A Visual Representation of the Revised Images of Supervision

A Visual Representation of the Revised Images of Supervision

 

In this table, I combined the work of Sergiovanni & Starratt (2007) and Levin & Nolan (2010). The title is based off of Sergiovanni & Starratt's Supervisor A, Supervisor B, Supervisor C, and Supervisor D. Instead of using A, B, C, & D, I gave them titles to try to capture the essence of the caricature that Sergiovanni & Starratt were trying to create. During my research, I felt that there were connections between the sources of authority that supervisors use described by Sergiovanni & Starratt and the power bases that teachers use described by Levin & Nolan. Below is the table I created to merge these notions.

 

(Burns, 2012)

(Sergiovanni & Starratt, 2007)

(Levin & Nolan, 2010)

Title:

Description:

Source of Authority:

Power Base:

The Monitor

Scientific Management Era

Efficiency & Training

Monitoring, Telling, Evaluating

Hierarchical & Delineated Relationship

Bureaucratic

Legitimate

Reward/Coercive

Ms. Congeniality

Human Relations Model

Relationships Above All Else!

Congeniality & Comfort

Personal

Referent

The Critical Friend

Relationships & Discomfort

Mutual Dissatisfaction

Empowerment

Professional

Referent

Expert

The Organic Member (Garman, 1982)

Indiscernible

Learning Community & Ideas

Shared Values & Norms

Transformational Leadership

Moral

Communal (Burns, 2012)