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31. Tools for Supervision II: Supervising Early-Career Professionals
Date/Time: Monday, February 27, 2012 at 1:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour
Presenter: Dr. Jason Laker
Price: $90
 | Special registration link for webinars #31 & #32 only |
Supervision is an art and a science, and rarely are supervisory skills overtly taught. Unfortunately, many of us develop our supervisory styles through reflection on disappointing experiences either with former supervisors or difficult staff interactions. Given the espoused values of Student Affairs, we should be especially committed to thoughtful and purpose-driven supervision. Our ethical, legal, and educational obligations demand that we cultivate versatile mentoring, training, and management skills in support of our staff's and students' learning and success.
This is the second of three sessions (see also #30 & #32) designed to focus on different and important dimensions of the supervisory relationship with individuals and teams. They are intended for supervisors at all experience levels. Newer supervisors will find it useful for developing their skills and style. More experienced supervisors will have an opportunity to reflect upon, refine, and advance their commitments to effective practice. Seasoned supervisors can draw on these sessions for their training responsibilities.
It can be very rewarding to serve as one of the first supervisors to an early-career professional. Sometimes it can be quite difficult as well. On the one hand, supervisors want to honor the talent and energy that led to new colleague’s selection. Yet, the new professional also has much to learn about the professional role, organizational culture, and student population at your institution. This webinar will discuss shared and competing expectations, negotiation of the relationship, potential conflicts and solutions.
LEARNING GOALS:
- An overview of common challenges in supervising new professionals, and how to respond
- Setting and keeping expectations while supporting and motivating the staff member
- Strategies for encouraging learning, reflection and humility in new staff
- Ideas and support for reinvigorating your own supervisory style.
- Approaches to balancing supervisory roles of advocacy, accountability, and guidance
- Supervisors of graduate and undergraduate students
- Aspiring Supervisors or those seeking greater challenge
- Work-Study Coordinators
- Human Resources Staff
- Graduate Preparation Program Faculty and Students
- Mid-Level Managers and SSAOs who supervise those who have student staff
Dr. Jason Laker has nearly 20 years of successful and progressively more complex administrative leadership experiences in student and academic affairs, at five distinct institutional environments (e.g., research, public, private, large, small, religious, liberal arts) in the U.S. and Canada (he is originally from Detroit, Michigan). He has served as Chief Student Affairs Officer at universities in the U.S. and Canada, and is currently a tenured, Full Professor in the Lurie College of Education at San José State University in California. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Arizona's Center for the Study of Higher Education, an M.A. in Community Counseling from Adams State College (CO), and a B.S. in Organizational Communication from Central Michigan University. He has presented and published numerous articles and conference sessions, including two recent texts, Masculinities in Higher Education (Routledge, 2011 with Tracy Davis) and Canadian Perspectives on Men and Masculinities (Oxford, 2011).
**For more information about our webinars, including System Requirements, please see the FAQ section.
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