Hours: 8:15am - 12:00pm

Recorded weekly hours from OL's. Checked on res. life time cards upstairs, research a CSPA conference proposal idea. staff meeting/coffee in the bookstore - used the "Deal Me In" cards from yesterday's conference to talk about strengths and weaknesses. Gave Katie (from UB) and Kim a "campus tour" to help acquaint them to BSC. Kim briefed Katie and I on OL training. We found out that there are two sets of OL trainings and two sets of orientation. over the summer are the Transfer student orientations, and then the first years get a whole new training.

This time of the year seems slow because it's heavy in preparation and planning, and most of my tasks take place closer to the end of summer. I feel like I have an abundance of time to dedicate to extra projects or assessment. or to just procrastinate. i'm the type of person that works better when my schedule and tasks/duties are full.

At first separating transfer OL training from First year (FY) OL training confused me, and seeemed less efficient, but i'm seeing now that the end result will be better. The transfer OL training is more need-based and specific to the individual transfer student - some students want to get in and out and have an "i've already done it" attitude. That's ok, and we should be prepared to offer that to them, they still have to attend an orientation and make contact with a person to connect them to campus, even if briefly (if not, we block them from registering). Some transfer students may be having a more difficult time with transferring and want to talk about why they are here at BSC now, and what they expect and hope to get out of it. I hope the OL's focus on goal setting, and actions to prevent transfer students from transferring again (as is an emerging trend with millenials). FY students have much different needs, even commuters and residents have different needs, but tailoring the OL training to FY students and preparing OLs to be receptive and patient to high maintenance and low maintenance FY students and parents will be useful to them and us in the long run.