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Quality Programming
In order to create
quality programs, Student Affairs professionals should
evaluate the needs of the students they are working with
in an effort to meet students where they are and
challenge them appropriately. Programs need to have a
purpose behind them, measurable outcomes, and the
ability to create learning through co-curricular
activities. Student Affairs professionals must also
recognize the necessity to create programs reaching out
to diverse population of students.
2002-2003 Supervisor of Community Advisor Programming at Cal Poly
2003-2005 Supervisor of Resident Advisor Programming at APU
2003-2004 and 2004-2005 Resident Advisor Training at APU
8 Cows Committee
Social/Educational Programming in Engstrom Hall
Walkabout
2002-2003 Supervisor of
Community Advisor Programming at Cal Poly:
Throughout my year at Cal Poly,
I oversaw and supervised the CA staff's programming,
both individually for their residents and the larger
scale programming for the entire Village. The three RDs
decided to work from the wellness wheel to create our
programming model for the CAs. The CAs were required to
program an event from every area of the wellness wheel
during the year; the categories included spiritual,
mental, physical, social, environmental, professional,
emotional, and intellectual. I also oversaw my own
team's passive programming responsibilities throughout
the year; we required the CAs to create two new passive
bulletin boards each quarter. As a means of keeping our
CAs on track in regards to programming, we had them fill
out both pre and post programming worksheets. These
worksheets were meant to help our CAs plan ahead for
events as well as assess what went well and what could
have been different in their programming.
Wellness Wheel Programming Model
ResidentAssistant.com - Passive Program Examples
Cal Poly Pomona, FHS - Pre-Programming
Form
Cal Poly Pomona, FHS -
Post-Programming Spreadsheet
2003-2005 Supervisor of
Resident Advisor Programming at APU:
Much like discussed above in
the section on Cal Poly, I also supervise and oversee
the events that my RAs program at APU. My RAs are
required to complete a monthly social event for their
wings, a weekly event for their wing (smaller scale
event), and two passive programming bulletin boards
throughout the year. I have my staff complete
pre-programming worksheets at the beginning of the year
during training. After the event is completed, they
fill out a post programming worksheet. The intent of
these worksheets is to help my staff see the importance
in planning ahead as well as the need to evaluate their
programs. I believe that this helps in giving them
accountability to take this aspect of their jobs
seriously.
APU Pre-Programming
Worksheet
APU Post-Programming
Worksheet
Programming
Expectations
2003-2004 and 2004-2005
Resident Advisor
Training at APU:
Because much of Azusa Pacific
University's (APU's) Resident Advisor (RA) training is
done in larger groups with all of the RAs, the
professional Residence Life staff splits up the
responsibilities, and every Residence Director (RD) is
given the opportunity to lead sessions of their choice
during the larger training meetings. During the
2003-2004 year, I had the opportunity to lead a session
on boundaries. For the 2004-2005 training, I organized
and developed the training for Behind Closed Doors, a
hands-on experience for RAs to develop their skills in
confrontation.
Boundaries Session Information
Behind Closed Doors Scenarios
Behind Closed Doors Guidelines
8 Cows Committee:
As a female Residence Director
(RD) at Azusa Pacific University (APU), I have been
given the chance to work on the "8 Cows" committee.
This committee exists to create quality programs for the
women on APU's campus. Our mission statement is as
follows: "The 8 Cows desire to provide opportunities for
women to grow in their understanding of who they are as
daughters of the King, learn from the example of older
women, and celebrate their personal worth and
identity". We worked together to revise our mission
statement during the 2004-2005 year in order to have it
more accurately reflect our purpose.
Throughout my time at APU, the
8 Cows have planned various events for the women on
campus including the annual women's tea party, a program
discussing the sexuality of women, a program working
with women to express their emotions and be real with
themselves, a program on women in leadership, and a
hiking day. We have also created passive programming
opportunities on campus throughout the year including
statements on the true meaning of beauty and celebrating
being a woman.
The links below
will give you more information regarding who the 8 Cows
are and where we got our name as well as information
about the events we have hosted ...
8 Cows Story
Tea Party - Advertisement
Women in Leadership - Advertisement
Girls Night Out - Advertisement
Social/Educational
Programming in Engstrom Hall:
Part of my job as a Residence
Director in Engstrom Hall is not only to supervise and
oversee the individual programming of my Resident
Assistants, but to supervise and oversee the programming
that occurs for our building as a whole. For the
2003-2004 school year, my staff organized both a social
and an educational event every month for the residents
in Engstrom Hall. For the 2004-2005 school year, the
Residence Life department changed the programming
requirements. My staff created/will create a social for
every month for our residents as well as work with the
other residence hall staffs to create an educational
program for every month. This change enables the halls
to put more energy and focus into the educational
events; it also allows more residents to benefit from
the work that goes into educational events.
Some of the social events that
we have created over the last year and a half included
ice cream socials, capture the greased watermelon
(capture the flag using a watermelon), scavenger hunts
breaking into teams by wings, carnival nights such as
"Holy-ween" festival for Halloween, the annual "Street
Meet" dance, and Christmas parties for the building.
The educational events have included a cultural night in
which a missionary came and spoke with our residents, a
night learning strategies to de-stress, a panel
discussing sex titled "Sex and Chocolate", a jeopardy
game with all four halls competing against one another
regarding APU and the Azusa community, an evening in
which residents had the chance to apply their strengths
with possible careers, and a "How-To" night for
residents to learn about finding summer jobs, how to
cook in a residence hall, and possible jobs. These are
just a few of the examples of the programming
advertisements and other programming information that I
have overseen and helped develop in my time at APU:
Mixed Up Identity - Advertisement
Worship Night - Schedule
Pre-Programming Worksheet
Post-Programming Worksheet
Walkabout:
While working
at Azusa Pacific University (APU), I have participated
in an event called Walkabout, which is an 11 day
backpacking trip in Yosemite and Ansel Adams Wilderness
for all of the Resident Advisors (RA). The RAs are
split into Walkabout teams; each team is given a
destination to reach in the wilderness. As part of this
trip, all members of the team are asked to participate
in a 48 hour solitude and fasting time. This is a great
time to gain focus for the upcoming year, set goals,
process the past, and simply be in the presence of God.
As you can
imagine, there is a lot of preparation that goes into
Walkabout. For the past two years, I have been in
charge of organizing the transportation for this trip;
this includes assuring we have vans to use, compiling a
list of drivers and destinations, organizing the use of
gas cards, and making sure emergency money is available
in all of the vans. This also means making sure that
all of the appropriate paperwork gets turned into the
correct offices at the end of the trip.
Walkabout has
been one of my favorite experiences as an RD at APU. I
love the chance to gain focus for the upcoming year and
develop relationships with students that go deep on an
emotional level. This trip challenges me in many
ways—physically, emotionally, mentally, relationally,
spiritually, etc. It is a journey of learning how to
relay on God and trust Him to get me through every day
of my life.
Walkabout
Pictures
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