Residence Life Staff Development Days Fall 1999

Saturday, August 21

10 a.m.-12:00 noon.

1. Icebreakers and Teambuilders  March-Dake Lobby

 We will obviously not cover all of these
 Icebreakers and Teambuilders.  This list is to be
 used anytime we need a break or have some extra
 time during RA training and at future Fall Staff
 Meetings.

a) Go around and say (5):

    1) Your Name?
    2) Hometown?
    3) Major?
    4) What you want to be when you grow up?
    5) Life Philosophy (Quotes and or Phrases)
    6) Hobbies?

b) 2 lies and a truth about what you did this past summer.
c) “Find your Twin”
d) Pudding Feed (pudding and blindfolds).
e) Spoon Clothes Race.
f) What type of RA are you or do you think you are?
g) These are a few of my favorite things.
h) Top Ten Things About………………….
i) Self-Introduction
j) Cultural Coat of Arms.
k) HOPE.
l) Case Studies.
m) Make-Believe
n) Communication (rumor-mills, Peanut butter and jelly Sandwiches).
o) Values Continuum.
p) Laying the Foundation.
q) Significant People.
r) A Time for You.
s) Get to know me.
t) Me Myself and I.
u) In the Circle and + - cross the line.

2. Expectations and Overview of RA Training Schedule.

3. Lets go to Camp!

Sunday, August 22

5:30-6:30 p.m. Dinner (BBQ)   Brian and Sara’s Apartment/Backyard
6:30-9:30 p.m. Goals and Expectations.  March-Dake Lobby

1. Programming:

    a) BASIC Y2K SUCCESS MODEL in hall and wing.
    b) Programming Requirements.
    c) SUMMIT.
    d) Promotion (web, Paper, bathroom),
    e) Bulletin Boards (create a BB library in the future?)
    f) My Programming Ideas:
    1) Spring Break Safety.
    g) Program Evaluation Forms.

2. (3) Returners Stay for 15 minutes.
 

Monday, August 23

7:03-9:03 p.m.

1. Mission Statement Workshop.      March-Dake Lobby

    a) Look at Corporate Mission Statements.
    b) Look at SDSM&T, DORL, and other residence hall Mission Statements.
    c) March Hall Mission Statement.
    d) Dake Hall Mission Statement.
    e) Floor/Wing Mission Statements.
    f) Personal Mission Statements (Res Life Staff and Students).
    g) Due Dates.

2. All New RAs (9) Stay for 15 Minutes
 

Tuesday August 24

6:30 – 9:30 p.m.  March-Dake Hall Business    March-Dake Lobby

1) Lead RA position in March and Dake Halls (prefer
returners)  Applications available and I will interview.

March

Steve Roe

Dake

Matt Fetcher
Erika Fitzgerald

2) Web Pages Committee (Jed Padilla ___?___

    a) DORL New Web Pages.
    b) Hall Homepages (March and Dake).
    c) Floor-Wing Homepages.
    d) Resident Web pages.
    e) HPC Net.

3) Recognition

    a) hRb

4) One-on-Ones and Weekly Reports.

5) Hall Newsletters.

6) Staff Meetings (When’s-Where’s-Format’s)

    a) Take Minutes (RAs)

7) E-mail Lists (Listservers) for halls and students.

8) Your first floor meetings (I want to attend them) (schedule).

    a) Floor Meetings in general (attendance- quarter jar and have student leaders run not just RA).

9)     RA Committee Tasks.

10) Invite professionals to your floor meetings.

11) Roommate Agreements and Community Agreements
        (Floor Contracts).

12) Student Success Theme throughout!!!!!!

13) The RA job description and tasks

    a) RA Memorandum of Understanding.

14) My position and tasks.

    a) Residence Life Web Pages.
    b) Hall Programming (4 Halls).
    c) Summer Conferences.
    d) Campus Alcohol Education (Task Force).
    e) Phi Eta Sigma Advisor.
    f) Tech Family Weekend Co-Coordinator.
    g) Residence Hall Study Group Coordinator.

15) Diversity (High Expectations)

    a) Religious
    b) Political
    c) Sexual Preference/Affiliation
    d) Gender
    e) Culinary
    f) Nationality/Race
    g) Disability
    h) Creed
    i) Veteran Status

16) RA Death Speech (Alcohol and role modeling).

17) Fundraisers? (Sara)  Finals Week Snack Packs?

18) Opening

    a) New Supply Closet.
    b) Lead RAs need to have on-duty schedule done.
    c) Door Decks.
    d) Bulletin Boards.
    e) Check keys of all your doors.
    f) Mail (throughout the Semester)

19)   Hall Director On Duty Schedule (my schedule- off at
conferences) Office Hours- how to contact me.

    October 7-10 Winter Park, CO
    November 2-5 Sioux Falls, SD
    February 10-11 Sioux Falls, SD

20)  Sunday Night Socials? (Sara)

21)  March and Dake Hall Councils and RHA

22)  RCR Forms (do before residents get here of each room, then go over it with each rooms residents and sign.

23)  Community Building (LUGS) (goes along with Programming Model as UNITY Program).

24)  Individual RA Pictures for Lobby. (HC, RAs, Custodians) Web?
 

Wednesday August 25

3:00-4:00 p.m.  In-Hall March-Dake Lobby

7:00-9:30 p.m.  LAST CALL!

    Regular Guided Journey
    Diversity Exercise: ‘A Guided Journey”
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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