Supervising for Excellence and Success

 Supervising for Excellence and Success is an interactive course that focuses on the essential practice elements and functions of supervision. These supervisory functions – Leading, Planning, Organizing, Teaching, Supporting, and Evaluating – are explored in detail through discussion of literature, self-assessment tools, informative handouts, group exercises, and role play based on case and situational examples.

Practice elements critical to supporting professional engagement, partnership, and team building in supervision are highlighted to align with research and best practices that show how the quality of supervision impacts every aspect of an organization’s ability to achieve desired outcomes for children and families. In addition, research indicates that supervisors influence the retention and support of staff to achieve maximum performance and professional development potential.

Unlike other trainings and seminars, Supervising for Excellence and Success is designed to enable new and experienced supervisors and middle managers to learn and enhance their competencies implementing evidence-based skills to provide guidance appropriate for individual staff; promote engagement and commonality of approaches between levels of management to achieve organizational goals; enhance supervisor and middle manager skill in leading for development of collaborative partnerships in supervision; and create opportunities for supervisor-supervisee relationships that support coordinated and effective team functioning.

TRAINING & CONSULTATION

CWLA offers two training and consultation options:

(1) CWLA staff come to your agency and work onsite with your supervisors and middle managers.

(2) CWLA staff provide open enrollment training sessions around the country where supervisors and middle managers come to learn Supervising for Excellence and Success.

Both “agency-based training and consultation” and “open enrollment training” are provided by CWLA’s senior staff and consultants/trainers who have expertise in supervisory functions.

For more information please contact: Marcus Stallworth, LMSW, Director, Training and Implementation or Gaelle Augustin, Training and Administration Associate.