Effective supervisors do with teachers, what effective teachers do with young children.
Effective teachers and children inquire together about topics of interest or areas of focus. Teachers guide children in hypothesizing, creating, analyzing, problem solving, imagining, reasoning, representing, and reflecting. Effective supervisors and teachers inquire together about topics of interest or areas of focus related to the teacher's practice. Supervisors guide teachers in hypothesizing, creating, analyzing, problem solving, imagining, reasoning, representing, and reflecting. The foundation of both of these parallel practices is in the relationship.