{"id":821,"date":"2024-11-20T20:15:19","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T04:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/success\/?p=821"},"modified":"2024-11-20T20:16:29","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T04:16:29","slug":"shared-supervision-of-student-employees-spotlight-on-supplemental-instruction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/success\/2024\/11\/20\/shared-supervision-of-student-employees-spotlight-on-supplemental-instruction\/","title":{"rendered":"Shared Supervision of Student Employees: Spotlight on Supplemental Instruction\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

by Chris Ervin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many units across the university employ student staff, and it\u2019s not unusual for unit managers to share supervisory responsibilities. Collaborative supervision of student staff has the potential to create beneficial redundancies in mentoring and support, and some units like the Writing Center, the Academic Success Center, Supplemental Instruction, and the Basic Needs Center have thoughtfully and intentionally created structures that support student employees’ professional growth and create clear supervisory roles. I was curious about how each program manages shared supervision and what values serve as foundations for their supervision and support of their student staff. For this issue of The Success Kitchen<\/em>, I share what I learned about Supplemental Instruction\u2019s supervisory team. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Program: Supplemental Instruction <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Program Leads: Adam Lenz and William McDonald-Newman <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Values: Equity, Efficiency, and Flexibility <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Supplemental Instruction, the shared supervision model is based on a division of labor that puts the student employee’s experience at the center of focus. William and Adam have made decisions about their respective responsibilities based on their own strengths and interests, while guarding against creating confusion for their staff. For example, William and Adam both contribute to hiring decisions and monitor the team through observations. While Adam approves timesheets, he corroborates with William to ensure accurate reporting. This is because\u202fWilliam maintains an office in the BRC adjacent to most study tables and leads the day-to-day operations, scheduling, and facilitating\u202fteam meetings so he has a more grounded view on the program. William has also taken lead on the SI\u2019s new mentor program, supporting the design and implementation in collaboration with veteran SI Leaders.\u202f\u202f <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adam, on the other hand, focuses on pedagogical design and assessment. His day-to-day work contributes to building, updating, and maintaining SI\u2019s assessment protocols; managing SI\u2019s registration management software (Ideal-Logic);\u202fand looking at the numerous program artifacts that the team produces in order to determine how to improve future team meetings or initial training by adding new topics or inviting new units. It is Adam\u2019s job to be in touch with colleges, administrators, and space partners when it comes to building or maintaining collaborations necessary for SI to happen successfully, and for sharing relevant data about the program that demonstrates SI\u2019s successes, needs, and pinch points. In sum, Adam\u2019s share of SI\u2019s collaborative supervision involves seeing SI and its staff at the program\/big picture level.\u202f <\/p>\n\n\n\n

An example of how SI\u2019s supervisory model has been successful is the recent development of a mentor program. William brainstormed and piloted SI\u2019s mentor program with Adam\u2019s support and co-facilitation. Experienced SI leaders (SILs) are now taking more agency in planning and leading team meetings as well as serving as additional forms of check-in support for newly hired SILs. This effect has seen an increase in cross-team communication and reduced confusions during onboarding substantially.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To close this spotlight on SI, I offer this visual representation of the SI shared supervision model, which I believe represents a structure for supervising student employees that works well for a program with one Coordinator and one Assistant Coordinator: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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by Chris Ervin Many units across the university employ student staff, and it\u2019s not unusual for unit managers to share supervisory responsibilities. Collaborative supervision of student staff has the potential to create beneficial redundancies in mentoring and support, and some units like the Writing Center, the Academic Success Center, Supplemental Instruction, and the Basic Needs … <\/p>\n

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