Transcript Double Bull’s-Eye: Serving Students and Communities

Double Bull’s-Eye:
Serving Students and
Communities
Lisa Weiss
The Ohio State University
Introductions
► Name
► Your university
► Role on campus
► Reason you came to this session
What You Can Expect
► Goals
► Needs of today’s students
► Who are our neighbors?
► Effective community partnerships
► How to create meaningful experiences
► Making it happen
► Questions and answers
Goals of Session
► To engage participants in a discussion about how
student affairs professionals can meet the needs of
both today’s students and the community partners near
their campuses
► To provide techniques for creating appropriate and
meaningful volunteer experiences for our students
► To allow participants to work together to design
volunteer experiences and to write job descriptions for
these experiences that will work on their campuses
Discussion: Who are today’s
students?
► Who
are the students with whom we are
working today? Where are they from?
What are some of their past volunteer
experiences?
► What are some of the challenges of having
students volunteer in our communities?
What are some of your techniques for
overcoming those challenges?
Who Are Today’s Students: Some
Facts About Millennial Students
► Group
oriented
► Not used to doing much work, high grades come
easily but pressured to do well
► Overly involved with very involved parents
 Kids who grew up playing multiple sports and playing 2
instruments with “helicopter parents”
► Political
views are more conservative and more
liberal
► More likely to want to do service and to have had
past service experiences
Campus Neighbors – What’s
Happening in Ohio
►
School district's budget
woes may dictate shorter
day
 Columbus Dispatch, Thurs. 1/26/06
►
Funding, staffing woes
predicted
►
 Toledo Blade, Sun. 1/29/06
►
 Columbus Dispatch, Sun. 1/29/06
►
Norwood's fight for
survival
 Cincinnati Enquirer, Sun. 1/29/06
Neglect persists for North
Toledoans
Mastering the juggling act:
Working mothers develop
strategies for balance in
their lives
 Cincinnati Enquirer, Sun. 1/29/06
►
Clevelanders express
discontent, worry about
neighborhoods
 Cleveland Plain Dealer, Sun.
1/29/06
Characteristics of Successful
Campus/Community Partnerships
► Founded
on a shared vision and clearly
articulated values
► Beneficial to partnering institutions
► Composed of interpersonal relationships
based on trust and mutual respect
► Multidimensional: they involve the
participation of multiple sectors that act in
service of a complex problem
Successful Partnerships
(continued)
► Clearly
organized and led with dynamism
► Integrated into the mission and support
systems of the partnering institutions
► Sustained by a “partnering process” for
communication, decision making, and the
initiation of change
► Evaluated regularly with a focus on both
methods and outcomes
Creating a Meaningful Experience
► Be
cognizant of student schedules – how
much is too much?
► Is transportation an issue?
► Where are students developmentally?
► What kind of support can you or your
colleagues provide?
► Which campus partners work best with
students?
Job Descriptions
► Make
them fun!
► List special qualifications
► Include time commitment required
► Give motivating reasons to volunteer
► Offer to hold information sessions
► Do not forget contact info
Key Words in Creating Volunteer
Job Descriptions
► Achieve
► Provide
► Elevate
► Ideas
► Believe
► Lead
► Inspire
► Choose
► Become
► Challenge
► Creativity
► Excel
► Illuminate
► Energy
► Reveal
► Grow
► Teach
► Justice
Make It Happen!
Think of a community organization or local
school and write a job description that
would work for your students. Think about
developmental issues, time commitments,
transportation and why students would
want to volunteer at this site.
Meet Them Where They Are
► Email
► Word
of mouth
► Hang flyers in places where students wait in
line
► Contact different types of student
organizations
Conclusion
► Questions
and Answers?
► Thank you!
References
► DeBard,
R. (2004). Millennials coming to
college. New Directions for Student
Services, Number 106, Summer 2004.
► Jacoby, B. et al. (2003). Building
partnerships for service-learning. San
Francisco: Jossey-Bass.