Clinical Cycle and Personality: A Framework for Supervising in Today’s Schools August 16, 2010 Dr. Lepine

Supervision of Instruction Edward Pajak – Professor in the College of Education at Johns Hopkins University Honoring Diverse Teaching Styles: A Guide for Supervisors

The Personality Theory of Carl Jung Jung theorized 8 personality types based on two distinct attitudes: Introversion and Extroversion and Four Psychological Functions: Feeling, Thinking, Sensing & Intuition ( )

Attitude, according to Jung, is a person’s predisposition to behave in a particular way. There are 2 opposite attitudes: INTROVERSION EXTROVERSION

Carl Jung’s Four Psychological Functions: SJ, SP, NF, NT

Pajak’s Styles and Experiences of Teaching With Jung’s Archetypes What is an Archetype?

Pajak’s Teacher Styles Describe the ways we prefer to gather data and perceive our reality. STSFNTNF EQ: How could knowing each other’s preferred style impact our PLC work?

Two aspects of style: intuition (N) Knowing about something without conscious understanding of where that knowledge comes from sensing (S) The means by which a person knows something exists

 Feeling (F) and  Thinking (T) Describe the ways we appraise or judge the reality we perceive.  Feeling- is the method by which a person understands the value of conscious activity  Thinking – is the method by which a person understands the meaning of things

Caring SF S N F T Knowing Inventing Inspiring Pajak’s Four Styles NT ST NF

Everyone is treated equally and held to a high standardstandard Law-Giving Organizing Both value conformity to traditional values, understandings and behaviors Knowing Teachers - ST ARCHETYPES: Cicely Tyson in The Marva Collins Story John Houseman in The Paper Chase

Inventing Teachers- NT Realistic, methodical, teacher heroes that use strategies in their classrooms they have personally found to get consistent positive results from students, pay little attention to authority- strive to help students think things through themselves Problem-Solving Discovering ARCHETYPES: To Sir With Love, Stand and Deliver

Caring Teachers - SF Portrayed as exhibiting tremendous passion in their classrooms, feeling and tone of the classroom is important, tuned in to the emotional needs of students Orchestrating Care-Giving ARCHETYPES: The Music of My Heart The Music of My Heart, Pay it Forward, Mr. Holland’s Opus

Inspiring Teachers - NF Depicted as having a flair for making their subject come alive,trendsetters and innovators, creative nonconformists – their teaching makes a statement about what they personally stand for and believe in Idealizing Liberating ARCHETYPES:Dead Poet’s Society, Dangerous MindsDead Poet’s Society

What is your style preference?  Individually, take the “Clinical Dialect Preference Survey”  Using the scoring guide determine your communication preference and teacher style Four Corners Activity

Find the poster that represents your preference for one of the four psychological function pairs : STSFNTNF Write your name on the poster Discuss with the group your understanding of how your preference will impact supervision and your work in PLC – How will knowing each other’s style impact this work? As a group, agree upon and then draw a visual on your chart paper that represents your preference and supervision style Choose who will share