COUNSELING AND MENTORING FOR SUPERVISORS/FIELD TRAINING OFFICERS: December 15-16, 2021

This seminar is designed specifically for officers and supervisors assigned the task of mentoring a new or underachieving employee or trainee. There are a variety of challenges in ensuring all efforts are undertaken to ensure a productive employee for the agency. This program will consider some of the basic principles and applications that might be utilized in mentoring/counseling employees to enhance their assigned roles.

Topics include:

• recognizing employees in need mentoring before it is too late
• understanding the role of a mentor, including planning, organizing, directing, implementing, and evaluating activities
• overview of effective counseling techniques
• adult learning principles including use of auditory, visual, and kinesthetic
• essential skills that mentors must have which include, strong interpersonal skills, team building abilities and communication skills
• overview of proper documentation necessary during the mentoring phase
• how to effectively deal with different generations of employees

LOCATION/TIME: December 15 – 16, 2021  – 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

LOCATION: Ocala Police Department, 402 South Pine Avenue, Ocala, Florida

FEE: $295 per person

DISCOUNT RATE:  Enroll two agency personnel at $295 per person and the third person is enrolled at half-price ($147).  Enroll three agency personnel at $295 per person and the fourth person is enrolled free.

REGISTRATION: The Ocala Police Department, Training Officer Sgt. Jared Sieg, JSieg@ocalapd.org, 352-369-7000 will register all students.  If you received this email notice in error or prefer no longer to be emailed announcements of forthcoming law enforcement or communication center seminars, please respond to this email or call (681) 285-0830 and your email address will be immediately deleted from our file.