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Imperative: Strengthening the Supervision Skills of Faculty Administrators

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By Dr. Harry Bloom, Founder and President, Benchmarking for Good, Inc.






Benchmarking for Good has been researching the state of faculty climate for the past year. Our research contributers include 23 Jewish day schools with nearly 1200 faculty members. 


A key topic our research explored is the extent to which faculty members believe the supervision they receive enhances their professional skills. The data suggest there is ample room for improvement. In fact, only 43% of faculty are very satisfied that the feedback provided by their work superior makes them grow professionally. Nearly 30% are either unsatisfied or aren’t sure one way or the other.



Drilling down among the schools in our sample and using the Net Promoter Score metric, which nets out the scores of faculty members who are unsatisfied from those who are very satisfied, we learn that there are significant differences in performance on this measure among day schools.

Question to Readers: where does your school's performance fit on this chart on this issue?


What this Information Means for the Field

Schools in the top ⅓ of performers include Kushner Hebrew Academy in Livingston, New Jersey and the Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Hartford. These schools recognize that it is vital to take steps to ensure supervisors have the skills to instill a growth mindset among their faculty members. These school leaders recognize the fact that it is unwise to assume that assuming that experienced faculty members will automatically become capable supervisors is a "bridge too far." They recognize that training supervisors on how to supervise effectively is the most powerful type of professional development a school can invest in. 


To Learn More

To learn more about how to evaluate the effectiveness of your school’s supervision, I invite you to contact me at harrybloom@benchmarkingforgood.org. We can also have a discussion about how your school can take advantage of Benchmarking for Good’s school research grant programs to enhance school effectiveness and climate. 


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