Due to the fact that the Young Dawgs Summer program ended last week, this week was spent winding down, organizing information for the past and future students, planning for next summer, as well as practicing our new plan that we have been working on for the Engage! Conference. Organizing the student information was my smallest task of the week. For the past students, I created an excel sheet consisting of their names, 810 numbers, and high schools to give to the admissions office to see which students had decided to come to UGA in the fall. For the future students, I made sure all documents and trainings were taken care of and organized so they could begin their programs on time. Planning for next summer was another smaller task of my week. I compiled a list of things that I believe should or should not be done next summer. For example, this summer we went to see the Incredibles 2 in theaters. I recommend doing this again next summer because it allowed the students to relief some stress by relaxing during their busy internship schedules. The Engage! plan has been my primary task for the week. My supervisor will be leading a discussion at this conference about experiential learning and I was the guinea pig for the activity. Over the week we have developed the plan of what we want to be done during the discussion and on Friday I did a trial run. The discussion is aimed at getting people to learn hands-on and take the next step. Friday I spent my time taking the next step of my goals to attend nursing school. To do this, I reached out to friends that have gone through nursing school to see what advice they have as well as did some research on nursing schools in the area I am interested in. Overall, I felt as if this trial run was successful and the conference will have a pleasant turn out! Below are the responsibilities and competencies that go with my previously listed activities.
- Responsibility II: Plan Health Education Strategies, Interventions and Programs
- Competency A: Involve people and organizations in program planning
- identify populations for health education programs
- elicit input from those who will affect or be affected by the program
- obtain commitment from individuals who will be involved
- develop plans for promoting collaborative efforts among health agencies and organizations with mutual interests
- Competency C: Formulate appropriate and measurable program objectives
- design developmentally appropriate interventions
- Competency F: Select appropriate strategies to meet objectives
- match health education services to proposed program activities
- Competency A: Involve people and organizations in program planning
- Responsibility III: Implement Health Education Strategies, Interventions and Programs
- Competency B: Demonstrate a variety of skills in delivering strategies, interventions, and programs
- use instructional technology effectively
- Competency C: Use a variety of methods to implement strategies, interventions, and programs
- demonstrate skills needed to develop capacity for improving health status
- incorporate demographically and culturally sensitive techniques when promoting programs
- implement intervention strategies to facilitate health-related change
- Competency B: Demonstrate a variety of skills in delivering strategies, interventions, and programs
- Responsibility V: Administer Health Education Strategies, Interventions, and Programs
- Competency A: exercise organizational leadership
- conduct strategic planning
- analyze the organization’s culture in relationship to program goals
- promote cooperation and feedback among personnel related to the program
- Competency C: manage human resources
- develop volunteer opportunities
- Competency A: exercise organizational leadership
The photo above is a screen shot of the document where I have been answering questions for the trial run of our Engage! plan. This was a rough draft and more detail and research has been done since.