Supervisor's Responsibilities: (Revised 5/15/99)

Supervisor's Responsibilities: (Revised 5/15/99) 1. The supervision of the temporary licensee must entail the personal and direct involvement of the supervisor in any and all ways that will permit the supervisor to attest to the adequacy of the supervisee's performance in the training experience. Knowledge of the temporary licensee's work may be obtained in a variety of ways such as: conference, audio and video tape recordings, written reports, staffing, and discussions with other persons who have participated in the training of the temporary licensee. Supervision must include direct observation of the temporary licensee performing puretone air and bone conduction speech audiometric evaluations, interpretation of audiograms, trouble-shooting hearing aids and sound-field testing of subjects, taking case history information, and performing such other activities considered important to the preparation for licensure. Employment of unlicensed personnel may be cause for revocation of a supervisor's license. 2. The supervisor is responsible for the services delivered to the client by the temporary licensee. 3. The Supervisor: a. Shall be responsible for the supervision of the trainee with a minimum of one-third (1/3) of supervision to be direct, on-site for the duration of the temporary license. b. Shall provide the trainee with materials and equipment necessary for appropriate audiometric and hearing aid evaluation and fitting procedures. c. Shall supplement the trainee with background information through reading lists and other references. d. Shall conduct in-service training for trainees. e. Shall act as consultant to the trainee, i.e., provide time for conferences for the trainee and provide a variety of resource materials, approaches, and techniques which are based on sound theory, successful practice and/or documented research. f. Shall submit to the Department a statement verifying trainee has completed one hundred and fifty (150) clock hours of supervised training (fifty (50) hours face-to-face), before sitting for the licensing examination. g. Shall notify the Department within ten (10) days following termination of trainee supervision. h. Shall be responsible to the Department for disseminating all material and information to the trainee and for returning to the Department all forms relating to the training period for licensure.