Sample Workshop Schedule

WEEK ONE

Sunday

  • 6:00 PM Welcome reception, followed by team dinners
    Assignment: Come up with two ice-breaking games for tomorrow

Monday

  • 10:30–1:00 Introduction to the IBC
    Ice-breaking games
  • 2:00–6:00 The Role of the Resident Adviser: An Overview
    Campus tours led by team leaders
    Assignment: Read handbook, prepare questions

Tuesday

  • 10:00–12:00 Communication Skills Workshop
  • 2:00–5:00 Q & A Re: Handbook
    Your Role as a Program Assistant
    Distribution of PA responsibilities and PA training
  • Assignment: Expectations Essay

Wednesday

  • 10:30–1:00 Communication Skills Part I
  • 2:00–5:30 Communication Skills Part II

Thursday

  • 10:30–12:30 Community Building: Sneetches
  • 2:30–5:00 Columbia Dining Services
    An Introduction to New York City: Manhattan
    Assignment: Prepare reality stories for tomorrow
    Prepare written proposals for three off-campus trips

Friday

  • 10:30–1:00 University Housing
    Reality: Tales of Residential Life Problems and Solutions as Told by Anyone Who’s Ever Been an RA or a Student, in the High School Program or Anywhere
  • 2:30–5:00 Intercultural Communication
    Introduction to New York City: Outer Boroughs

Saturday, Sunday

Explore New York!

WEEK TWO

Monday

  • 10:30–12:30 Health Issues and Emergency Procedures
  • 2:00–5:30 Security Awareness: Essential Safety Information
    Information on activity funding and organizing trips

Tuesday

  • 10:00–12:00 Fire Safety
    What is a Lunch Club?
  • 2:30–4:30 Approaches to Leadership
    Trip Proposals Due
  • 7:00–10:00 Preparation of student folders

Wednesday

  • 10:00–12:30 Electronic Resources and Responsibility
    Sexuality Concerns of Adolescents
  • 2:30–5:00 “Putting out the Welcome Mat”: Ideas for Readying your HSP Suite and Suite Orientation
    Reading of Student Files: Getting to Know the Students in Your Suite
  • 7:00–10:00 Preparation of student folders
    Assignment: Plan for decorating your suite

Thursday

  • 9:00–1:00 Reading of Student Files: Getting to Know the Students in Your Suite
  • 2:30-5:00 Nuts and Bolts: A review of practical info
  • 7:00–10:00 Preparation of student folders
    Expectations essay and suite decoration plan due tomorrow

Friday

  • 10:30–1:00 Final Wrap-Up and Material Distribution
  • 2:00–6:00 Spare the Rod and Spoil the Child? Your Role as an Authority Figure
    Loose Ends and Final Questions
    Expectations essay due
    Suite decoration plan due

Saturday, Sunday

Prepare for student arrivals!