Supporting and Supervising Mid-Level Professionals: New Directions for Student Services, Number 136

Supporting and Supervising Mid-Level Professionals: New Directions for Student Services, Number 136
ISBN-10
1118328256
ISBN-13
9781118328255
Category
Education
Pages
112
Language
English
Published
2011-12-22
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Author
Larry D. Roper

Description

Student service professionals promoted to a supervisory role facethe challenges of supervising career professionals, office staff,graduate students, or undergraduates. Stress and anxiety naturallyaccompany the demands of such a job, particularly in the academicworld, an environment that can require sensitivity to multiculturalissues, supervision by virtual means, and navigation of anoccasionally difficult, opaque hierarchy. The authors of this sourcebook blend research, personal essays,case studies, and their personal experiences to illuminate theneeds and challenges of midlevel supervisors. Topics include: Dynamics of supervision Reflections on building capacity as a supervisor Developing a philosophy of self-authorship Managing conflict from the middle Supervising graduate assistants Effective strategies for virtual supervision Supervising across cultures Case studies in middle management supervision This is the 136th volume of the Jossey-Bass quarterly reportseries New Directions for Student Services. An indispensableresource for vice presidents of student affairs, deans of students,student counselors, and other student services professionals, NewDirections for Student Services offers guidelines and programs foraiding students in their total development: emotional, social,physical, and intellectual.

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