Transfer Session #2

Tuesday, August 11: 8:15 am - 7:15pm

Trained Orientation Leader staff in preparation for Thursday Transfer Orientation Session #2. Specifically, I conducted training in Engagement, focusing on Maslow's hierarchy (meeting th basic needs of students permits then to engage in their education at deeper levels) related it to Dance Floor Theory (The 5's are asking what they can do for others/better their community and society as a whole), and talked about kinds of power.

Wednesday, August 12: 8:00am - 6:15pm

All day preparation for Transfer Orientation. Specific accomplishemnt - we were doing tasks usually done at 5pm, at 11am - which means that due to efficiency, excellent communication, and division ofresponsibility, we were running 6 hours ahead of schedule. :)

Thursday, August 13,: 6:00am - 5:30pm

Transfer Orientation Session #2

The OL's lost their minds....we were under staffed, leaving orientation leaders with groups of more than 40 students to manage in crowded spaces on a hot day. For as smoothly as things went during session #1, this session did not run smoothly. I failed in communicating that the function of OL is to keep the group together. At the end of the day, we reprimanded/punished the OL's for their poor performance. I learned to focus on the basics. Insterad of how to motivate the students to intellectually engage in "OL time" i should have been focusing on public speaking, group facilitation skills, and how to keep a group of people together.