Understanding professional supervision practice

Who are you? One of the requirements on Supervision within the EYFS states ‘Supervision should foster a culture of mutual support, team work….’ With this in mind, it is helpful to not make assumptions and pre-judge others. Lead the following activity within a staff meeting. Ask each member of staff to fold a piece of paper into four and then write four things about themselves onto each ‘square’ – three true and one not true – e.g: I like tomato sauce, I hate One Direction, etc. Ask staff to stand up and in a large space, walk round and show each other their papers, asking each other which statement is ‘untrue’. Staff to write their names on the untrue statement. Finish when time up/all staff have carried out activity. Unpick the learning with group: How do we know things about people – do we make assumptions – how do we arrive at these judgments? What influences our thoughts? What does this mean for practice?