the nondirective approach, the teacher was able to come up with several solutions to the problem. The leader then questioned the teacher to help her narrow down the options to the one the teacher thought would be the most successful. In the end, the teacher decided doing a book study with some small teamwork challenges over the next quarter would be best. This means that teacher will try something new with her students, which will hopefully help them to have a more successful