Providers know they need to
conduct supervision.
But how many have the skills to hold effective supervision conversations?
Why managers need coaching skills, not more paperwork.
Less paperwork. Better conversations. Greater impact.
A three-hour interactive session for owners, managers and room leaders in early years and school-age childcare settings, and for childminders who employ staff.
Supervision is not a tick-box compliance activity.
It needs to be lived and breathed in every setting.
Effective supervision is a leadership skill.
Supervision contributes directly to leadership and governance judgements.
Does this sound like your providers?
We don’t have time for supervision
We don’t do supervision, but I am always available if the team need me
I have got forms (but can’t tell you what the actions are)
My staff don’t or won’t do what I want them to
We do appraisals / team meetings / I send emails - isn’t that supervision?
I’d like to get better at supervision
I know I need to connect supervision with impact - how do I do that?
Providers care passionately about inspection outcomes.
Without effective supervision, providers risk not achieving the expected standard.
Better supervision improves practice, strengthens teams, supports retention and ultimately results in better outcomes for children.
“It's like I go into a mentoring session in chaos and come out with
clarity, vision, purpose and direction.
She helps me make informed decisions and empowers me to take
action with confidence.”
SM, Founder, Alternative Provision
Providers know supervision is required…
…but have not been taught how to supervise through coaching.
Do you find settings can show you the forms, but not evidence what they actually changed?
A provider can have excellent paperwork and still struggle to
demonstrate effective supervision.
Supervision and Coaching: all the impact, no extra paperwork.
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After the session, delegates will be able to...
Explain what supervision is for, in terms their own team will recognise, and separate it from appraisal
Hold a coaching conversation using a structure they can remember and use the same week
Answer the objections they hear from their staff, and the ones they have used themselves
Trace a conversation through to something a child experiences
Provide evidence to Ofsted without generating more paperwork
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How It Impacts Inspection
Supervision sits at paragraphs 3.35 and 3.36 of the EYFS statutory framework. An evaluation area is graded at the expected standard only where the relevant EYFS requirements are met, and supervision is one of them.
Ofsted does not want documents produced for inspection, and has stated that doing so creates unnecessary workload. Most settings are doing more paperwork than it asks for, and less of the conversation.
Inspectors are looking for manageable workloads, whether staff feel supported, and whether professional learning is targeted at improving practice.
This session gives providers the conversation that produces all three, and a way to evidence supervision that is not another form.
How this session is different
Instead of:
Being told what supervision should look like
A template that generates more paperwork
Training that ends when the session does
The coaching model explained from a slide
You get:
Managers who have practised the conversations
A way to evidence impact
An actionable change and conversation from every delegate
A Level 7 qualified coach and mentor who teaches this qualification to other coaches
How the session runs
● Delivered online, for up to 40 delegates from across your providers
● Three hours, including two breaks
● Two facilitators throughout, one Level 7 qualified in coaching and mentoring and one completing the same qualification
● Practice in triads, with a coach, a coachee and an observer, and roles rotating
● Feedback taken in groups, so delegates hear more than their own experience
£750 plus VAT per 3-hour workshop
Highly interactive delivery. We don’t just introduce the model.
We practise it, we experience it and we learn by hearing the views of others.
Delegates leave with everything they need to
embed supervision and coaching in their setting
A supervision and coaching self-audit for their own setting
One-page prompt card for the coaching structure
A written record of the actions they committed to
We don’t just support delegates.
We help you to measure impact, and after the session we return an anonymised summary of what delegates committed to.
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For more information
If you would like further information about the training above or bespoke training tailored to your providers’ needs and challenges please complete the form or email info@be-more.uk.