Supervising Instruction

Week 5
Collegial Supervision

Collegial Supervision
What is Collegial Supervision?
Collegial supervision is supervision
where colleagues work together and
offer one another feedback on their
performance as educators.

Clinical Supervision
What do others say Collegial Supervision is?
Allan Glatthorn says that collegial supervision
is cooperative professional development.
This definition assumes that the teachers
enjoy working together, that they are
professionals operating in a professional
environment, and that they desire to
develop and mutually respect and grow
together.

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Allan Glatthorn says that this process is

a process where by teachers agree
with one another to work together for
their own professional development.

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What Does Collegial Supervision Entail?
Teachers working together in agreement.
Teacher observing one another in their
classroom.
Teachers giving feedback to one another.
Teachers having conversations or other
correspondence with one another to
discuss professional concerns in a sharing
fashion.

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Must Haves with Collegial Supervision
Teachers must have or develop a mutual
trust.
Teachers must be mature enough to
take ownership of their responsibilities in
this process.
The teachers must be able to work
professionally with one another and
independently without the supervision of
an administrator.

Collegial Supervision
This form of supervision allows two or
more teachers to work together for
their professional growth and
development. This is typically done by
observing one another in their
classroom or professional setting. In
this process they give each other
feedback about what they observed.

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Possible Activities
Opportunities for curriculum development
Opportunities for professional dialogue and
improvement in professionalism
Opportunities for peer supervision
Opportunities for workshops, sharing new
methods
Opportunities for peer coaching
Opportunities to study problems and
possible solutions
Opportunities for action research

Quick Quiz
1. What is Allan
Glatthorns definition
of collegial
supervision?
2. What does collegial
supervision entail?
Name three things.
3. What are some must
haves of collegial
supervision? Name
three things.

4. How many teachers

work together with
collegial supervision?
5. What ministries would
benefit from collegial
supervision the most?
6. What are some
possible activities or
opportunities that are
available to
participants in
collegial supervision?

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Read PowerPoint notes.

Read
Masters students: read 30-40 additional pages
and use Reading Report Form
Begin preparing for Test 2.
Write up: Write ways that collegial supervision
can be used in the church. Include the ministries
and ways some ministries might utilize it. (This is
Journal 5 for online students.)
Begin working on writing assignment (see Week
9).