Journal of Sociological Research ISSN 1948-5468 2013, Vol. 4, No.2 www.macrothink.org/jsr 380 Principles for Educational Supervision and Guidance Ramezan Jahanian, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran E-mail: Ramezan.jahanian@gmail.com Mitra Ebrahimi A student at Master’s Degree level Field of study: Educational Management Islamic Azad University- Karaj Branch, Iran. E-mail: Ebrahimimitra59@yahoo.com Doi:10.5296/jsr.v4i2.4562 URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/jsr.v4i2.4562 Abstract Educational supervision is based on principles, of which consideration shall guaranty purposefulness and dynamism in an educational system. In order to accomplish a certain task, either simple or specialized, it is required that doer must start his activity, continues and accomplish the same by fully observing respective principles of the said activity. Realization of views and theories of educational supervision in an educational system, and getting assistance of the same for constant improvement of quality and production of new educational qualities depends on fundamental principles of supervision. Educational guides must follow principles of educational supervision and guidance for improvement of educational and learning conditions. They must always be concerned about the said principles in their plans and activities. Thus, due to importance of observance and consideration of respective principles in significant educational supervision and guidance, in this paper, it has been tried to state principles of supervision, which may guide supervisors in design and execution of educational supervision. Key words Principles of supervision, educational guidance, educational guides, educational system Introduction Educational supervision and guidance are among the most important duties, which are required for administration of a desirable educational system. Its main goal is to modify and to improve educational status. Available educational supervision and guidance plans and quality of its perpetuation in materialization of educational goals play a determining role. Nowadays, educational guides as educational leaders cooperate with teachers and help them with educating in order to modify educational status, aiming at promotion of quality of teachers’ performance and removal of their problems through professional cooperation. Although educational supervision and guidance plans and titles of educational guides are different in various educational systems, their duties are similar to some extent.