Starting the year off right · Brainstorm ideas for effective community development. Establish community development goals. Understand resident needs and the role of staff during
Understand the unique and specific needs of their respective area
Start forming ideas of what your community is and the vision.
Identify specific community issues.
Brainstorm ideas for effective community development.
Establish community development goals.
Understand resident needs and the role of staff during the first six weeks of the academic year
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Discuss the objectives of the presentation. The audience will leave the presentation having drafted a vision and goals for their communities related to the needs of their residents.
Your Community Discuss the needs of the
students living in your community.
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Break audience into staffs to discuss the needs of their communities. 5 min. Bring the audience together and use the following five slides to debrief their small group conversations.
First Year Students Is this the right school for
me?
Do I fit on my hall?
How do I balance my coursework?
Can I live away from home for this long?
How do I make friends? How do I make a friend group?
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Which communities have first year residents? What are some of the needs of first year students? 5 min.
Second Year Students
How do I hold onto friends from first year?
Who are my real friends?
Will I get my work done living in an apartment?
What will my major be?
What if I want to switch my academic path?
How can I deepen my involvement in CIOs?
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Which communities have second year residents? What are some of the needs of second year students? 5 min.
Transfer Students
What is UVa’s culture?
Where do people hang out on the weekend?
How do I join organizations?
What kind of academic resources are available?
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Which communities have residents who transferred to UVa? What are some of the needs of transfer students? 5 min.
Third Year Students
Who am I at UVa?
What mark will I leave here?
What do I really want to be involved in?
Who do I really want to spend time with?
How can I start preparing for my major coursework?
How can I start preparing for my career?
How can I lead a more balanced life?
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Which communities have third year residents? What are some of the needs of third year students? 5 min.
Fourth Year Students What am I going to do
when I graduate?
How am I going to hold onto my friends when we graduate?
How am I going to get a job?
Where will I be living this time next year?
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Which communities have fourth year residents? What are some of the needs of fourth year students? 5 min.
Schlossberg’s Theory of Transitions
Preparation
Getting excited
Encounter
Experiencing the new environment
Adjustment
Building community in the new environment
Stabilization
Feelings of belonging and confidence in your new community
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-- Nancy Schlossberg is an expert on transitions and the experience of transitioning between periods of life. -- A transition is “an event…that results in changed relationships, routines, assumptions, and roles.” -- Explain preparation, encounter, adjustment, and stabilization. -- For example, declaring a major: get excited, feel anticipation about major coursework, declaring the major, meeting the other people in your major, getting used to the course load, feeling confident in major courses, mentoring people considering them major. 5 min.
Transitions What transitions might
students in your community experience?
What would the stages of these transitions look like?
Preparation
Encounter
Adjustment
Stabilization
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Split audience into staffs and ask what transitions might students in your community experience? Ask the audience to map the transitions they brainstorm onto Schlossberg’s theory. 5 min. Bring the audience together and ask each group to share 1-2 examples. 10 min.
Draw Your Community
What are the advantages and challenges of your community’s layout?
What are strategies to overcome the challenges?
Who are partners that can help you overcome the challenges?
What resources can help you overcome the challenges?
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Residents needs are also influenced by the spaces in your community. Break the audience into staffs, give them a poster board, and ask them to draw their communities and consider the questions on the slide. 5 min. Bring the audience together and ask each group to share their drawing and 1-2 of their findings. 10 min.
Vision What is your vision for
your community?
Consider the needs of your residents and the space of your building(s).
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We have considered the needs of your communities. Now, draft a vision for your community that takes into consideration resident needs. 5 min. Keep the audience broken into their staff groups.
Goals
Establish three goals for developing your community.
Remember:
Specific
Measurable
Achievable
Relevant
Time Framed
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You have drafted a vision. Now break your vision into three goals related to community development. Make these concrete goals you can consider as you launch the year. 5 min.
Putting It Into Practice
How can you support students as they transition to their community?
How can you support students as they transition to UVa or transition to different parts of the university?
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You have your vision, your goals, now put it to practice. Brainstorm ideas to achieve your goals. Specifically, consider programming ideas. 5 min.
