Student Employee Supervisor Training Workshop: Thursday, January 9
Student employees are an essential resource. To maximize the effectiveness of student employees, supervisors need targeted strategies designed specifically for this population. This interactive program will help supervisors engage student employees, enhance student contributions to campus, and contribute to student retention. Attendees will learn:
Characteristics of student employees to understand their motivation and strengths.
- Best practices for hiring, training, and evaluating student employees.
- Current approaches to assess and encourage effective work habits.
- Basic supervision skills and application
- Alternative problem-solving tactics to use with difficult employees.
Dr. beth triplett (yes, all lower-case) is the owner of leadership dots. Her work is based on the leadership dots philosophy of "being the string" and making connections between ideas. There will be two sessions. One for any supervisor of student employees. One for new or soon to be new supervisors. NEW should be defined as two years or less of supervision of student employees, though anyone is welcome.
Student Employee Supervisors' Training Workshop: Staff, faculty, graduate/teaching assistants, and student supervisors
- Date: Thursday, January 9, 2025
- Time: 9am-Noon
- Location: Legacy Room, Upper Level, Morris University Center
New Supervisors of Student Employees Training Workshop: For new or soon to be new supervisors (2 years of experience or less)
- Date: Thursday, January 9, 2025
- Time: 1-2:30pm
- Location: Legacy Room, Upper Level, Morris University Center
Sign up and learn more at https://forms.office.com/r/4SjDHW3YxS. Deadline to RSVP is Tuesday, January 7.
NASPA Professional Development Series
Fall 2024 & Spring 2025
The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs is pleased to host a series of webinars through NASPA (Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education).
We invite Student Affairs staff, Higher Education & Student Affairs students, and campus partners to attend. Webinar descriptions are included below along with the focus area and target audience for attendees. The focus area and suggested audience are listed with the intention of helping you decide which sessions you may want to select, but not intended to exclude you from any session. You are welcome to attend any of the below sessions that may be of interest. Please note, these are on-demand webinar recordings.
Career Readiness: A Shared Responsibility between Student Affairs & Academic Affairs
September 26 | 3-4:30 p.m. | Kimmel Belonging and Engagement Hub (KHub) Conference Room
Description: At R1 institutions, career outcomes have focused on the first destination, with corporate hiring and graduate school enrollment. Today, student success is larger than a first destination. “Career Readiness” is now an accepted student success outcome. Yet, how do research-intensive institutions frame this explicitly as tied to institutional learning outcomes and a shared responsibility of academic and student affairs? Three institutions, Stony Brook University - SUNY, College of Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota, and University of Texas at Austin- will share their models and approaches.
Focus Area: Student Success
Target Audience: All campus constituents
Forging Pathways for the Future of Higher Education Utilizing Creative and Innovative Leadership
October 24 | 3-4:30 p.m. | Kimmel Belonging and Engagement Hub (KHub) Conference Room
Description: The field of higher education is drastically changing and many challenges await the future of higher education. Throughout this session, the panelists will offer strategies to creatively and innovatively lead during times of change in higher education. The presenters will also offer reflections on their experience navigating tumultuous times in higher education.
Focus Area: Change Management
Target Audience: All campus constituents
Advocacy in Student Affairs: Caring for Professional Well-being in Times of Change
November 7 | 3-4:30 p.m. | Kimmel Belonging and Engagement Hub (KHub) Conference Room
Description: Vice President Naomi Sigg and Assistant Vice President Ali Martin Scoufield will share their perspectives on supporting student affairs staff during times of change and transition in higher education. Facing legislative changes, enrollment declines, values realignment, and differing student expectations – the student affairs field continues to evolve. The ability to either manage change or adapt to change has become critical in our work. This webinar will highlight ways divisional leadership can ensure staff are included in decision-making, feel supported amidst a shifting landscape, and are comfortable being their authentic selves in the workplace. With leadership experiences at various institutions and institution types, the presenters hope to inspire, motivate, support, and, most importantly, advocate for student affairs professionals' incredible work.
Focus Area: Change Management
Target Audience: Student Affairs
The SA Mid-Level Administrator: The Power and Strength of Leading from the Middle
December 16 | 10:30a.m. - 12p.m. | Kimmel Belonging and Engagement Hub (KHub) Conference Room
Description: Mid-level administrators often believe they have the hardest jobs within their organization. They are pulled in multiple directions by multiple people with multiple agendas and multiple deadlines. And yet, they do not have as many professional development opportunities designed for their specific needs as entry level professionals and senior-level leaders do. In this program, presenters explore the knowledge, skills, and abilities of successful mid-level administration as well as share advice on ways to chart your own success as a mid-level administrator in student affairs.
Focus Area: Supervision
Target Audience: Mid-Level (Asst./Assoc. and Similar)
Maximizing Your Retention Efforts: A Cross-Functional Approach to Student Success
January 30 | 3-4:30 p.m. | Kimmel Belonging and Engagement Hub (KHub) Conference Room
Description: We frequently hear “retention is everyone’s job,” but often, we have a small office or group of professionals championing these efforts. Presenters will explore the successes and challenges of instituting retention based practices between academic and student affairs. Participants are encouraged to attend this presentation and learn about the efforts at Kennesaw State University while engaging in conversation about the retention climate at their institution.
Focus Area: Student Success
Target Audience: All campus constituents
Recruiting, Hiring and Retaining Persons of Color and LGBT Individuals in Higher Education
February 20 | 3-4:30 p.m. | Kimmel Belonging and Engagement Hub (KHub) Conference Room
Description: This program focuses on how to improve institutional recruitment strategies, establish or advance an inclusive hiring process, create a retention plan for diverse employees in institutions of higher education, and share inclusive programs and support that underrepresented groups who are job seekers should look for during their employment search.
Focus Area: Supervision/Structural Belonging
Target Audience: Student Affairs
Action-Oriented Assessment: Strategies for Collecting Data by Engaging Participants
March 27 | 3-4:30 p.m. | Kimmel Belonging and Engagement Hub (KHub) Conference Room
Description: By participating in this program, attendees will identify and select interesting and engaging assessment techniques for assessing programs, events, and other educational opportunities; design assessment techniques for assessing programs, events, and other educational opportunities; and plan for using the data from non-traditional assessment methods in supporting unit or institutional assessment processes.
Focus Area: Assessment
Target Audience: Student Affairs/Assessment Committee
Promising Policies and Practices for Supporting Trans and Nonbinary Students
April 10 | 3-4:30 p.m. | Kimmel Belonging and Engagement Hub (KHub) Conference Room
Description: Student affairs practitioners must have clear guidance to meet the needs of trans and nonbinary students and provide them with support in today's hostile political climate. Participants in this session will learn about the updated and expanded Consortium of Higher Education LGBT Resource Professionals - Promising Policies and Practices for Supporting Trans and Nonbinary Students. Attendees will be provided with concrete actions ranging from day-to-day practices to departmental and institutional policies to enact campus-wide change.
Focus Area: Structural Belonging
Target Audience: All campus constituents
