diff --git a/app/controllers/main_routes/main_routes.py b/app/controllers/main_routes/main_routes.py
index 7106cb62..b4c34ea4 100755
--- a/app/controllers/main_routes/main_routes.py
+++ b/app/controllers/main_routes/main_routes.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def supervisorPortal():
     allSupervisors = Supervisor.select()
     supervisorFirstName = fn.COALESCE(Supervisor.preferred_name, Supervisor.legal_name)
     studentFirstName = fn.COALESCE(Student.preferred_name, Student.legal_name)
-
+    department = None
     if currentUser.isLaborAdmin or currentUser.isFinancialAidAdmin or currentUser.isSaasAdmin:
         departments = Department.select().order_by(Department.isActive.desc(), Department.DEPT_NAME.asc())
         departments = [department for department in departments]
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ def supervisorPortal():
         departments = [department for department in departments] 
         deptNames = [department.DEPT_NAME for department in departments]
 
+        supervisorPrimaryDepartment = Department.select().join(SupervisorDepartment) # count up all forms for a supervisor in department and get the max
+
         supervisors = (Supervisor.select(Supervisor, supervisorFirstName)
                                  .join_from(Supervisor, LaborStatusForm)
                                  .join_from(LaborStatusForm, Department)
@@ -85,7 +87,7 @@ def supervisorPortal():
                             allSupervisors = allSupervisors,
                             students = students,
                             departments = departments,
-                            department = None,
+                            department = department,
                             currentUser = currentUser
                             )
 
@@ -101,9 +103,9 @@ def getDatatableData(request):
         sleJoin = False
     
     currentUser = require_login()
-    draw = int(request.form.get('draw', -1))
-    rowNumber = int(request.form.get('start', -1))
-    rowsPerPage = int(request.form.get('length', -1))
+    draw = int(request.form.get('draw', 0))
+    rowNumber = int(request.form.get('start', 0))
+    rowsPerPage = int(request.form.get('length', 25))
     queryFilterData = request.form.get('data')
     queryFilterDict = json.loads(queryFilterData)
     sortBy = queryFilterDict.get('sortBy', "term")
@@ -167,6 +169,7 @@ def getDatatableData(request):
 
     # this maps all of the values we expect to receive from the sorting dropdowns in the frontend 
     # to actual peewee objects we can sort by later
+    # the casing is weird because the columns that don't have any fields are are not capitalized
     sortValueColumnMap = {
         "term": Term.termCode,
         "department": Department.DEPT_NAME,
@@ -174,8 +177,9 @@ def getDatatableData(request):
         "supervisorLastName": Supervisor.LAST_NAME,
         "studentFirstName": studentFirstNameCase,
         "studentLastName": Student.LAST_NAME,
-        "positionCode": LaborStatusForm.POSN_CODE,
         "positionWLS": LaborStatusForm.WLS,
+        "positionTitle": LaborStatusForm.POSN_TITLE,
+        "positionType": LaborStatusForm.jobType,
         "length": LaborStatusForm.startDate,
         "createdBy": User.username, 
         "formStatus": FormHistory.status,
@@ -183,20 +187,35 @@ def getDatatableData(request):
     }
 
     if order == "DESC":
-        filteredSearchResults = formSearchResults.order_by(sortValueColumnMap[sortBy].desc()).limit(rowsPerPage).offset(rowNumber)
+        filteredSearchResults = formSearchResults.order_by(fn.TRIM(sortValueColumnMap[sortBy]).desc()).limit(rowsPerPage).offset(rowNumber)
     else:
-        filteredSearchResults = formSearchResults.order_by(sortValueColumnMap[sortBy].asc()).limit(rowsPerPage).offset(rowNumber)
-    formattedData = getFormattedData(filteredSearchResults)
+        filteredSearchResults = formSearchResults.order_by(fn.TRIM(sortValueColumnMap[sortBy]).asc()).limit(rowsPerPage).offset(rowNumber)
+    formattedData = getFormattedData(filteredSearchResults, queryFilterDict['view'])
     formsDict = {"draw": draw, "recordsTotal": recordsTotal, "recordsFiltered": recordsTotal, "data": formattedData}
 
     return jsonify(formsDict)
 
