Week One - Introduction: Personal qualities

(4th - 8th September)

Day 1 - Introduction

Day 2 - Buddy icebreaker

Day 3 - What are the personal qualities need for supervision? (briefing)

Day 4 - Personal qualities (Story)

Day 5 - Personal qualities (Task)

None

Buddy task

Reading

None

Buddy exercise

Week Two - Creating the environment

(11th - 15th Sept)

Day 6 - Recruitment and selection (briefing)

Day 7 - Recruiting and selecting staff members

Day 8 - Competition

Day 9 - Orientation (Story)

Day 10 - Orientation (Task)

Reading

Individual exercise

Operational competition: Bossing It!

None

Buddy exercise

COURSE BREAK: TWO WEEKS

(18th - 29th Sept)

Interlude: 'Motivating the Team' Guest Lecture by

Barbara Allan

None

Week Three - Delagation and monitoring

(2nd - 6th Oct)

Day 11 - Problem Solving

Day 12 - Managing time and workload (Conversation briefing)

Day 13 - Managing time and workload

Day 14 - Delegation and monitoring (Story)

Day 15 - Delegation and monitoring (Task)

Reading + Task

Reading

Buddy exercise

None

Individual exercise

Week Four - Developing staff potential

(9th - 13th Oct)

Day 16 - Developing staff potential (Story)

Day 17 - Developing staff potentia (Task)

Day 18 - Managing supervision challenges

Day 19 - Developing your potential as a supervisor

Day 20 - Course summary, evaluation and conclusion

None

Buddy exercise

None

Supervisor audit task

Self-reflective exercise and evaluation

Week Six

(Submission Friday 27th Oct)