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Marketing You: a skill assessment workshop for RAs and student leaders

Marketing You: a skill assessment workshop for RAs and student leaders. Presented by Melanie Mitchell and Katie DeWilde. Learning Outcomes. To increase student staff awareness of the transferable skill set they are building in the RA role or student leadership position on your campus.

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Marketing You: a skill assessment workshop for RAs and student leaders

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  1. Marketing You: a skill assessment workshop for RAs and student leaders Presented by Melanie Mitchell and Katie DeWilde

  2. Learning Outcomes • To increase student staff awareness of the transferable skill set they are building in the RA role or student leadership position on your campus. • To provide student staff with the framework to identify specific skills they want to hone and improve upon in their respective roles on campus through self-assessment

  3. Learning Outcomes (cont.) • To contribute to the development of the holistic student • To assess the skill building in the RA role/student leader position through the workshop evaluation, continued conversation with supervisor about skill development and action planning sheet.

  4. Skill Self-Assessment • Developed to get RAs thinking about transferable skills • Given to RAs at the beginning of RA training • Completed the assessment sheet before viewing the how it related to the RA job • Tool to begin thinking about focus area and action plan

  5. Marketing You, the RA Overview • 1-hour workshop for RAs during Winter Quarter • Focused on skill building and skill assessment for resume • Resume, Action Verbs, Skill Identification Worksheet, Interview Prep Sheet • Evaluation Form

  6. Skill Identification • Brainstorming Activity • Job Functions • Skills accomplished • Connecting job to career (“Words to work with”) • Skill Identification Worksheet • Making it personal • Resume formatting (i.e. programevent)

  7. Interview Prep Sheet • Behavioral Interviewing • Using experiences to answer questions • Organizing thoughts: Situation  Action  Result • Keeping a professional journal

  8. Action Planning Sheet • Identification of skills of improvement – using assessments • Action planning for RAs • Used throughout the year by RDs in 1:1s or as reflection in staff meeting

  9. The Student Leader • Same format for student leader • Job functions change: • Focus on event planning • Student advocacy and involvement • Administrative tasks • Teamwork and delegation

  10. Contact Information Melanie Mitchell - mlmitch@uw.edu Terry Resident Director 206-543-0104 Katie DeWilde – kdewilde@uw.edu McCarty Resident Director 206-543-5134

  11. Questions?

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