While completing the
post-conference, the video helped me to see that I continue to reveal
characteristics of the Artistic/Humanistic clinical supervisor. During my observation experience with the teacher, I determined that she is best characterized as a knowing teacher. Our collaborative discussion was good throughout the observation cycle. However, as I reflect, I know I would have been even more effective if I had been more descriptive in
pulling out the facts pertaining to her lesson delivery. She did not follow through on the objective of
teaching the reading strategies through explicit instruction within a
mini-lesson. It did not happen. In her reflection she feels she stayed on course towards a learning outcome. The
video reveals segments of our discussion where I should have been more direct
and descriptive with the teacher. Direct and descriptive language is best for communicating with a knowing teacher. I
enjoyed the clinical observance experience and look forward to
working with her on future lesson studies PD. This will help her with lesson development
and alignment that follows through to a formative assessment. It will also allow her to practice teaching through explicit instruction. In addition to lesson studies, we
plan to work on projects that are action research related and focused on family
involvement. She did not score well in that area and I will work with her in
those areas. I am the guardian provider
personality type and the caring personality does surface while working with teachers to help develop them into more effective teachers.
My guardian provider temperament type is
reflected in my supervisory style. Overall, I think the personality results and
communication styles are more accurate than none. It helped me to better communicate with the
teacher I observed by knowing her learning style. Interestingly, she fit the
image of a knowing teacher, while I am a caring teacher. It is important to know that both of these types have their own unique characteristics for communicating and learning. This information should remain a part of one's thinking if the goal is to be an effective supervisor...all types are unique. It was good
to see the subcategories for orchestrators and caregivers, my clinical languages, described in more detail including stern as one
characteristic. Not that I do not want to be seen as a caring teacher. Pajak describes
orchestrators in the way that they can be as tough and demanding as the
organizing teachers. I will work to
incorporate languages that may be less dominant as I work with teachers and
their many different teaching and communicating styles. My dialect is thinking and intuiting. This information has great value to me now. After all, effective communication really is
the key to successful clinical observations.