-def getFormattedData(filteredSearchResults):
+def getFormattedData(filteredSearchResults, view ='simple'):
     '''
     Putting the data in the correct format to be used by the JS file.
     Because this implementation is using server-side processing of datatables,
     the HTML for the datatables are also formatted here.
     '''
+    if view == "simple":
+        formattedData = []
+        for form in filteredSearchResults:
+            # The order in which you append the items to 'record' matters and it should match the order of columns on the table!
+            formattedData.append([f"""
+                <a>
+                    <span onclick=loadLaborHistoryModal({form.formID.laborStatusFormID}) value=0> 
+                        <span class="h4">{form.formID.studentSupervisee.FIRST_NAME} {form.formID.studentSupervisee.LAST_NAME} ({form.formID.studentSupervisee.ID})</span>
+                    </span>
+                </a>
+                <span class="pushRight">{form.status}</span>
+                <br>
+                <span class="pushLeft h6"> {form.formID.termCode.termName} - {form.formID.POSN_TITLE} ({form.formID.jobType}) - {form.formID.department.DEPT_NAME}</span>
+            """])
+        return formattedData
 
     supervisorHTML = '<span href="#" aria-label="{}">{} </span><a href="mailto:{}"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-envelope mailtoIcon"></span></span>'
     studentHTML = '<div><a><span onclick=loadLaborHistoryModal({}) aria-label="{}">{} </span></a><br>{} <a href="mailto:{}"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-envelope mailtoIcon"></span></span></a></div>'
@@ -209,20 +228,30 @@ def getFormattedData(filteredSearchResults):
         record = []
         # Term
         record.append(form.formID.termCode.termName)
-        # Department
-        record.append(departmentHTML.format(
-              form.formID.department.ORG,
-              form.formID.department.ACCOUNT,
-              form.formID.department.DEPT_NAME))
+        # Student
+        record.append(studentHTML.format(
+                form.formID.laborStatusFormID,
+              form.formID.studentSupervisee.ID,
+              f'{form.formID.studentSupervisee.preferred_name if form.formID.studentSupervisee.preferred_name else form.formID.studentSupervisee.legal_name} {form.formID.studentSupervisee.LAST_NAME}',
+              form.formID.studentSupervisee.ID,
+              form.formID.studentSupervisee.STU_EMAIL))
         # Supervisor
         supervisorField = supervisorHTML.format(
                             form.formID.supervisor.ID,
                             f'{form.formID.supervisor.preferred_name if form.formID.supervisor.preferred_name else form.formID.supervisor.legal_name } {form.formID.supervisor.LAST_NAME}',
                             form.formID.supervisor.EMAIL)
+        record.append(supervisorField)
+        
+        # Department
+        record.append(departmentHTML.format(
+              form.formID.department.ORG,
+              form.formID.department.ACCOUNT,
+              form.formID.department.DEPT_NAME))
+        
         # Position
         positionField = positionHTML.format(
-                        form.formID.POSN_TITLE,
-                        f'{form.formID.POSN_CODE} ({form.formID.WLS})')
+                        form.formID.jobType,
+                        f'{form.formID.jobType} ({form.formID.WLS})')
         # Hours
         hoursField = form.formID.weeklyHours if form.formID.weeklyHours else form.formID.contractHours
         # Adjustment Form Specific Data
@@ -245,16 +274,10 @@ def getFormattedData(filteredSearchResults):
                 newHours = form.adjustedForm.newValue
                 hoursField = f'<s aria-label="true">{hoursField}</s><br>{newHours}'
 
-        record.append(supervisorField)
-        # Student
-        record.append(studentHTML.format(
-                form.formID.laborStatusFormID,
-              form.formID.studentSupervisee.ID,
-              f'{form.formID.studentSupervisee.preferred_name if form.formID.studentSupervisee.preferred_name else form.formID.studentSupervisee.legal_name} {form.formID.studentSupervisee.LAST_NAME}',
-              form.formID.studentSupervisee.ID,
-              form.formID.studentSupervisee.STU_EMAIL))
+        
+        
 
