Webinar: The Seven Secrets of Effective Remote Supervision Uncovered - GW Center for Rehabilitation Counseling Research & Education

The Seven Secrets of Effective Remote Supervision Uncovered

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More About this Training

In response to the pandemic, many State VR agencies are permitting their staff to work from remote locations, including their home. The webinar explores techniques for effective supervision of personnel working at a State VR agency remotely. This webinar focuses on ways supervisory staff can shift their work practices to effectively manage rehabilitation services and programs.

Topical areas covered include:

Modeling appropriate work behavior to improve performance of the work unit
Designing an effective workspace in a home office and establishing daily routines
Managing staff performance remotely
Goal setting and developing work plans
Developing and performing Annual Performance Reviews
Creating professional development goals.
Organization and planning strategies for supervisors
Communication strategies
Creating collaborative work teams

Resources and tools will be provided that supervisors can utilize in their daily work.

The contents of this webinar were developed with support from the: Vocational Rehabilitation Technical Assistance Center for Quality Management (VRTAC-QM), funded by (CFDA: 84.264J) and the Innovative Rehabilitation Training program (CFDA: 84.263C) funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services (OSERS), Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA).

Opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the position or policy of the U.S. Department of Education nor does mention of trade names, commercial products, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Department of Education.

This webinar is close captioned and a transcript is available.

Presenters:

Melissa Diehl, M.A. Ed., CRC

Project Director NTACT:C, The George Washington University Center for Rehabilitation Counseling Research and Education (CRCRE)

Phone: (410) 430-9244
|Email: mpdiehl@gwu.edu

Carol Pankow

Project Director The Vocational Rehabilitation Technical Assistance Center for Quality Management (VRTAC-QM)

Phone: (952) 994-5205
|Email: cnpankow@gwu.edu

John Walsh, M.Ed., CRC

Project Director (CIT-VR) The George Washington University Center for Rehabilitation Counseling Research and Education (CRCRE)

Phone: (267) 961-3148
|Email: jcwalsh@gwu.edu

Areas of Expertise Include: Vocational Rehabilitation Program, Organizational Change Management, Partnership and Collaboration, Systems Change, Leadership & Professional Development, and Executive Coaching. John (he/him) serves as the Project Director for the Center for Innovative Training in Vocational Rehabilitation (CIT-VR) and provides training and technical assistance to State VR agencies and their partners via the National Technical Assistance Center on Transition: The Collaborative (NTACT:C) and the Vocational Rehabilitation Technical Assistance Center for Quality Management (VRTAC-QM). He also is part of the project team for the Vocational Rehabilitation – Return on Investment Project (VR-ROI) funded by a NIDILRR grant. He has close to forty years’ experience working in human services, with a focus on promoting full integration for individuals with disabilities in their communities and the workforce; thirty of those years working for the New Jersey Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired in providing and administering Vocational Rehabilitation services at that agency. He also served as the Project Manager for the VR Technical Assistance Center – Targeted Communities (VRTAC-TC), which provided training and technical assistance to State VR agencies and their partners to address barriers to VR participation and competitive integrated employment of historically underserved groups of individuals with disabilities who are living in economically disadvantaged communities.