Title: Graduate Assistantship for the Assistant Dean of Student Affairs in the College of Health and Human Development - Student Success Center
Term: Fall, 2012
Term: Fall, 2012
Description: As a part of my graduate assistantship duties working in the Student Success Center, I supervised the center and collaborated with the student Director of Communications of the Health and Human Development Inter Club Council (HHD-ICC) to write monthly newsletters. This fits with the personal development domain because I worked with someone who has different way of finishing an assignment. This also fits with the leadership domain as I answered students' questions and assist with technical problems in addition to writing newsletters on my own.
Learning Outcomes: After gaining some experience as a graduate assistant, I developed the following learning outcomes for myself:
- SWiBAT learn to multitask between supervising the Student Success Center and concentrating on my work.
- SWiBAT with each newsletter experience, learn from the mistakes to prevent future conflicts and errors.
- SWiBAT take responsibility for my actions as well as those I work with.
In addition, below are the links to monthly newsletters, a reflection summary, and posters I made for the College of Health and Human Development's Success Center:
CHHD Newsletter 09/2012
CHHD Newsletter 10/2012
CHHD Newsletter 11/2012
CHHD Newsletter 12/2012
College ICC Leadership Development Training Reflection
Kinesiology poster
Nursing poster
CHAD poster
Evidence: I assessed my first learning outcome by tallying on a paper whenever I welcomed a student into the center. My records were compared to the sign in sheet, where students are required to document their name and date of when they used the center. I would scored myself with a "3-competent" because I consider myself competent, being able to greet as many students as possible while finishing most of the work for the day.
My second and third learning outcomes were based upon newsletter experiences. Working with the student Director of Communications for HDD-ICC was difficult because she and I had opposite personalities and ways of getting work done. My score was low in the beginning, scoring myself with a "2-basic" until the end of the semester when I learned to use my strengths and her strengths to compliment each other. With this, my score changed to a "4-advanced" when we learned to cooperate with one another.
Reflection: I am very pleased with how much I have progressed throughout the semester. My skills in multitasking, communication, and collaboration increased drastically.
Multitasking between the work given to do in my office and supervisng the Student Success Center was difficult for me. My records and the sign in sheet differed drastically in the beginning but towards the end of the semester, my multitasking skills got better. It was easier to notice students who came to me for help versus those who quietly entered just to use the center as a place for study. In addition, I noticed students more on busier days because the center would be louder. A score of a "3" best describes my progress because in the beginning of the semester, I was too focused on my work that I did not pay attention to the students and the center. The progression was evident when students began greeting me.
The student director and I had a difficult time working together when we first started. For instance, there were communication problems during our first newsletter experience because we were unaware of what our roles were for the newsletter. This problem carried on onto the October newsletter when we had to interview a Professor who promoted undergraduate research. Due to the miscommunication between the student director and another HDD-ICC member, the student director arrived at the interview late, and brought the wrong interview questions. Looking unprofessional, I had the worst interview experience which led to a meeting with my supervisor the next day. Even though my supervisor was on my side, I reflected on the situation and what I could have done to prevent the embarassment. My score for this situation was given a "2-basic", because I should have been accountable for my co-writer. Due to this realization of my mistake as a team member, I learned from this experience and always made sure that my co-writer understood what I was asking of and we tried to compromise if there were disagreements. By the end of the semester, we did a better job communicating and cooperating despite our differences in work style. My new score changed to a "4-advanced" for both learning outcomes.
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