-        record.append(f'{form.formID.jobType}<br>{positionField}')
+        record.append(f'{form.formID.POSN_TITLE}<br>{positionField}')
         record.append(hoursField)
         # Contract Dates
         record.append("<br>".join([form.formID.startDate.strftime('%m/%d/%y'),
@@ -280,7 +303,6 @@ def getFormattedData(filteredSearchResults):
         # TODO: Skipping adding to the table. Requires database work to get SLE out from form (formHistory, to be precise)
 
         formattedData.append(record)
-
     return formattedData
 
 @main_bp.route('/supervisorPortal/addUserToDept', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
diff --git a/app/static/js/supervisorPortal.js b/app/static/js/supervisorPortal.js
index ab873b62..0bcda0b6 100644
--- a/app/static/js/supervisorPortal.js
+++ b/app/static/js/supervisorPortal.js
@@ -1,8 +1,16 @@
 $(document).ready(function () {
   if ((document.cookie).includes("lsfSearchResults=")) {
     cookieStr = Cookies.get('lsfSearchResults')
-    createDataTable(cookieStr)
-    setFormSearchValues(JSON.parse(cookieStr))
+    cookieJSON = JSON.parse(cookieStr)
+    // using the cookies, make sure the view is properly set as well
+    if (cookieJSON.view == 'advanced') {
+      createDataTable(cookieStr)
+      switchViewButton('simple')
+    } else {
+      fetchSimpleView(cookieStr)
+      switchViewButton('advanced')
+    }
+    setFormSearchValues(cookieJSON)
 
   } else {
     $('#formSearchTable').hide();
@@ -15,6 +23,18 @@ $(document).ready(function () {
     runFormSearchQuery();
     $('#sortOptions').show();
   });
+
+  $('#switchViewButton').on('click', function () {
+    // toggle the view and button value
+    buttonVal = $("#switchViewButton").val()
+    switchViewButton(buttonVal)
+
+    // we can just rerun the form search query as it pulls down the value
+    // of the button to determine what button to render
+    runFormSearchQuery();
+    $('#sortOptions').show();
+  });
+  
   $('#addUserToDept').on('click', function () {
     $("#addSupervisorToDeptModal").modal("show");
     $('#addUser').prop('disabled', true)
@@ -70,8 +90,9 @@ $(document).ready(function () {
   });
   $('#columnPicker').on('change', function () {
     let column = $('#columnPicker :selected').text()
-    let fields = columnFieldMap[column]
-
+    buttonVal = $("#switchViewButton").val()
+    let fields = buttonVal == "advanced" ? advancedColumnFieldMap[column] : simpleColumnFieldMap[column];
+    
     // clear the options from the current field picker and replace 
     // them with the ones from the columnFieldMap 
     $('#fieldPicker').empty();
@@ -97,17 +118,25 @@ $(document).ready(function () {
 
 // this is a mapping which maps the column option to its field options.
 // many do not have multiple fields so the field is just the column itself (e.g. term)
-const columnFieldMap = {
+const advancedColumnFieldMap = {
   'Term': [['Term', 'term']],
   'Department': [['Department', 'department']],
   'Supervisor': [['First name', 'supervisorFirstName'], ['Last Name', 'supervisorLastName']],
   'Student': [['First name', 'studentFirstName'], ['Last Name', 'studentLastName']],
-  'Position (WLS)': [['WLS', 'positionWLS'], ['Position Code', 'positionCode']],
+  'Position (WLS)': [['WLS', 'positionWLS'], ['Position Type', 'positionType'], ['Position Title', 'positionTitle']],
   'Length': [['Length', 'length']],
   'Created By': [['Created By', 'createdBy']],
   'Form Type (Status)': [['Form Type', 'formType'], ['Status', 'formStatus']]
 };
 
