Stop! Collaborate and Listen:A Roundtable for New Professionals

Presented by:Kelly Ammendolia, M.A.,Assistant Director of Residence Life,University of Puget Sound

Curran Craig, BSc (Special),Residence Life Coordinator,Grant MacEwan UniversityNWACUHO Conference February 2010

Talking Points

The Personal Life of a New Professional

• Live-in Lifestyles and work-life balance• Understanding Institutional culture and

“fit”• When is it time to move on/up in the field• How to create a professional development

plan and how/when to get involved regionally/nationally

Talking Points

Utilizing Technology• Ideas for technology infusion into trainings

and programming• Facebook and other media for publication and

recruitment• Issues surrounding the use of technology

Talking Points

Working with Millennial Student Trends• Mental Health Practices• Issues related to student staff and residents• Advising versus supervising• Student conduct/discipline models and

practices• Training models and programming initiatives

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Thank you!

•Questions?

References

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