Effective Practices for the Supervision of Instructors
Sponsored by: Special Operations Forces Language Office, USSOCOM; Prepared by: ALPS Insights Raleigh, NC
Introduction
This document highlights findings and recommendations from the Establish Best Practices for the Supervision of Instructors Technical Report, which compares the instructional supervisory behaviors and practices used in Special Operations Forces (SOF) Initial Acquisition Training (IAT) schools to best practices described in the literature, as well as to practices used in language schools external to the SOF IAT community. Based on the findings, the report provides recommendations for SOF leadership, command language program managers (CLPMs), and instructional supervisors (supervisors). These recommendations can be used to maintain and further develop effective instructional supervisory behaviors and practices in SOF IAT language schools. … Read more by downloading the PDF.
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