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EDU654Week2Assignment.pptSTUDENT DEVELOPMENT
Markis’ Edwards
Institutional Affiliation
DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT
- Coordination between students and staff members
- Cooperation between the department and the student fraternity
- Collaboration between the students department and students
- Establish communication between administration, staff and student population
- Develop and preserve collegiality.
Student Affairs as a profession entails that teaming up of several departments within an institution to ensure that students achieve their academic goals. To ensure this is achievable there has to be five requirements, first coordination between the student fraternity and staff. This is through intense planning between the student body and staff. This is to ensure viable programs are set up that will support and assist the students. Second, cooperation between the student and teaching staff (Christenson, Reschly & Wylie, 2012). This trait is usually highly valued and sought after in many institutions . Third, collaboration, for the student body to be effective in its duties there has to be alliance between them and the student population. Fourth, communication, the teaching faculty exercises these skills when they need to transmit information through out the student population (Christenson, Reschly & Wylie, 2012). For this to be achieved the student’s department has to establish and sustain communication. Finally, collegiality, this is because they department has to prove its professional purpose in supporting the teaching and student population in the development of various academic fields (Christenson, Reschly & Wylie, 2012).
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THEMATIC GOALS OF THE DEPARTMENT
- Programmatic development
- building strong future foundations
- Maintain vibrant and dynamic campus life
- Ensure student success
- Globalize campus environment
- Provide professional help for students
The goals can be divided into two: thematic and operational goals. For thematic the student body ensures that the students receive quality education by evaluating the staffing numbers to protect and enhance the service being offered. Secondly, they expand and progress the facilities that are available in relation to demand. Third, ensure and sustain a dynamic and vibrant student campus life with the provision of various activities. Fourth, usually, achieved through data collected, student success is a strategic and preservation model achieved from data that is collected and processed after every specific period. Fifth, with the increment in the rates of globalization, international students are being coming a common occurrence, therefore the campus has to be prepared to meet all their needs. Finally the body provides the systems that can be used by the staff to professionally impart the students.
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OPERATIONAL GOALS OF THE DEPARTMENT
- Provisions of clear information to students
- Identify staff contribution
- Protect the assets of the institution
- Provide counselling for the students
- Provide health and wellness activities for students
- Provide a student centered learning support
- Provide quality eating services
- Pass judgment on student disciplinary matters
- Ensure proper residential experience
In terms of operation goals the requirements become more diverse, they include, the provision of clear, timely and precise information to all students through their entire educational career. Moreover, the staff should also be recognized for their contribution to the students. The body is also given the responsibility of ensuring that the institutions assets are safe and maintained (LeCourt,2012). The roles of the department are not only limited to provision of systems for educational success, they also provide counselling services to students overwhelmed for various reasons. Inclusive of this service are health and wellness activities that maximize the performance of the student (Skinner & Pitzer, 2012). Even with education being centered around the students other vital basic needs such as food and accommodation have to be addressed by the body. Discipline is vital in any educational institution, therefore, the student body has to take responsibility of the students and enforce discipline.
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- Ensure students with disabilities have similar treatment and opportunities
- Provide childcare programs
- Recognize academic achievement by the students
- Foster a civil and respectful environment
- Ensure transition of educational programs and services are smooth
- Ensure facilities that can accommodate students with disabilities
Students with disabilities are often ignored but the student body has to take care of them by ensuring that the institution is well developed with their respective requirements needed to accomplish their educational needs. Overall, student academic success is an important step and the department has to recognize these achievements (LeCourt,2012). This can be through various activities such as enhancing transitions from academic to professional careers.
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VALUES OF THE DEPARTMENT
- Ensure all roles and values are centered on the students
- Provide a friendly relationship to all students
- Ensure educational climate is focused on the students
- Adhere to philosophy of caring
- Maintain student pride
As a department, the needs and success of the students are most vital meaning that they are centered in all the departments activities (Skinner & Pitzer, 2012). This is by providing programs and development of friendly relationships with all students. Moreover, by providing an educational climate the students are expected to portray success (Skinner & Pitzer, 2012). Finally, the “WE CARE” philosophy is essential as it maintains the pride of students thus allowing them to focus on their educational goals.
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PHILOSOPHY OF STUDENT DEVELOPMENT
- Passion for students success
- Engaging students to be leaders of tomorrow
- Provide educational and personal advise towards students
- Run mentoring programs that aid students with difficulties
- Ensure that a student’s life is positively impacted
As professionals, the success of students is the departments passion, this is achieved through peer mentorship assisting students become desirable leaders of tomorrow. The mentorship program is pone of many programs that as a department has been implemented and has showed promise. It has been instrumental in impacting the lives of students positively, therefore, by maintaining these basic student needs the department will be able to sustain its relevance.
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REFERENCES
- Skinner, E. A., & Pitzer, J. R. (2012). Developmental dynamics of student engagement, coping, and everyday resilience. In Handbook of research on student engagement (pp. 21-44). Springer US.
- Christenson, S. L., Reschly, A. L., & Wylie, C. (Eds.). (2012). Handbook of research on student engagement. Springer Science & Business Media.
- LeCourt, D. (2012). Identity matters: Schooling the student body in academic discourse. Suny Press.
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