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ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS OF SUPERVISORS

TASKS OF SUPERVISION

What do supervisors actually do?

William H. Burton listed the tasks he saw as pertinent to the supervisor.

1. The improvement of the teaching act.2. The improvement of teachers in service.3. The selection and organization of subject

matter.4. Testing and measuring.5. The rating of teachers.

Harris enumerated ten tasks of supervision in the following

rather detailed list:

Task 1. Developing curriculum.

Task 2. Organizing for instruction.

Task 3. Providing staff.Task 4. Providing facilities.Task 5. Providing materials.

Tasks 1, 3, and 4 as preliminary;

6 and 10 as developmental; and the others as

operational

Task 6. Arranging for in-service education.

Task 7. Orienting staff members.

Task 8. Relating special pupil services.

Task 9. Developing public relations.

Task 10. Evaluating instruction.