This post will serve to guide supervisor and supervisee through the covenant development process.
- The first section, Covenant Worksheet, will provide answers to the questions that must be asked prior to the writing of the covenant. It will take a few days or weeks for the supervisee to understand his/her assignment well enough to complete the form. As this understanding comes, the answers to these questions will become apparent.
- The next step will be to transfer the information from the worksheet to the pages of the covenant itself. The second section, Covenant Outline, will include the personhood and task elements in which the supervisee has identified and asked to be held accountable.
The Covenant Worksheet:
Covenanting is a process. It is a way through which we can together agree upon the specifics of your role during your term of service. Together, we will negotiate this role. Together, we will change it as situations and needs change. Together, we will evaluate it.
In establishing our covenant, please be ready to discuss the following questions:
1. Why am I here?
2. What are my expectations?
3. What are my personal needs at this time?
4. What goals need to be set in order to meet these personal needs?
5. What tasks should be developed to meet these personal goals?
6. How and when will we know we have accomplished my personal needs (evaluation)?
7. What are the work needs at this time?
8. What goals need to be set in order to meet these work needs?
9. What tasks should be developed to meet these work goals?
10. How and when will we know we have accomplished our work needs (evaluation)?
The Covenant Outline: Personal
Supervisee and position:
Supervisor:
Goal #____:
Tasks to accomplish goal:
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Evaluation:
Goal #____:
Tasks to accomplish goal:
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Evaluation:
Goal #____:
Tasks to accomplish goal:
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Evaluation:
The Covenant Outline: Work
Supervisee and position:
Supervisor:
Goal #____:
Tasks to accomplish goal:
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Evaluation:
Goal #____:
Tasks to accomplish goal:
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Evaluation:
Goal #____:
Tasks to accomplish goal:
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Evaluation: