Making the transition from line staff to supervisor calls for developing new skills and competencies as well as making a major shift in mindset from doing one’s own work to supervising the work of others. Register yourself and/or your agency for this free, live broadcast on September 15th, 2010.

The newly developed DVD series curriculum from the National Institute of Corrections, titled Self-Directed Essential Skills for New Supervisors, helps fill the gap and focuses on core competencies for supervisors, including developing personal and professional goals, demonstrating leadership, problem solving, critical thinking, decision-making, managing conflict, coaching, counseling, providing discipline, and encouraging staff performance.

What is a Self-Directed curriculum or training program?

It is a training program designed to be taken by one person, with modules played on a computer at a pace set by and directed by them - "self-directed".

Join the 3 hour live broadcast via satellite or the web to see demonstrations of curriculum modules designed to:

• Examine the personal and professional competencies needed to fulfill the role of a supervisor, including skills in management and leadership, problem solving and critical thinking, communication (oral, written, voicemail, and e-mail), and active listening and responding.
• Assess personal and professional goals that can be applied to a work setting.
• Demonstrate how to select a mentor to assist in one’s development as a supervisor.