MQM1FISU: Foundations in Supervision

Module code: MQM1FISU

Module provider: Leadership, Organisations and Behaviour; Henley Business School

Credits: 30

Level: Postgraduate Masters Stage 1

When you'll be taught: Full year

Module convenor: Ms Julia Carden, email: julia.carden@reading.ac.uk

Pre-requisite module(s):

Co-requisite module(s):

Pre-requisite or Co-requisite module(s):

Module(s) excluded:

Placement information: No placement specified

Academic year: 2024/5

Available to visiting students: Yes

Talis reading list: Yes

Last updated: 28 May 2024

Overview

Module aims and purpose

The module will cover the principles and best practice of coaching supervision, along with a range of approaches to individual and group supervision.  The structure of the programme will be practical and experiential, with considerable opportunities to both receive and carry out supervision using various approaches.  This programme will provide students with the knowledge and confidence to work as a coaching supervisor, and increase personal self-awareness so that they can work flexibly with their clients and thereby enabling insight.

This programme aims to:

• Develop the capacity of individuals to act as effective supervisors and reflective practitioners, in a one-to-one or group supervision capacity

• Develop a deeper understanding of self as the instrument for coaching supervision

• Build understanding of the role and purpose of supervision, appreciating the developmental, supportive and managerial elements of supervision

• Give students an awareness of theoretical and philosophical underpinnings of different supervision models and how they work

• Give students experience of the different models, both as supervisor and supervisee

• Develop the knowledge, skills and ability of individuals to work with ethical and professional dilemmas likely to arise in supervision

• Help students develop the ability to review and critically reflect upon their own practic

Module learning outcomes

By the end of the module, it is expected that the student will be able to:

1. Demonstrate appropriate academic knowledge to key concepts and coaching supervision theories that are relevant to their practice.

2. Demonstrate their ability to apply supervision practice to both individual and/or group situations, either within an organisation or as an external consultant.

3. Demonstrate flexibility in applying an appropriate supervision intervention in a range of scenarios.

4. Demonstrate that they have confidence working as a supervisor with professionalism, awareness of the ethical codes of practice and ongoing supervision-on-supervision.

5. Assess their own self-awareness and identify development areas

Module content

• An introduction and overview of supervision

• Use of self as coaching supervisor, self-assessment and self-awareness

• The supervision relationship; Power in supervision and an introduction to Transactional Analysis

• Contracting in coaching supervision

• Coaching Supervision Models and Frameworks (including 7-eyed model; Constellations; Somatics in supervision)

• Ethics and ethical dilemmas

• A Systemic approach to supervision – including reflection on how larger systemic issues impact coaching supervision

• Group coaching supervision and group dynamics in supervision groups

• Psychotherapeutic and psychological concepts in supervision (including transference, counter transference and projection)

• Integration and evaluation – developing your own model and style of supervision

• Developing your internal superviso

Structure

Teaching and learning methods

• Tutor input (workshops and webinars)

• Demonstrations

• Practice in groups, triads and pairs

• Plenary and small group discussion

• Peer/tutor/supervisor feedback

• Independent coaching supervision practice

• Coaching supervision-on-supervision

• Reading 

• Reflective writing 

• Learning log 

The contact hours are shown for one semester in the table below for illustrative purposes only. The actual timing will vary depending on your cohort start date

Study hours

At least 60 hours of scheduled teaching and learning activities will be delivered in person, with the remaining hours for scheduled and self-scheduled teaching and learning activities delivered either in person or online. You will receive further details about how these hours will be delivered before the start of the module.

Please note the independent study hours above are notional numbers of hours; each student will approach studying in different ways. We would advise you to reflect on your learning and the number of hours you are allocating to these tasks.

Semester 1 The hours in this column may include hours during the Christmas holiday period.

Semester 2 The hours in this column may include hours during the Easter holiday period.

Summer The hours in this column will take place during the summer holidays and may be at the start and/or end of the module.

Assessment

Requirements for a pass

Students need to achieve an overall module mark of 50% to pass this module. 

Summative assessment

Penalties for late submission of summative assessment

This module is subject to the Penalties for late submission for Postgraduate Flexible programmes policy, which can be found at:

https://www.reading.ac.uk/cqsd/-/media/project/functions/cqsd/documents/qap/penaltiesforlatesubmissionpgflexible.pdf

The Module Convenor will apply the following penalties to work submitted late:

• where the piece of work is submitted up to one calendar month after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline): 10% of the total marks available for that piece of work will be deducted from the mark; 
• where the piece of work is submitted more than one calendar month after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline): a mark of zero will be recorded.

You are strongly advised to ensure that coursework is submitted by the relevant deadline. You should note that it is advisable to submit work in an unfinished state rather than to fail to submit any work.

Formative assessment

Formative assessment is any task or activity which creates feedback (or feedforward) for you about your learning, but which does not contribute towards your overall module mark.

Two inter-modular pieces of reflective writing will be submitted and reviewed as part of the programme

Observed practice with feedback

Supervision sessions, feedback from peers, tutors and learning advisors.

Reassessment

Additional costs