FLS-M Training Program Assignments

• Each CLT will create a group presentation on one of the competency areas we have studied (see your workbook for the competencies.) 

• We will invite your supervisor and need to have the right email.

• No more than 10 minutes each for the group

• Jessica will send a PowerPoint template with slides. 

• Guests stay for presentations, lunch, and then depart as we wrap up. 

Slides:

•  Slide 1: Cover Slide

  • Presentation Title,  CLT Members’ Names 

• Slide 2: Project Overview 

  • What is the Core Learning Team competency area/s your team will present on? 

  • What are the competency area's key skills your team is focusing on? 

  • What does the audience need to know? 

• Slide 3: Deeper Dive

  • What challenge or problem did these competencies or skills help you solve?

  • What were the goals?

  • Who was involved?

  • Suggestions: Describe what the skills are and how your team has practiced using them (Be specific with examples/scenarios) Present a typical management or supervisory barrier/problem and how you can use the skills to overcome that barrier. Consider a handout or role play, but be sure your group explains the handout or analyzes what the role play illustrates 

• Slide 4: Lessons Learned

  • What did you learn as a result of the work you did on this project?

  • What surprised you?

  • What can you use moving forward?

• To access Elsevier for the FLS-M program click here. Complete the following courses before July 14.

  • FLSM - Time Management Basics

  • FLSM - Guide to Effective Meetings

  • ALL Elsevier courses for the training program are due July 14. Failure to complete all courses means you will not receive a Certificate of Completion for the program.

• Core Learning Team Assignment 3: Problem Solving

  • Identify a problem you are assisting to be solved.  This can be a barrier that a person supported is facing, an interpersonal dynamic, something more 'logistical' like organizing staffing, budgets, or planning. Pick a problem that is realistic for you.

  • Next, use either the 5 Whys or the Fishbone model to work through how can you can solve the problem.  Please refer to the Workbook pages and the PowerPoint posted on the Learner Hub to refresh (click here).  You might also use the example we worked through in class on an Employment event that had poor attendance.

• Elsevier Courses: (click here to go to the Elsevier site) --do the courses in the order below, not the order they are in in Elsevier.

• • • CFSM-I Supervision & Leadership: Understanding Employee Assessment

    • CFSM-L Supervision & Leadership: Applying the NADSP Code of Ethics in Supervision, Management, and Leadership

    • CFSM-I Supervision & Leadership: Starting out with Employee Coaching

• Core Learning Team Assignment 2:
  • Think about a person with IDD on your caseload, on your team, in the house you manage, or in your program area—someone you think could be more independent (and less dependent on their DSPs)  if linked to natural supports, assistive technology, or other community resources. 
    • 1.) Describe your observations about the way the person relies too heavily on their DSPs. 
    • 2.) Describe the natural supports, assistive technology or other resource that could help the person be more independent and connected to their community.  For example, Mary does not want an overnight staff in her apartment. The DSP must be there to administer Mary's morning medication. Mary thinks she could take her own medication if only she had reminders. 
    • Please print out your page and bring to class to share with your CLT for discussion.
• Elsevier Courses: (click here to go to the Elsevier site) --do the courses in the order below, not the order they are in in Elsevier.

• • • FLSM - Guide to Negotiation

    • FLSM - Problem Solving Fundamentals

    • FLSM - Guide to Having Difficult Conversations

• Complete the pre-course forms, links are on FLSM home page, click here.
• Core Learning Team Assignment 1:
  • Write a paragraph about a current challenge you are facing in your work.  Then write a paragraph about how you might use a Growth Mindset to help address the problem.  Please print out your page and bring to class to share with your CLT for discussion.
• Elsevier Courses: (click here)

• • • CFSM-E: Supervision & Leadership: Understanding the FLS Role

    • CFSM-E:  Supervision & Leadership: Attributes of Successful FLSs

    • FLSM -  Motivating your Team

    • FLSM -  Guide to Empathy at Work