Congratulations to spring 2025 Emerging Supervisor Pathway program graduates 

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Please join us in celebrating the spring 2025 graduates of Arizona State University’s Emerging Supervisor Pathway program.  

  • Keon Askari, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment 
  • Deborah Bair, School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy 
  • Dalles Colby, The Polytechnic School 
  • Samantha Dirks, School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence 
  • Julie Dutton, Print and Imaging Lab 
  • Issis Gutierrez, Fulton Schools Career Center 
  • Shekia Jefferson, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment 
  • Oswaldo Ortiz, School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy 
  • Sharon Paredes, School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence 
  • Elijah Peters, Academic and Student Affairs
  • Kyle Scott, School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy 
  • Travis Terpkosh, School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence 
  • Taylor Vaughan, School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence  

These 13 staff members have joined a list of more than 70 from the Fulton Schools who have completed the program over the past two years.   

The Emerging Supervisor Pathway program is a self-paced, semester-long training course for employees aspiring to become supervisors. With an ever-growing need for good leaders at ASU, the program was created to help those with little to no experience who hope to become leaders in their careers. Completion of this program gives participants one year of supervisory experience that prepares them for promotional opportunities at the university.  

Participants in the program gain an understanding of what it takes to be a leader at the New American University and the skill sets leaders need to succeed in working with others. They also get to meet some of their peers from their school and other departments, so it is also a great networking opportunity.   

“It is an amazing program for anyone to take, even if they do not plan on becoming a leader,” says Pamela Brooks, senior organizational development consultant at ASU. “It will give participants an appreciation of their leaders’ responsibilities and what it takes to navigate their own careers at ASU.” 

The program is open to staff who have been at ASU for at least one year except those who have already taken the Supervisory Development Program the ASU Talent Development Office offers. Participants do not need prior supervisory experience, and those with limited experience who hope to gain a greater understanding of how to lead at ASU are encouraged to take part. Individuals in the program complete five modules online, allowing participants to progress at their own pace.  

Each module teaches topics such as human resources basics, employee engagement, communication at work, running meetings, systems awareness, performance management, difficult conversations, providing feedback and onboarding. In addition, participants take the DISC behavioral styles assessment to learn more about themselves and how to communicate and work better with different types of people.  

Program applications are accepted in the first week of January for the spring semester and in the first week of August for the fall semester. Applications can be found in Workday Learning when they are active. Contact Pamela Brooks at [email protected] to join the interest list for the Fulton Schools and to be notified when a new application cycle opens.