UCSF Supervisory Certificate Program
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The UCSF Supervisory Certificate Program is a flexible, yet systematic program of learning to help UCSF supervisors clarify their roles and develop core supervisory competencies. Finish your certificate at your own pace.
Its primary objectives are to:
- orient participants to the supervisor’s role
- equip participants to manage employee performance and productivity
- equip participants to supervise within the law and union contracts
- promote collegial networking among university supervisors
Enroll in The UCSF Supervisory Certificate program and accelerate your own development as a management professional.
Who Should Enroll
- Experienced managers who want to update their knowledge of effective supervisory management practices;
- Newly designated frontline managers and supervisors;
- Aspirants to supervisory management.
Program Takeaways
- Benefit of developmental conversations with others
- Effective skills sets to manage employee and unit performance
- Confidence in working in a legal and union environment
- An expanded network of colleagues
- Achieving better results with less stress
- Transition in supervision more smoothly
- Enhanced credibility as supervisory manager
Program Components
The UCSF Supervisory Certificate Program encourages developmental communication between the participant and his/her manager, and promotes transfer of learning to the job. It incorporates these components:
- Complete a simple competency self-assessment (Required)
- Customize a “transfer of learning plan” with electives and skill practice activities. (Required)
- Attend required courses and elective courses, and do your skill practice activities. (Required)
- Receive coaching and feedback from you manager or mentor (Highly recommended)
- Certify program completion to Human Resources Development & Training (Required)
- Certificate Award
Undertaking the UCSF Supervisory Certificate Program
No formal enrollment in the certificate program is required at this time. Simply download the forms, begin the program and complete it at your own pace. We recommend completing it within two years.
Each course can be completed as a stand-alone course and can be taken in any sequence. We recommend that you complete “Introduction to Management”, “Recruiting and Hiring”, and “Setting Performance Expectations” early in the program.