Impacting Student Staff Development Using Leadership ... · PROGRAM EVALUATION 23 PRE-TEST...

Impacting Student Staff Development Using

Leadership Competencies

Missy Korduner, Director

Kathryn Knaus, Program Coordinator

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SESSION OVERVIEW• STRIPES Program Overview

• Selecting Leadership Competencies

• Student Staff Selection

• Student Staff Training

• Assessment

• Looking to the Future

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LEARNING OBJECTIVESAfter this session, attendees will be able to:

• Identify a new approach to student staff selection and training

• Develop a cohesive and comprehensive student staff selection and training program

• Develop an action plan to utilize leadership competencies with own processes

• Describe an assessment plan to evaluate skill development of student staff

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STRIPES PROGRAM• Student Tigers Rallying, Interacting,

& Promoting Education & Service

• 4 days, 3 nights, on campus

• 3 sessions – 1,000 participants

• Key Components

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SELECTING LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES

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SELECTING COMPETENCIES

• Utilize Resources

–Sidebar Education Consulting

–The Student Leadership Competencies Guidebook

• Review Job Descriptions

• Define Each Competency

• Educate Students on Competencies6

COMPETENCIES SELECTED• Adaptability

• Developing Others

• Managing Work

• Energy

• Communication

• Additional for Exec Staff

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LET’S CHAT!

What 3 student leadership competencies are most important

for your student staff?

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STUDENT STAFF SELECTION

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PROCESS OVERVIEW• Executive Staff

–Online Application

– Individual Interview

– Presentation

• Student Staff–Online Application

– Individual Interview

–Group Process Activities10

INDIVIDUAL INTERVIEWS

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INDIVIDUAL INTERVIEWS• Rating & Review Process

–At Least 2 Interviewers Present

–No Averages

– Individual Score for Each Competency Area

– Score Based Solely on Interview (1 – 4)

–Qualitative & Quantitative Information Used

–Would Offer/Still Deciding/Out of Process

• Sample Rating Sheet12

LET’S CHAT!

Think about 1 question you ask in your interviews. How can you

revise it to align with behavioral based interviewing?

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GROUP PROCESS ACTIVITIES• Selecting Activities

– Based on Leadership Competencies

• Facilitation Guide Sample

• Same Rating Process as Individual Interviews (1, 2, 3, 4)

• Would Offer/Still Deciding/Out of Process

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GROUP PROCESS ACTIVITIES

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PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER• Spreadsheet for Exec

• Using Qualitative & Quantitative Info

• Using Competencies

• Remember It’s Also About Growth Opportunities!

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STUDENT STAFF TRAINING

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STAFF TRAINING OVERVIEW• Move from General to Specific

• 3 Spring Trainings– Training 1: Self-Development

– Training 2: Group Development

– Training 3: Mini-Conference

• Invitation Extended to Other Student Leaders

• Involved Higher Ed Admin Masters’ Students

• Presentations Centered Around Specific Competencies

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STAFF TRAINING OVERVIEW• Online Training Modules

– 10 Modules

– Skill Development & Program Specific Needs

• In Person Training–Applying Skills & Knowledge

– Program Specific Information

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ASSESSMENT & EVALUATION

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PROGRAM EVALUATION• Pre-Test

– Completed Before Spring Training #1 (March)

• Post-Test– Completed After In Person Training Ends (July)

• Post-Post-Test – Completed After STRIPES Sessions End (August)

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PROGRAM EVALUATION

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PROGRAM EVALUATION

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PRE-TEST POST-TRAINING TEST

POST-STRIPESTEST

Adaptability 3.150 3.317 3.477

Developing Others 3.292 3.479 3.573

Managing Work 2.946 3.193 3.339

Energy 3.349 3.435 3.565

Communication 3.014 3.238 3.454

Delegating Responsibility* 2.400 3.200 3.600

Planning & Organizing* 2.680 3.160 3.400

Applied Learning* 3.360 3.840 3.840

Stress Tolerance* 2.880 3.400 3.000

LET’S CHAT!

Pick 1 competency and develop 3 statements to use in your

assessment tool.

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LOOKING TO THE FUTURE

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FUTURE PLANS• New Advisor/New Perspective

• Student Staff vs. Exec Staff

• Involvement of ALL FYE Student Leaders

• Focus on New Competencies

• IRB Approval for Assessment

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QUESTIONS

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ABBREVIATED REFERENCESKomives, S.R., Lucas, N., & McMahon, T.R. (2007). Exploring leadership (2nd ed.).

San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Rath, T. & Conchie, B. (2008). Strengths based leadership. New York, NY: Gallup Press.

Seemiller, C. (2015). Evaluating leadership development with the student leadership competencies [Webinar]. Retrieved from http://blog.orgsync.com/2015/webinar-evaluating-leadership-development-with-the-student-leadership-competencies.

Seemiller, C. (2014). The student leadership competencies guidebook: Designing intentional leadership learning and development. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Sidebar Education Consulting Group, LLC. (2014, October). Learning behavioral-based interviewing [Webinar].

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CONTACT INFORMATIONMissy Korduner, PhD

korduner@lsu.edu

Kathryn Knaus, MA

kknaus@lsu.edu

www.lsu.edu/fye29