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What is the College of Frontline Supervision (CFS)?

The CFS contains a series of courses designed to improve supervisor skills in recruiting, supporting, leading, and developing direct support professionals. The courses will specifically help you learn skills that will reduce unnecessary turnover of DSPs . They will also help you improve the quality of services by giving you the tools to improve the competence of the employees that you supervise.

This brief introduction to the College of Frontline Supervision will:

  • Help you understand why these skills are critical to your success as a supervisor.
  • Give you an overview of the courses in the college.
  • Introduce you to a tool that will be useful in guiding your own professional development.
  • Help you understand research studies related to this online opportunity.
  • Allow you to register for the courses.


The College of Frontline Supervision was developed the Research and Training Center on Community Living, Institute on Community Integration, University of Minnesota. Course development and dissemination was supported by several grants including: the Mobilizing for Change project funded by the U.S. Department of Education, National Institutes on Disability and Rehabilitation Research grant # H133A990001; the Partnership for Success Project funded by the U.S. Department of Labor grant # N-7596-9-00-87-60; the Training Initiative Project funded by the Administration on Developmental Disabilities, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services grant #90-DD04468-02; and the Research and Training Center on Community Living funded by the U.S. Department of Education, National Institutes on Disability and Rehabilitation Research grant # H133B031116.

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