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.
RECENT INSIGHTS
Evaluating Instructional Behaviors for Improved Training Outcomes
ALPS Solutions engaged in a series of studies to understand why instructors were having such a large impact on student outcomes in the Special Operations Forces (SOF) community. If training is supposed to be a standardized experience, then the instructor to which a student is assigned should not cause a variable experience for students across classes. The goal of this research was to identify and reduce variability to create a more standardized and a positive experience.
Training Diagnostics to Improve Learner and Class Outcomes
ALPS Solutions has worked closely with training programs within the Special Operations Forces (SOF) community to evaluate training effectiveness and identify areas where interventions by program administrators and instructors can have a positive impact on learner- and class-level outcomes.
Speaking in the Target Language and Impact on Student Outcomes
This document summarizes trends and predictive relationships among instructor and student during-training speaking in the target language (TL) and student proficiency outcomes (e.g., end-of-training OPI results), using data collected from the Special Operations Forces (SOF) community.
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