THE CONTEXT OF

SUPERVISION
JUDY B. OPERARIO
 SUPERVISION
The word supervision established the
process as entailing “general
management, direction, control, and
oversight” (Grumet, 1979).
In school, supervision originally referred to a procedure in which
someone would “examine” a teacher’s classroom “looking for errors.”
Supervision is the process of engaging teachers in instructional dialogue
for the purpose of improving teaching and increasing student
achievement.

It is a form of LEADERSHIP.
An active technical service primarily
concerned with studying and improving
conditions that surround learning and
pupils growth—Barr, Burtton and
Bruecker

Related to the instructional phase of

school plan and activities—Melchoir

To supervise, criticize, to evaluate, to

appraise or to praise”—Crow and Crow
 EMPHASIS ON
A DM IN I S TR AT I O N
Supervision is what school
personnel do with adults and things
to maintain or change the operation
of the school in order to directly
influence the attainment of major
instruction goals (Harris and
Bessent 1969).
EMPHASIS ON
CUR RI CU LU M
Supervision denotes activities
like the writing and revisions of
the curriculum, the
preparation of units and
materials of instruction and
such concerns are evaluation
od the educational program.
 EMPHASIS ON
I NS T RUC TI O N
Is directed towards both
maintaining and improving
the teaching learning process
of the school (Harris 1975).
 EMPHASIS ON
H UMA N RE L ATI O N S
Forming behavioral system and
interacting with it to improve
actualizations of learning
opportunities for the students and
teachers. (Wiles and Lovell)
EMPHASIS ON
L EA DE RS HI P
Teaching teachers how to teach
and develop their professional
leadership to formulate holistic
public education.
EMPHASIS ON
E XCE L LE NCE
Supervision is geared towards
the attainment of the
sustainable goals of Philippine
Educational System.
 Thank you!
References:
https://us.corwin.com/sites/default/files/upm-binaries/6652_sullivan_ch_1.pdf
https://pt.slideshare.net/rajnulada/meaning-scope-and-function-of-supervision-by-raemmil-f-nulada