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Residential Life Academy Overview
Forces both internal
and external have prompted schools to reevaluate their residential
life programs. Today’s residential
life professionals must be knowledgeable about communication strategies,
management, and a variety of legal, sociological and psychological
issues. This workshop encompasses myriad timely topics chosen for
their relevance to your school’s mission of guiding and shaping
young lives. It is designed for professionals
new to boarding school residential life programs as well as for veteran
deans, counselors, heads of dorms, and heads of schools.
“This was one of the best workshops I’ve
attended anywhere! The presentations were smooth, insightful,
full of valuable statistics, superb, and extra ordinary.”
Residential Life Workshop
Residential Life Program Information
Large Group Sessions
These sessions provide an overview of important
topics and are designed to lead into additional presentations and
discussions. Sample topics include:
- Creating A Residential Curriculum
- Defining Your Residential Mission and
Objectives
- Experiencing Adolescence 2009
- The Multicultural Experience
- Boundaries, Documentation and Legal
Issues for Residential Life Faculty
- Technology, Schools, and Residential
Life
- Creating the Culture of
Community
- Communication and Change
Workgroups
These workshops complement the large group
sessions and allow participants to select
topics of particular interest. Schools
are advised to send two or more people
to the conference so that you can take
advantage of the many topics offered.
Sample topics include:
- Implementing a Residential Curriculum
- Ethical Decision making
- Advising 101
- Health and Social Issues in Student Life
- Designing Your Schedule for Sleep
- Social/Emotional Issues in the Dorm
- LD and Residential Life
- Technology
- Sexual Development, Education, and Boundaries
- The Adolescent Brain: A Work in Progress
- Assessing Drug and Alcohol Use on Campus
- The Discipline/Support Balance
- The Korean Specific Culture in Boarding Schools
- Sexual Diversity in Our Schools
- Boarding School Best Practice
Small Group Sessions
Participants will also have the opportunity
to meet with others from similar schools and jobs
to discuss topics of particular interest in detail
and to pose specific questions to both the group and leaders.
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