3 day Foundation Course – learning to be a supervisor within an educational setting

This course is two consecutive days in person (14 & 15 October 2026) followed by a day online (19 November 2026)

The IMS(S) Foundation Course is offered to educators who wish to train to deliver best practice supervision in their own educational settings.  The course is offered to people working in education settings where there is a clear readiness to extend supervision to staff in the setting. We strongly encourage all participants enrolling on this course to have experienced supervision themselves.

This course explores the importance of establishing a supervision framework that works with existing policies in the education setting. It introduces the IMS(S). It gives participants the foundation knowledge to become a supervisor in their own educational setting.

Participants will be introduced to the IMS(S) and will gain the foundational knowledge and skills needed to begin practising as supervisors within their own schools or educational settings.  The training is delivered in person for two consecutive days followed by a third day held several weeks later online.

During the training days delegates will be introduced to the IMS(S); at its heart is the supervision cycle. Participants will be offered the opportunity to try out the supervision cycle (a model that develops emotional containment, reflection, critical analytical thinking and defensible decision making). Supervision is a relational, restorative process designed to be trauma responsive.