The Wisconsin Legislature passed a law in 1915 providing for one or more supervising teachers for each county. These teachers maintained their own state organization; and on their own initiative contributed professional materials for promoting supervisory work. “The Supervising Teachers” Exchange proved to be an effective means of communicating supervisory activity. There was an annual conference required by law, which met at the time of the general meeting for administrators and supervisors called by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. After years of contributory work, this association, because of a duplication of members, objectives, and time, merged in 1958 with the Wisconsin Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. The merged group adopted the name of the latter organization. Its objectives continued to be the general improvement of instruction and supervision; more particularly, the promotion of teacher growth in three major areas: wholesome emotional and mental development, socio-economic understanding and adjustment, and professional competence. Any person with a major interest in the field of supervision, curriculum development, administration, or classroom teaching could become a member of the association. Besides the annual meeting held during the week of the annual conferences of administrators and supervisors, other meetings were held in connection with conventions, workshops, and spring conferences. The state was divided into six geographical areas, each of which held one or more professional gatherings during the year.
