1. Module 7
Effective Monitoring
and Supervision

2. Session Objectives Learn techniques for effective supervision
Discuss the importance of monitoring and providing skillful feedback to students
Identify “structural variables” that positively or negatively impact monitoring and supervision
Identify hotspots and times of day when additional supervision may be necessary

3. Effective Supervision
In the right place-mentally:
looking alert
being interactive

4. Interacting Positively Proactively Intervening
The Art of Supervision
Instruction
Interacting Positively
Professional
Proactively Intervening
Visibility
Scanning
Circulating
Name all 7 please.

5. Find the Top Ten Supervision Skills
As I describe them:
Write a “S” next to 2 skills you already do well.
Next, write a “G” for 2 skills which you want to improve.
Now the staff needs to determine one (1) behavior on which to start improving beginning tomorrow.
Give the participants the directions to select that behavior and then share it with a partner. Remind the partner to ask the staff member how they did with improving that specific supervision behavior.

6. Why is it Important to Circulate?
Greater visibility
Direct observation by the supervisor
Increased rate of proximity
Increased opportunity for contact
Increased opportunity for positive reinforcement
Increased likelihood of encountering inappropriate behaviors

7. Scanning is the ability to systematically and visually scan more distant parts of an area and recognize signs or sounds that may indicate problem behavior

8. Instructional Strategies
Define what you are teaching
Model the skill
Practice the skill
Reward successful practice
Re-teach the skill if practice is not successful
Test it in natural settings and routines

9. Correcting Student Behavior
Be calm, business-like, and respectful
Take the student(s) aside
Define the problem behavior and focus on the appropriate behavior
Ask for acknowledgement
Give the student choices
Describe the prescribed consequence
Apply the consequence

10. Supervision: Another View
Protect
Expect
Connect
Correct
Your presence prompts student rule-following
Your positive presence will promote:
An invitational school climate
A spirit of cooperation
A sense of adult availability
Student rule-following has a positive affect on safety and civility
Randy Sprick, Ph.D., “Safe and Civil Schools”

11. Module 7: Team Assignment
Determine level of supervision needed for the common areas and activities addressed so far.
Use a campus map to determine “hot spots”. Think “connect the dots”.
Discuss and determine how your campus
will teach and utilize the concepts of “The
Art of Supervision”.