+const simpleColumnFieldMap = {
+  'Term': [['Term', 'term']],
+  'Department': [['Department', 'department']],
+  'Student': [['First name', 'studentFirstName'], ['Last Name', 'studentLastName']],
+  'Position': [['Position Type', 'positionType'], ['Position Title', 'positionTitle']],
+  'Form Status': [['Status', 'formStatus']]
+};
+
 
 function disableButtonHandler() {
   if ($('#departmentModalSelect :selected').val() == "" || $('#supervisorModalSelect :selected').val() == "") {
@@ -119,11 +148,13 @@ function disableButtonHandler() {
 }
 
 function runFormSearchQuery(button) {
+  let view = $('#switchViewButton').val()
   let termCode, departmentID, supervisorID, studentID;
   let formStatusList = [];
   let formTypeList = [];
   var isDisabled = $('#fieldPicker').prop('disabled');
   let sortBy = $('#fieldPicker').val()
+  
 
   // if the fieldPicker is disabled that means we should take the value
   // from the columnPicker instead
@@ -138,7 +169,7 @@ function runFormSearchQuery(button) {
       departmentID = ""
       supervisorID = "currentUser"
       studentID = ""
-      formStatusList = []
+      formStatusList = ["Approved", "Approved Reluctantly"]
       break;
 
     case "pendingForms":
@@ -168,6 +199,7 @@ function runFormSearchQuery(button) {
   }
 
   queryDict = {
+    'view': view,
     'termCode': termCode,
     'departmentID': departmentID,
     'supervisorID': supervisorID,
@@ -182,14 +214,82 @@ function runFormSearchQuery(button) {
 
   var inAnHour = new Date(new Date().getTime() + 60 * 60 * 1000);
   Cookies.set('lsfSearchResults', data, { expires: inAnHour })
+  if (view === 'advanced') {
+    createDataTable(data)
+  } else {
+    fetchSimpleView(data)
+  }
+}
+
+function resetColumns(columnFieldMap) {
+  // clear the current columnPicker options and populate it with new ones
+  // from either the simple or advanced columnFieldMap
+  $('#columnPicker').empty();
+  let columns = Object.keys(columnFieldMap)
+  columns.forEach((column) => {
+    var option = $('<option>', {
+      value: columnFieldMap[column][0][1],
+      text: column
+    });
+    $('#columnPicker').append(option)
+  })
+}
+
+function switchViewButton(view) {
+  if (view == 'advanced') {
+    $('#switchViewButton').val('simple')
+    $('#switchViewButton').html('Switch To Advanced View')
+    resetColumns(simpleColumnFieldMap) 
+
+  } else {
+    $('#switchViewButton').val('advanced')
+    $('#switchViewButton').html('Switch To Simple View')
+    resetColumns(advancedColumnFieldMap) 
+  }
+  $('.selectpicker').selectpicker('refresh')
+}
 
-  createDataTable(data)
+function fetchSimpleView(data) {
+  $('#formSearchTable').hide();
+  $('#formSearchTable_wrapper').hide();
+  $('#simpleView').show();
+  $('#columnPicker').selectpicker('show')
+  $('#fieldPicker').selectpicker('show')
+  $('#orderPicker').selectpicker('show')
+  $('#sortByButton').show()
+
+  $('#simpleView').DataTable({
+    responsive: true,
+    destroy: true,
+    searching: false, // we may want to enable this at some point, think it may require custom logic on our end, though.
+    processing: true,
+    serverSide: true,
+    paging: true,
+    lengthMenu: [[10, 25, 50, 100], [10, 25, 50, 100]],
+    pageLength: 50,
+    columnDefs: [{
+      // this disables built in ordering on columns with these IDs 
+      // (may be a way to do without specifying each individually but idk)
+      targets: [0],
+      orderable: false,
+    }],
+    ajax: {
+      // we fetch the data and do the ordering server side which means all logic is done
+      // in Python and the datatable just displays the results
+      url: "/",
+      type: "POST",
+      data: { 'data': data },
+      dataSrc: "data",
+    }
+  });
 }
 
