Active Supervision

Tiered Fidelity Inventory Item: 1.4 Teaching Expectations

Active supervision is the alert, proactive ability of the staff member to circulate within a group of students while interacting in a positive and constructive way, scanning for potential problems, diffusing them before they arise, and motivating students to do their best and monitor their own behavior.

What does it look like?

• Circulating unpredictably
• Visually scanning the room
• Redirecting consistently (every observed misbehavior receives a response & responses to similar misbehavior are the same from student to student, day to day)
• Smiling
• Making eye contact with students
• Responding non-­‐emotionally to misbehavior
• Using respectful body language/non-­‐confrontational stance
• Proximity: Gently moving toward the misbehavior in a relaxed way

What does it sound like?

• Interacting positively with students
• Giving 5 acknowledgements to 1 correction
• Correcting calmly and respectfully
• Aligning acknowledgements and corrections closely to the school values and expectations
• Providing comments that acknowledge students’ efforts to be successful
• Giving accurate feedback that is specific and descriptive
• Using a voice level 1 or 2
• Giving reasonably private corrections that address the problem
• Using respectful words & tone of voice
• Speaking in clear & simple language, not framing the direction as a question

The Six Features of Active Supervision

Movement

• Constant High rate
• Randomized
• Targets known problem areas

Scanning

• Constant
• Targets both appropriate and inappropriate behaviors
• Targets known problem areas
• Uses both visual and aural cues
• Increases opportunities for positive contact

Positive Contact

• Friendly, helpful, open demeanor
• Proactive, non-‐contingent
• High rate of delivery

Instructional Responses (Low level responses)

• Immediate
• Contingent on behavior
• Non-­argumentative, non-­critical
• Specific to behavior
• Systematic: correction, model, lead, test, and retest
• Consistent (with behavior and across staff)

Consequences when instructional responses are not working

• Neutral, business like demeanor
• Non-­argumentative, non-­critical
• Consistent (with behavior and across staff)
• Fair, non-­arbitrary

Resource: Active Supervision Checklist

Resource: Active Supervision Cheat Sheet