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"No single factor more clearly predicts the productivity of an employee than his or her relationship with his or her supervisor."
— From The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not Time, Is the Key to High Performance by Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz
The Early Childhood Training Center offers a two-part, professional development series designed to help you become a more effective supervisor, specialist, manager or leader in your program. Supervision topics and skills are presented cumulatively over four days through presentation, discussion, and hands-on practice.
This supervision training allows participants to:
- Explore elements of an effective supervisory relationship
- Develop, practice, and refine essential skills
- Cultivate capacity to deal with challenging situations
- Increase ability to motivate staff
- Expand reflective approaches and increase self-awareness
- Examine successful leadership attitudes and behaviors
One size doesn't fit all
We recognize that each individual participating in the series comes
with different experience and varied supervisory strengths and skills.
Participants are encouraged to implement and practice those series
skills and approaches which best address their unique needs
as supervisors.
Secrets of Effective Supervision Overview
| Part 1 - two days | Part 2 - two days |
| Focus | Focus |
| Purpose and possibilities of supervision | Prepare for inevitable challenges and enhance your influence |
| Primary assumptions | Primary assumptions |
| People want to be well supervised. Supervision can be mutually satisfying. |
Being nice, consistent, clear, and supportive doesn't guarantee it will always go well. |
| Sample skills | Sample skills |
| Orientation Inqury skills Matching styles and approaches Goal setting |
Effective corrective action Addressing burnout Generating creativity and building morale Clarifying hiring priorities |
This series can be taken for college credit. Delivery of the series can be individualized to meet the scheduling needs of your program. Contact us to arrange training for your organization.