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How do we talk about this work? - Coggle Diagram
How do we talk about this work?
activities this year
dinners, movie night, study session, connecting with Butler center events and such, updating them on CC events (encouraging engagement with the daily digest); hosting office hours (synchronous/asychronousl); critical yap lap (one on one walks and catch ups); fielding questions about profs or classes; advice on juggling multiple resonsibilities; navigating student employment needs
what are some of the positive impacts you've seen:
seeing the guys create some community (eating at rastie's together); creating space to be vulnerable and open up about shared and/or individual struggles; "it's your space to make"; block break communities; letting students set their own terms for success; attending to students of various levels of perceived need
How would you describe you role as an FYP peer mentor?
insider fast track organizer; information broker; facilitator
functions alongside faculty and Hub advising, but can connect students to different recourses differently
friend and source of consistence to interrupt some of the changes in the first year (esp on the block in changes of profs, classmates, etc)
community-sourcing is the CC go-to (aka a relationally-based campus); empowering first year to see when/where/who to ask for support
helps first years navigate institutional mechanisms (pre-reg/housing)
creating opportunities to unlearn "perfect transcript" mentality; helps with expectation setting
helps first years consider their relationship to what they want out of college
learning about department cultures
anxiety-suppressant or myth-buster: "hey, it's not that deep" aka norm-setting and putting their institutional position into context; "what if I fail my FYP" - reality check
demystifying preconceived notions about college-level work/practices/standards
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developing institutional literacy (learning how to look for student employment, holding multiple obligations, etc)
how does this work with your other work?
this job synthesizes your other forms of expertise and directs it in support of first year experience
centers first year perspectives, which helps remind us that our other work could be uniquely attentive to first year needs
understanding that care is a collective work, and care can happen in formal (help i'm faling) or informal (homesickness in a dressing room) spaces
Where are you going with this experience?
teaching abroad: learned confidence in leading small groups; i use my knowledge and experience to help first years navigate educational spaces/advocate for what they need; I work with young adult learner; I understand pedagogy and learning as a shared/mutually constitutive process and practice
outdoor education
social work
Internships: helps contextualize transcripts; growth-mindset: taking what I've learned about CC and then taking those struggles and turning into a productive experience for new first years; taking a hardship and adapting
med school: leadership experience, capable of managing events and small groups; being supportive of others (care work); attentive to communities of care and staying in contact with future CC students
not being over directive, giving space for them to use their tools