About

This blog is designed to expand the conversation on issues, best practices, and new ideas to help you thrive as a supervisor of student employees. The blog will be moderated by Chris Lonigan, Employment Manager in Human Resources at the University of Oregon. She has also recruited a cartel of individuals who are subject matter experts in the field of supervising students.

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Background:

This blog was started to expand dialogue that began by requests from participants in the Leadership in Student Supervision Course for opportunities to share ideas, questions, and best practices. The Leadership in Student Supervision Course focuses on:

  1. the role of the supervisor with student employees;
  2. understanding the unique nature of student employees;
  3. reviewing:
    1. laws and policies related to compensating student employees;
    2. basic components of supervision with students, including assigning work, providing feedback, and disciplining employees;
    3. models for recruiting, orienting, and evaluating student employees;
    4. responsibilities and liabilities for supervisors of student employees related to providing a respectful work environment, free of harassment and discrimination, and;
  4. identify resources to assist supervisors of students in their work.

Initial Categories for Topics Include:

  1. The role of the supervisor
    1. Motivating students
    2. Setting work schedules
    3. Reinforcing and correcting behavior
    4. Bridging differences based on life experiences (cultural differences)
  2. Hiring
    1. Behavior based interviewing
    2. Using Skype for interviews
  3. Performance Expectations
    1. Customer Service
  4. Professionalism
    1. Dressing professionally

The Process:

This blog is designed to build a network of colleagues working in student supervision, tapping into what is working, what is challenging, and identifying the best practices that can be generalized across departments at the UO.

We’ll start the discussion by posting scenarios and then asking you to respond. We have gathered the names of people we know have supervised students at the UO, but please share this blog with others that we may not be aware of. If they would like to join the blog, let us know and we’ll get them added to our list.