Starting the year off right · Brainstorm ideas for effective community development. Establish...
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Starting the Year Off Right
O-Week 2016
Objectives
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
Your Community Discuss the needs of the
students living in your community.
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?
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?
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?
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?
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?
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
Transitions What transitions might
students in your community experience?
What would the stages of these transitions look like?
Preparation
Encounter
Adjustment
Stabilization
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?
Vision What is your vision for
your community?
Consider the needs of your residents and the space of your building(s).
Goals
Establish three goals for developing your community.
Remember:
Specific
Measurable
Achievable
Relevant
Time Framed
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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