Hi, Elizabeth! It's your turn to interact with the CSA students, finishing up the blog assignment for the semester. They've really enjoyed Amy and Kaya are are looking forward to following along with you. They're full-bore in their job searches and, of course, it's all unfolding at different paces for them, and that's stressful. Given your success at finding your way in a progressive caeere path, you might have some good advice for them. Let's get you going with the same set of questions that Amy and Kaya addressed so nicely.
1.) Describe your professional path in the field. If there are aspects of your decision making in your career choices that may inform how our students approach the beginning of their own professional employment, please share them. If there are things you'd have done differently, please explain them.
2.) Describe some challenges you've faced in the work. Are there experiences you've had as a supervisor (or with a supervisor) that presented particular difficulty (or particular joy)? Are there challenging interactions with faculty, colleagues, students, or parents that have made lasting contributions to your learning?
3.) What keeps you going? What are the best parts of the work, particularly any neat surprises you've experienced, ways in which the work was better or more fun than you expected?
4.) You may have addressed this, but if there are any particular pieces of advice that you'd share with entering professionals, what would they be? These students are beginning their job searches (remember that?) and at the brink of making choices about what they'll be doing and where - choices that matter. Any advice for them?
The "last ten" (alphabetically) of the class will be interacting with you. Have a great time, and thanks so much for doing this!
Best,
Tom
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Kaya Miller!
Hi, Kaya! It's great of you to participate in this! Thanks so much. You've moved into a less traditional role than where you started (if anybody would ever consider M.I.T. traditional!), so you might have some unique observations about your path. Let's get you going withn the same set of questions that Amy addressed. Fine job, Amy, by the way.
1.) Describe your professional path in the field. If there are aspects of your decision making in your career choices that may inform how our students approach the beginning of their own professional employment, please share them. If there are things you'd have done differently, please explain them.
2.) Describe some challenges you've faced in the work. Are there experiences you've had as a supervisor (or with a supervisor) that presented particular difficulty (or particular joy)? Are there challenging interactions with faculty, colleagues, students, or parents that have made lasting contributions to your learning?
3.) What keeps you going? What are the best parts of the work, particularly any neat surprises you've experienced, ways in which the work was better or more fun than you expected?
4.) You may have addressed this, but if there are any particular pieces of advice that you'd share with entering professionals, what would they be? These students are beginning their job searches (remember that?) and at the brink of making choices about what they'll be doing and where - choices that matter. Any advice for them?
The "middle ten" (alphabetically) of the class will be interacting with you. Have a blast!
Best,
TEM
1.) Describe your professional path in the field. If there are aspects of your decision making in your career choices that may inform how our students approach the beginning of their own professional employment, please share them. If there are things you'd have done differently, please explain them.
2.) Describe some challenges you've faced in the work. Are there experiences you've had as a supervisor (or with a supervisor) that presented particular difficulty (or particular joy)? Are there challenging interactions with faculty, colleagues, students, or parents that have made lasting contributions to your learning?
3.) What keeps you going? What are the best parts of the work, particularly any neat surprises you've experienced, ways in which the work was better or more fun than you expected?
4.) You may have addressed this, but if there are any particular pieces of advice that you'd share with entering professionals, what would they be? These students are beginning their job searches (remember that?) and at the brink of making choices about what they'll be doing and where - choices that matter. Any advice for them?
The "middle ten" (alphabetically) of the class will be interacting with you. Have a blast!
Best,
TEM
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Amy Jones!
Folks, here's the start for Amy Jones' participation in our blog for Management Issues in Student Affairs.
Amy, when you get a chance, kick this off by replying to the questions below, as you see fit. This exercise is intended to help our students learn through the experiences of our young alumni, whose voices are crucial to their understanding of the work. This is particularly the case because you had pretty much the same grounding in student affairs at the beginning of your career as they do.
We didn't do this for your cohort, but every student has an oral examination following up the comprehensive exam that they took last week. Those oral exams are beginning this week, but, once they navigate them, the coast for the job search is clear! In any event, some may be, well, a bit distracted....
Discussion starters:
1.) Describe your professional path in the field. If there are aspects of your decision making in your career choices that may inform how our students aproach the beginning of their own professional employment, please share them. If there are things you'd have done differently, please explain them.
2.) Describe some challenges you've faced in the work. Are there experiences you've had as a supervisor (or with a supervisor) that presented particular difficulty (or particular joy)? Are there challenging interactions with faculty, colleagues, students, or parents that have made lasting contributions to your learning?
3.) What keeps you going? What are the best parts of the work, particularly any neat surprises you've experienced, ways in which the work was better or more fun than you expected?
4.) You have have addressed this, but if there are any particular pieces of advice that you'd share with entering professionals, what would they be? These students are beginning their job searches (remember that?) and at the brink of making choices about what they'll be doing and where - choices that matter. Any advice for them?
A portion of the students will be interacting with you over the course of the coming week. They'll react to your observations and ask follow-up questions, and whatever time you can spare to respond to them would be nice. A dialogue with you, in effect, is what I'm seeking. Those not in direct contact with you will be observing the discussion.
I think you'll all enjoy this!
Best,
TEM
Amy, when you get a chance, kick this off by replying to the questions below, as you see fit. This exercise is intended to help our students learn through the experiences of our young alumni, whose voices are crucial to their understanding of the work. This is particularly the case because you had pretty much the same grounding in student affairs at the beginning of your career as they do.
We didn't do this for your cohort, but every student has an oral examination following up the comprehensive exam that they took last week. Those oral exams are beginning this week, but, once they navigate them, the coast for the job search is clear! In any event, some may be, well, a bit distracted....
Discussion starters:
1.) Describe your professional path in the field. If there are aspects of your decision making in your career choices that may inform how our students aproach the beginning of their own professional employment, please share them. If there are things you'd have done differently, please explain them.
2.) Describe some challenges you've faced in the work. Are there experiences you've had as a supervisor (or with a supervisor) that presented particular difficulty (or particular joy)? Are there challenging interactions with faculty, colleagues, students, or parents that have made lasting contributions to your learning?
3.) What keeps you going? What are the best parts of the work, particularly any neat surprises you've experienced, ways in which the work was better or more fun than you expected?
4.) You have have addressed this, but if there are any particular pieces of advice that you'd share with entering professionals, what would they be? These students are beginning their job searches (remember that?) and at the brink of making choices about what they'll be doing and where - choices that matter. Any advice for them?
A portion of the students will be interacting with you over the course of the coming week. They'll react to your observations and ask follow-up questions, and whatever time you can spare to respond to them would be nice. A dialogue with you, in effect, is what I'm seeking. Those not in direct contact with you will be observing the discussion.
I think you'll all enjoy this!
Best,
TEM
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Getting Started
This blog will support the exchange of ideas and experiences between three graduates of the College Student Affairs program at the University of South Florida and the current students in that program who are enrolled in Management Issues in Student Affairs at USF in the Spring Semester of 2011.
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