New Supervisor Course - TCOLE #3737

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Transition to Effective Frontline Leader

In-Person Training

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Prepare newly promoted supervisors with essential leadership, communication, decision-making, and supervisory skills required to effectively lead personnel, manage performance, and reduce organizational risk.

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Course Overview

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The New Supervisor Course (#3737) is a TCOLE-mandated 40-hour in-service program designed to prepare peace officers for first-line supervisory responsibilities. The course focuses on leadership development, ethical and lawful decision-making, professional communication, documentation practices, performance management, and supervisory accountability.

Participants develop supervisory competence through structured instruction emphasizing leadership behavior, emotional regulation as a professional skill, interpersonal communication, problem-solving, decision-making, and liability awareness. Instruction is delivered through lecture, facilitated discussion, scenario-based exercises, guided self-assessment, and applied case study analysis.

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Participants will learn:

• The transition from line officer to supervisory leadership role

• Leadership responsibility, accountability, and decision-making under pressure

• Professional communication and feedback techniques for supervision

• Performance management, documentation, and corrective action principles

• Emotional regulation and its impact on supervisory behavior and judgment

• Supervisory liability, ethics, and civil rights considerations

• Managing workplace conflict, risk, and investigative oversight

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Tuition Fee

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$725 / seat

5 Days In-Class - 40 Training Hours
1 Expert Instructor
Q/A with Instructor

Group Discussions & Scenario-Based Application

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Course Structure

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Strengthen supervisory effectiveness through collaborative, practical, and interactive in-person instruction.

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In-Person Learning
Classroom-based Environment

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Modules include a blend of lecture, facilitated discussion, structured exercises, case study analysis, and guided self-reflection activities. Participants will engage in supervisory scenarios, leadership self-assessment activities, documentation discussions, and decision-making exercises designed to reinforce lawful, ethical, and effective supervision.

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Key learning topics include:

• Leadership Foundations & Role Transition

• Ethics, Professional Standards & Decision-Making

• Communication, Listening & Feedback Techniques

• Performance Management & Documentation Practices

• Emotional Regulation & Supervisory Judgment

• Liability, Civil Rights & Risk Awareness

• Cultural Awareness & Investigative Oversight

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Course Requirements

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Participants must:

• Attend all five training days

• Actively engage in facilitated discussions, scenario-based exercises, and applied leadership activities

• Complete required course assessments, including a leadership self-assessment, learning journal, and supervisory case study

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Course Goal

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Graduates will be prepared to perform effectively in first-line supervisory roles by applying ethical leadership, sound decision-making, professional communication, emotional regulation, and defensible supervisory practices that support agency objectives, organizational accountability, and modern law enforcement demands