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Supervising College Students to be Confident Leaders
What is your philosophy for supervising students? How do you help them become confident leaders? What do you ask of them to involve them in their own supervision? confidence.
I have written about ways to advise students to become confident decision-makers. It all began with a post on Facebook that asked about a philosophy for advising students. I wrote about how my philosophy is about encouraging students to talk about the decisions they want to make and to understand more about how to make better decisions.
But not all of our situations are about unpaid student leaders or student organization members. Many of us also have a cadre of students that we supervise within our job descriptions. Do you have a philosophy for working with these students, too?
Ten Years of Trial and Error as a Supervisor
I spent most of my early career using trial and error to hire and train staff. I would mimic processes I watched my peers use and often struggled with holding students accountable. In the early part of my career, I just wanted my students to know and understand their jobs without disliking me. If they are also reading this post, they do know who they are.
And there are many stories of students that I had hired (or probably had to…
