ABSTRACT
The overall intents of instructional supervision are teacher growth and development. The instructional supervisor needs to work with teachers on a daily basis. Effective supervisors do not wait to be invited into classrooms; they fi nd opportunities to drop in for informal visits in addition to the more formal, mandated classroom observations tied to evaluation. They constantly scan the learning environment, looking for ways to help teachers develop further. Effective supervisors get out of the main offi ce to pay attention to the pulse of the school. Teachers want supervisors to be accessible-but not just by having an open-door policy. Teachers want supervisors to be visible-but not just by walking the halls during passing periods. In short, teachers want supervisors to visit their classrooms, and it is the supervisor’s responsibility to do so.
