Pedagogical Supervision

As pedagogical leaders, principals and vice-principals must necessarily prioritize teacher supervision. Whether used individually or with a group, this effective approach centers on improving educational services for students and optimizing their academic achievement. However, teacher supervision is influenced by ambiguities and several types of challenges related to the concept of supervision, the actors’ perceptions and beliefs, and the various systemic structures at play. This competency standards framework presents the knowledge, the know how to do, the know how to be, and the know how to become every successful teacher supervisor should possess, and proposes for each order a summary of existing literature and accessible theories. This competence reference manual will help supervisors acquire invaluable pedagogical and relational skills to perform high-quality, high-results supervision.

This competency framework was given to all the school principals of our school board to better assist them in their professional development, to help them improve student success. This book is an essential basic tool to better understand transversal skills in supervision., It seems essential to me that school principals build a conceptual and theoretical framework to consolidate their practices in pedagogical supervision. This book provides a facilitative structure, gives a direct access to quality information and serves as a solid foundation to build upon!

YAMINA BOUCHAMMA, Ph.D., is Full Professor in the Department of Foundations and Practices in Education at Université Laval. Her academic activities, research interests, and publications notably regard the competencies of school administrators and pedagogical supervision.MARC GIGUÈRE, M.Ed., is Lecturer in the Department of Foundations and Practices in Education at Université Laval. Mr. Giguère has extensive experience as Principal in both primary and secondary education. His expertise also includes the professional development of school leaders. DANIEL APRIL, Doctoral student in School Administration and Policies, is Research assistant with the Department of Foundations and Practices in Education at Université Laval. He holds a Masters in Administration and Evaluation in Education (Planning and Management) as well as a B.Ed. in French second-language education. Mr. April also serves as research and communications consultant at UNESCO for the Global Education Monitoring Report.