Supervising with Head and Heart

On-Site Training Module

During this module, participants will explore the importance of social-emotional learning and character skills in our roles as supervisors. Participants will reflect on their personal roadblocks and potential pitfalls as a supervisor as well as be introduced to a management framework to help strengthen their supervision.

In this training participants will:

  • Explore social-emotional and character skills that support supervisors.

  • Explore personal roadblocks, power and potential pitfalls as a supervisor.

  • Become familiar with a management framework to strengthen their supervision. 

Content Overview

Leading Self and Others

Participants will review the key concepts from module 4.7.1 Leading with Head and Heart that are relevant to the training today as well as spend time reflecting on the importance of social-emotional learning and character skills in our roles as supervisors.

Supervision in a Youth Development Context

Participants will be introduced to a framework to help understand the parallels of youth development and supervising adults.

Personal Roadblocks in Supervision

Participants will reflect on their own personal needs, biases, and roadblocks as a supervisor to help start the process of creating an intentional process for staff development and supervision.

Management Framework

Participants will be introduced to a management framework to help strengthen their supervision of staff.

Training Length: 2 hours


eLearning Modules

Even in supervision of staff, we navigate between providing order and predictability (management actions) and inspiring change (leadership actions). The first step in creating an intentional process for staff development and supervision is to assess yourself. It’s important to spend time reflecting on your own needs, biases, roadblocks and experiences that have shaped you and your lens, and how they might impact your supervision. This course offers several opportunities to do personal reflection as well as learn supervision tools and approaches.

By the end of this course, participants will:

  • Explore social-emotional and character skills that support supervisors.
  • Explore personal roadblocks, power and potential pitfalls as a supervisor.
  • Become familiar with a management framework to strengthen their supervision.