Description

The National Alliance for Care at Home Manager Development Program (MDP) equips rising leaders across the care‑at‑home continuum with the essential management skills needed to navigate today’s rapidly evolving environment. This high‑level webinar introduces participants to the program’s three‑tiered learning pathway; Foundational coursework, virtual skill‑building modules, and assessment‑driven development; while highlighting how the MDP strengthens leadership capacity, improves team performance, and supports consistent, high‑quality care delivery. 

Learning Outcomes:1. Participants will be able to navigate the three developmental levels of the MDP and how each stage builds core competencies for care‑at‑home leadership.

2.Participants will be able to understand how the program enhances managerial effectiveness, strengthens operational decision‑making, and supports leaders in managing people, systems, and change.

3.Participants will be able to articulate how the MDP’s expert‑led, asynchronous learning model can be leveraged to improve team performance, staff engagement, and care outcomes within their own organizations. 

Faculty

N. Joel Fry, MSW, LISW

Joel Fry, MSW, LISW, earned his BA from Simpson College and his MSW with an Aging Studies Certificate from the University of Iowa, where he received an American Cancer Society Clinical Oncology Training Grant. He began his career with Hospice of Central Iowa, later serving as Metro Team Director and leading nearly 30 clinicians caring for about 100 patients daily. He joined Weatherbee Resources in 2006 and teaches nationally for the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization’s Manager Development Program. 

In 2005, Joel and his wife Heather founded Team Restoration Ministries, where he serves as President, partnering with churches to strengthen marriages through therapy and teaching. He has taught at Simpson College and the University of Iowa and lectures nationwide on end‑of‑life care and marriage. 

Elected to the Iowa House of Representatives in 2010, Joel has held multiple leadership roles and is recognized for his work on mental health and health‑and‑human‑services policy. 

Joel and his wife married in 2000 and have nine children.