Humboldt State University
From the SelectedWorks of Marissa Mourer
2013
Outcomes-Based Orientation Leader Training
Marissa Mourer
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/marissa_mourer/4/
OUTCOMES-BASED ORIENTATION
LEADER TRAINING
MARISSA MOURER
DIRECTOR OF
ORIENTATION
& PREVIEW PROGRAMS
Division of Student Affairs
Office Structure:
1 professional staff
2 student coordinators
45 orientation leaders (OLs)
Host the following events:
Freshmen Orientation
Transfer Orientation
Family & Guest Orientation
Spring Preview
Fall Admissions Day
OVERVIEW OF THE STEPS:
Step 1: Set Schedule
Step 2: Revisit last year’s themes
Step 3: Institutional mission & values
Step 4: National standards- CAS
Step 5: This year’s themes
Step 6: Write outcomes
Step 7: Plot outcomes with Bloom’s in Leadership Rubric
Step 8: Use rubric for evaluation process
• Meet with your orientation
planning team
STEP ONE:
SET YOUR
TRAINING SCHEDULE
• How many training sessions will
you have?
HSU does 2-hour weekly
training for entire spring
semester
STEP TWO:
IDENTIFY YOUR
PREVIOUS YEAR’S
TRAINING THEMES
• THEMES: Peer Facilitation,
Diversity & Inclusion, Risk
Management, Academic
Requirements, etc.
• Training themes should align
with your mission & values
STEP THREE:
REVIEW YOUR
OFFICE’S/DIVISION’S
MISSION OR VALUES
• Look for missing themes that
should be incorporated into
training
Student Leadership Core Values
1.
Knowledge of and abiility to navigate an
organizational structure and culture
2.
Ability to support and engage peers
3.
Academic success
4.
Deep understanding of self and others
5.
Self-efficacy and empowerment
6.
Life-long learning
7.
Social and environmental justice
8.
Critical thinking and reflection
HUMBOLDT STATE EXAMPLE:
• Review the Council for Advancing Standards
in Higher Education (CAS) orientation leader
criterion
STEP THREE:
REVIEW THE
CAS
ORIENTATION
LEADER
CRITERION
• EX: You aren’t addressing emergency responses
and need to incorporate that theme or replace a
theme with that
Training Themes
HSU Student Affairs
Core Values
1.
Peer Facilitation
1.
Ability to support and engage peers
2.
First-year transition to college
experience
2.
Deep understanding of self & others
STEP FOUR:
MATCH YOUR VALUES TO
YOUR TRAINING THEMES
•
Develop two learning outcomes for each theme.
• If you’re covering 2 themes in a session, you’ll have a
total of 4 learning outcomes for that day.
•
Here’s an example:
• Theme= Risk Management
• In the curriculum=
STEP FIVE:
DEVELOPING STUDENT
LEARNING OUTCOMES
1. Earthquake response
2. Information security
3. Evacuation response
4. Counseling office referral process
• You can use the following template to write a
learning outcome based on your key points for
each training
who?
measurable
amount
task
will be able
to…
BLOOM’s
action verb
EX: Orientation leaders will be able to replicate an
earthquake response drill in five different university settings.
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• How will OLs demonstrate proficiency for
each outcome?:
• quiz
• journal write
• interactive activity + observation
• role-playing
STEP SIX:
LEADERSHIP RUBRIC
• Create your rubric with your finalized
outcomes. Can use template provided
from HSU
• Use the lesson plan template provided or
talk to your Education department
STEP SEVEN:
LESSON PLANS
• Meet as a team to review training program
• How will you track OL ratings on learning
outcomes & attendance?
• How you will evaluate your team using this info?
• Identify who will take on roles for each session
STEP EIGHT:
EVALUATIONS
• Materials prep
• Facilitating activities
• Creating presentations
• Scheduling campus & community guests
• Learning outcome assessments
• Data entry on rubric