FY_Spring 2024 Curriculum

Curriculum Day

January Training 2024

10:00 AM-Noon — Upper Class Community Gryphons
1:30-3:30 PM — First-Year Community Gryphons

Poll

Did you go to prom in High School?

• Yes

• No

• What is Prom?

Learning Outcomes

Students will be able to:

• articulate the Residence Life Curriculum strategy timeline.

• facilitate the Floor Meeting Facilitation guide.

• Assist in planning their Spring Semester strategies.

The Why

• Educational Purpose/Life Skills and Competencies

• Holistic Development

• Intentionality

• Community Building

• Assessment and Evaluation

Spring Semester Curriculum Overview

• Gryphon Site (Semester at a Glance)

• Bulletin Boards

• Gold Events*

• Floor Meeting

• G-Chats (2)

• Lehigh Learnings (2)*

• Tabling (2)

• Tradition: End of the Year Celebration

• PLUS! You asked, we listened...

​Gryphon Site!

Community Focused Initiatives (CFIs)

• 1 per Gryphon per Semester

• Any date between February 4th and April 19th*

  • Please work with your AD & HG

• Things to consider:

  • G-Chat Conversations

  • General Interests

  • Budget

Multiple Choice

Do I need to submit a proposal for a Community Focused Initiative (CFI)?

• Yes

• No

Expectations per Gryphon

• Intentional Conversations

  • G-Chats: 2 Rounds/Gryphon

  • Floor Meetings: 1*/Gryphon

• Individual Inquiry

  • Bulletin Boards: 3/Gryphon

  • Tabling: 1/Gryphon

  • Door Decorations: See Floor Meeting Facilitation Guide

• Community Builders

  • Tradition (End of the Year Celebration): 1/Gryphon

  • Gold Events: 1/Gryphon

  • Community Focused Initiative (CFI): 1/Gryphon

• Lehigh Learning: 1/Gryphon

​See Handout

Open Ended

What was your favorite Gold Event from last semester?

Multiple Choice

What should you do prior to submitting the Gryphon Strategy Proposal Form?

• The Incorrect Answer

• Read the Facilitation Guide

• Not this one either

• I don't know, but I think by selecting this answer, I will disappoint Jean.

Multiple Choice

What do you need to complete within 48 hours after your strategy? (Step 4 of the Curriculum Process)

• I don't remember.

• Send Mikki an email that says "Hello!"

• The bLUeprint Strategy Reflection Form.

• A Lego Set.

Floor Meeting Facilitation Guide

• Date: Between January 22nd-29th

• Advertising

• Budget (Strategy Proposal)

• Icebreaker/team builder

• Door Tag

• Review of Community Expectations, Gryphon Role, Conduct, & GPO

• Important Contacts/Resources

• Communication

• Attendance

Ideas

• Quiz on bLUeprint foundations?

• Use questions from door tags?

• Put them in order

Poll

Your current favorite bLUeprint Foundation? (Scroll for all 5)

• Creative Curiousity

• Self-Concept

• Healthy Connections

• Critical Consciousness

• Strategic Adaptability

Multiple Choice

Percentage of First-Year G-Chats that were completed during Fall G-Chat #2.

• 68%

• 74%

• 85%

• 93%

Fall G-Chat #2 Highlights

• Why?

• G-Chat Fall Data

  • 1360 First-Year G-Chats Completed!

  • Concerns: 10.66%

​FY Engagement	​
​Very Engaged	​70%
​Someone Engaged	22%​

Spring G-Chat #1

• Spring Changes

• Facilitation Guide

• New Log

  • Will be added by Thursday of the first-week of class.

Additional Reminders/Changes

• Strategy Reflection- Added Questions

  • Following Facilitation Guide

  • Do you think your advertising strategies were adequate? Why or why not?

  • Do you think this was a good time & date for the strategy? Why or why not?

• New Attendance Form

  • bLUeprint Tracking

    • Participation & Engagement

    • Resource Planning

Advertising

• Strategy Reflection Form

• Reviewing the Gryphon Training CourseSite Module

Open Ended

Share ideas on how to advertise for your strategies beyond GroupMe!

Multiple Choice

Where can I go to find curriculum facilitation guides?

• The Gryphon Site

• What are facilitation guides?

• A printed copy is available in a binder within the Office of Residence Life (Williams-Suite #320)

In Area Curriculum Time

• Hearing additional fall highlights/pointers/feedback/ edits/data

• Creating a plan for the Spring

• Reading Facilitation Guides

• Brainstorming

• Submitting Proposals

• Creating Advertisements!

​Think about Future You!

Community Focused Initiatives (CFIs)

• 1 per Gryphon per Semester

• Any date between February 4th and April 19th*

  • Please work with your AD & HG

• Things to consider:

  • G-Chat Conversations

  • General Interests

• Budget

​Planning Time!

Open Ended

Community Focused Initiative (CFI) Ideas