Effective Supervisor

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The three components that I believe make an effective supervisor are: communication skills, mentoring and able to support supervisees. Communication “ connects individuals to each other and develops in people the habits of acquiring information prior to making a decision” (kindle, 1342). From a supervisory standpoint, good communication /dialogue can make the difference between a successful team or not. Mentoring is important because it enables the supervisor to show genuine care and concern, while ensuring the supervisee understands the task at hand. Understanding that your supervisees are your most important assets, it is necessary for the supervisor to provide his/hers subordinated with the support they need in order to enable them to …show more content…

Second, life stage; knowing their life stage/cycle, will help identify key concerns, characteristics, and possible implications for staff development. By doing this, supervisor will effectively be able to create a relationship with the supervisee, and meet their individual needs.
Lastly, by knowing their supervisory approach you can access and determine if a non-directive, colligative, or directive would be most effective.
According to the Webster dictionary, supervision is “the action, process, or occupation of supervising especially: a critical watching and directing” activities and or courses of action. Supervising is a quintessential step that can enable the teacher to access the weather or not the supervisee is performing to the standard. Coaching however, is a more thoughtful process in which one has to take the role of a teacher and a mentor in order to set the condition in which learning can occur. Especially in the world of early childhood education where the wrong approach could have a lasting impact on the students, it is incumbent up on the teacher to carefully craft well thought-out processes that are conducive to the learning environment. Additionally, coaching requires a vast knowledge of the target audience so that one can set the right learning

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