Supervision and Mentoring Throughout the Career Journey
Presented by Jean Blosser
Meet your instructor
Jean Blosser
Jean Blosser is passionate about creating systems that ensure school SLPs and educators can provide outcomes-based, educationally relevant services. To Jean, interprofessional collaboration is essential! As President of Creative Strategies for Special Education, she consults and provides workshops for schools, universities,…
Chapters & learning objectives
1. Introduction: Supervision and Mentoring Throughout the Career Journey
This introduction sets the tone for the course by motivating participants to consider why supervision and mentoring are so important in the development of professionals. It invites participants to consider the influence others have on us throughout our career journey. Participants are encouraged to reflect about those individuals who have influenced them in their non-professional and professional lives. It introduces several key topics related to supervision and mentoring that will be discussed and presents the learner outcomes.
2. Supervision and Mentoring: What’s the Difference?
Supervision and mentoring: The terms are often used interchangeably; however, they differ from one another and each uniquely contributes to professionals’ career growth and development. This chapter helps participants distinguish between supervision and mentoring and establishes a foundation for understanding.
3. The Career Journey
Throughout our professional career journey, the need, intensity, and type of supervision and mentoring differs. This chapter describes four distinct career stages in the professional life cycle: Pre-Professional, Career Launch, Mid-Career, and Seasoned Professionals. It explains the type of supervision and mentoring that is most needed and helpful at that time. This discussion lays the groundwork for understanding specific supervisory and mentoring strategies and processes.
4. Pre-Service Supervision in Action
Supervision occurs in some form or another from the time students first enter the university, through their pre-service clinical training, into their first year of practice, and on throughout their employment. Supervisors’ roles and responsibilities vary with each stage, setting, and situation as does the supervisor/supervisee relationship. Some supervision is very frequent and direct while in other situations, the supervisor’s interactions are more indirect. This chapter discusses supervision in terms of career stage, goals, responsibilities, typical approaches, barriers to avoid or resolve, and tips for success.
5. Supervising Practicing Professionals
This chapter presents models of supervision for specific types of career stages. Similarities, differences, and unique aspects will become clear during the discussion. Practical applications for supervision and scenarios are shared.
6. Effective Mentoring in Each Career Stage
Every professional is supervised during their pursuit and practice of their profession. However, not every professional enjoys the benefits of a mentor who can guide them to achieve new heights or reach for the stars. The mentor and mentee form an interactive relationship that is dynamic and changes over time as the mentee gains in confidence, skills, expertise, and independence. The “magic” of mentoring is powerful when used to guide career development, nurture professional skills, build teams, and/or engage colleagues, families, and teachers in service delivery. The “secret” of mentoring lies in the strategies used to build positive mentor partnerships that are relevant to the specific situation and career stage. This chapter reinforces the differences between supervision and mentoring. It explores the mentoring relationships at each stage and perspectives that may evolve as professionals traverse their careers. Six mentoring techniques are presented.
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