Program Overview
A 40-hour federal supervisor and manager program addressing the first-year transition, recurring supervisory development, performance, coaching, employee relations, EEO and accommodation boundaries, conflict, change, resources, and a supervisory capstone.
Who Should Attend
New and experienced federal supervisors, managers, acting supervisors, and employees making a critical transition into management.
Program Details
- Total program time: 40 hours
- Delivery: Instructor-guided cohort: 8 online + 32 live hours
- Instructor: ADR Academy / Guno O. Ritfeld and approved faculty, as assigned
- Passing standard: 80 percent plus all required work products
- Certificate: Issued after all completion requirements are verified
Learning Outcomes
- Make the transition from employee to supervisor within lawful role boundaries.
- Set expectations, monitor results, coach employees, and conduct defensible appraisals.
- Recognize performance, conduct, EEO, accommodation, labor, and employee-relations issues and consult the proper officials.
- Complete a measurable supervisory impact project and 90-day operating plan.
Eight-Module Curriculum
- The Federal Supervisor's Role, Authority, and First 90 Days
- Hiring, Onboarding, Leave, Telework, and Workforce Administration
- Performance Plans, Expectations, and Appraisals
- Coaching, Mentoring, Development, and Productivity
- Unacceptable Performance, Conduct, and Documentation
- EEO, Accommodation, Labor and Employee Relations, and ADR
- Conflict, Engagement, Teams, and Change
- Resources, Technology, Strategic Execution, and Supervisory Capstone
Delivery and Completion
- Complete all eight modules and eight required applied work products.
- Pass every module knowledge check and the final assessment with at least 80 percent.
- Satisfy the active online-learning time and submit the course evaluation.
- Complete 32 instructor-led hours, required participation, role play/capstone, feedback, and instructor evaluation.
Authoritative References
5 CFR 412.202 identifies recurring supervisory-development topics and timing. Agencies remain responsible for determining their specific training hours, policies, collective-bargaining obligations, and consultation requirements.
ADR Academy Support
- Florida HQ: 121 South Orange Avenue, Suite 1500, Orlando, Florida 32801 — (407) 298-3751
- DC Metro (Principal): 3100 Clarendon Boulevard, Suite 200, Arlington, Virginia 22201 — (703) 584-5504
- Rhode Island: 10 Dorrance Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02903 — (703) 584-5504
- Toll-free: (866) 384-4563 — info@adraceu.com — www.adraceu.com
