"Multiple Layers": Conceptualizing the University Supervisor's Role

• In Event: 16.059 - Developing Instructional Leadership Across a Continuum: Voices From the Field

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to understand the role which university supervisors in a clinically rich urban residency model of teacher education play in promoting entry into the residency placement and guiding residents in situating their clinical experience within the broader educational context. The supervisor has been portrayed as having an underdeveloped role; this study draws on semi-structured individual interviews and focus groups to attempt to answer the question, ‘How do residency supervisors conceptualize their role?’

Authors

• Colleen Horn, Teachers College, Columbia University

• Kelsey Keturah Darity, Teachers College, Columbia University

• Laura Vernikoff, Teachers College, Columbia University

• A. Lin Goodwin, The University of Hong Kong