Fundamental Supervisory Practices
- OnlineMay 5 - 9, 2025May 19 - 22, 2025
- Asheville, NCJune 2 - 6, 2025
Being a supervisor in local government today is more challenging than ever. The Fundamental Supervisory Practices course is designed to provide newly promoted or first-time supervisors with critical knowledge and skills needed to be an effective supervisor. This highly interactive program includes the True TILT Personality Profile to help participants understand their character strengths and opportunities for development and uses a “learning partner” model and daily development plan to enable greater integration of the program experience
The School offers both in-person and virtual sessions of this course, so participants can choose a session that meets their needs. For both, participants will be highly engaged with each other and the instructors in both large and small group sessions and have opportunities to practice skills learned in class. In-person offerings will take place on-site at the School of Government over the course of 4.5 consecutive days. For virtual offerings, on-line content will be delivered in nine 3-hour time blocks, with a one-week break between Day 5 and Day 6 to allow participants time to focus on other work and apply learnings in-between training sessions. Participants should plan on spending an additional 15 minutes per day outside of class on pre-class assignments or readings.
At the conclusion of the course, participants will know:
- more about themselves and their management style, and how that impacts their effectiveness.
- the role, duties and skills needed to be an effective supervisor in the public sector.
- the critical employment laws that impact the workplace and how to create a safe, professional and harassment free workplace.
- how to work effectively in a diverse multi-generational workforce, and how to create an inclusive environment where all can prosper.
- techniques and strategies to improve communication, deliver difficult performance feedback and engage in productive coaching conversations with direct reports.
If you are interested in an onsite training click here
Members of Civic Federal Credit Union (Civic) and Local Government Federal Credit Union (LGFCU), who are local government employees, are eligible to apply for a scholarship towards tuition for conferences, classes, and seminars offered by the School of Government. There are four deadlines to submit applications:
- March 1 (for courses starting between April 1 and June 30)
- June 1 (for courses starting between July 1 and September 30)
- September 1 (for courses starting between October 1 and December 31)
- December 1 (for courses starting between January 1 and March 31)
| CEU | 27.00 hrs |
- OnlineMay 5 - 9, 2025May 19 - 22, 2025View Scholarship Information
Members of Civic Federal Credit Union (Civic) and Local Government Federal Credit Union (LGFCU), who are local government employees, are eligible to apply for a scholarship towards tuition for conferences, classes, and seminars offered by the School of Government. There are four deadlines to submit applications:
- March 1 (for courses starting between April 1 and June 30)
- June 1 (for courses starting between July 1 and September 30)
- September 1 (for courses starting between October 1 and December 31)
- December 1 (for courses starting between January 1 and March 31)
View Additional InformationThis course is currently full. We will let the waitlist know if any opennings happen before May 2nd.
24 - Asheville, NCJune 2 - 6, 2025Western Carolina University Biltmore Park Campus
28 Schenck Pkwy
Asheville, NC 28803View Scholarship InformationMembers of Civic Federal Credit Union (Civic) and Local Government Federal Credit Union (LGFCU), who are local government employees, are eligible to apply for a scholarship towards tuition for conferences, classes, and seminars offered by the School of Government. There are four deadlines to submit applications:
- March 1 (for courses starting between April 1 and June 30)
- June 1 (for courses starting between July 1 and September 30)
- September 1 (for courses starting between October 1 and December 31)
- December 1 (for courses starting between January 1 and March 31)
View Cancellation PolicyCourse participants who cancel their registration on or before May 25, 2025 will receive a full refund. No refund will be made for cancellations on or after May 26, 2025, but you will receive a transferrable credit to be used within 12 months. Click here to view the School’s full cancellation and refund policy.View Additional InformationIn-person offerings will take place on-site over the course of 4.5 consecutive days.
The June 2025 offering will be held at the Western Carolina University-Biltmore Park campus.
$1,750.00Registration and payment for this course grants access for a single attendee. In order to register a group of attendees, please register each person individually. If you have questions, please contact our registration office at registration@sog.unc.edu or 919.966.4414.
Agenda--Fundamental Supervisory Practices--May Week I
Agenda--Fundamental Supervisory Practices--May Week II
Fundamental Supervisory Practices (FSP) Notebook: May 2025
The program manager will also send instructions with additional course information as we get closer to the program.