 function createDataTable(data) {
   $("#formSearchAccordion").accordion({ collapsible: true, active: false });
   $("#download").prop('disabled', false);
   $('#formSearchTable').show();
+  $('#simpleView').hide()
+  $('#simpleView_wrapper').hide();
   $('#columnPicker').selectpicker('show')
   $('#fieldPicker').selectpicker('show')
   $('#orderPicker').selectpicker('show')
@@ -204,7 +304,7 @@ function createDataTable(data) {
     serverSide: true,
     paging: true,
     lengthMenu: [[10, 25, 50, 100], [10, 25, 50, 100]],
-    pageLength: 25,
+    pageLength: 50,
     columnDefs: [{
       // this disables built in ordering on columns with these IDs 
       // (may be a way to do without specifying each individually but idk)
diff --git a/app/templates/main/supervisorPortal.html b/app/templates/main/supervisorPortal.html
index 01868cb2..6bbc8699 100644
--- a/app/templates/main/supervisorPortal.html
+++ b/app/templates/main/supervisorPortal.html
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 
 <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"
   href="{{url_for('static', filename ='css/allPendingForms.css')}}?u={{lastStaticUpdate}}">
+<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"
+  href="{{url_for('static', filename ='css/formHistory.css')}}?u={{lastStaticUpdate}}">
 <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"
   href="{{url_for('static', filename ='css/pendingNotesModal.css')}}?u={{lastStaticUpdate}}">
 {% endblock %}
@@ -43,15 +45,16 @@ <h1>Supervisor Portal</h1>
 </div>
 <br>
 <br>
-<div style="display: flex;">
-  <div class="row col-md-12">
+<div style="display: flex; justify-content: space-between;">
+  <div class="row" style="margin-left: 2px;">
     <button class="btn btn-primary" type="button" id="mySupervisees">My Current Supervisees</button>
     <button class="btn btn-primary" type="button" id="superviseesPendingForms">My Pending Forms</button>
   </div>
-  <div class="row col-md-8" align="right">
+  <div class="" align="right">
     <form method="POST" action="/supervisorPortal/download" style="margin: 0; display: inline;">
       <button class="btn btn-success" type="submit" id="download">Download Results</button>
     </form>
+    <button id="switchViewButton" class="btn btn-primary" value="simple">Switch To Advanced View</button>
     <button class="btn btn-info" type="button" id="addUserToDept">Add User to Dept.</button>
   </div>
 </div>
@@ -244,7 +247,7 @@ <h1 class="fs-1" data-toggle="collapse">Form Search</h1>
 </div>
 <br>
 <div style="position: relative; z-index: 1;" id="sortOptions">
-  <div class="container-fluid" style="margin-bottom: -40px;" align="right">
+  <div class="container-fluid" style="margin-bottom: -40px; float: right;">
     <label for="columnPicker">Sorting Options:</label>
     <select id="columnPicker" name="columnPicker" class="selectpicker" title="Column">
       <option value="term">Term</option>
@@ -270,13 +273,13 @@ <h1 class="fs-1" data-toggle="collapse">Form Search</h1>
   </div>
 </div>
 
-
+<!-- Placeholder div for advanced view -->
 <table id="formSearchTable" class="table table-striped table-bordered pt-3" style="display:none" width="100%">
   <thead>
     <th>Term</th>
-    <th>Department</th>
-    <th>Supervisor</th>
     <th>Student</th>
+    <th>Supervisor</th>
+    <th>Department</th>
     <th>Position (WLS)</th>
     <th>Hrs.</th>
     <th>Length</th>
@@ -285,6 +288,14 @@ <h1 class="fs-1" data-toggle="collapse">Form Search</h1>
   </thead>
 </table>
 
+<!-- Placeholder div for simple view -->
+<table id="simpleView" class="table" width="60%">
+  <thead>
+    <th></th>
+  </thead>
+  </tbody>
+</table>
+
 <!-- Overload Modal -->
 <div class="modal fade" id="overloadModal" role="dialog" data-backdrop="true" tabindex="-1"
   aria-labelledby="overloadModalLabel" aria-describedby="overloadModalBody">