Team Development for Supervisors eLearning

Level: Advanced Practice – Supervisor

Credits: 1

Intended Audience: New and experienced supervisors

Intended Objectives:

• Identify the impact of team building on service delivery
• Recognize the stages of team development
• Describe positive and negative team behaviors
• Identify strategies for team building
• Recognize the role of the supervisor in developing a team

Topics Include:

• Defining and Understanding Teams
• Stages of Team Development
• Five Dysfunctions of a Team
• Strategies for Building a Team

CalSWEC Competencies Addressed:

7.5 Student is able to work respectively and effectively with clients and agency
personnel in an environment characterized by human diversity

7.6 Student is aware of potential work-related stress factors and is able to develop
and advocate for self-care and other strategies to reduce their effects

8.5 Student understands how leader/managers use the collaborative process for the
purpose of planning, formulating policy and implementing services

8.6 Student demonstrates knowledge of how organizational structure, climate and
culture affect service effectiveness, worker productivity, and morale.