Browsing by Author "Rupinski, Leigh"

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    The Care and Complimenting of Students
    (2024-10-24) Rupinski, Leigh; Fletcher, Katelyn; Van Dyke, Andrea
    We pioneered the idea of “compliment cards” to boost morale, encourage, and demonstrate caring to our student employees, faculty, and staff. Small, postcard-sized decorated cards are stocked at our service desk and available for anyone to use. Student employees have taken the lead on designing them with different themes and sayings such as “I love our chats!” or “We appreciate you!” Compliments given range from big appreciative statements to things like “Your outfit is amazing!” The cards are small ways to show we care, in a tangible form that can be looked back on (several students keep theirs pasted into books or hanging on their apartment walls). They provide opportunities for students to form bonds and appreciate one another. Faculty and staff also use them to show how we value students holistically, not only for their contributions to workplace tasks.
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    The Value of Floor Time: Evaluating Where Students Are & Where They Want to Go
    (2024-10-24) Rupinski, Leigh
    “Floor time” encourages people to take 10-15 minutes lying on the floor to decompress and ground yourself. In a therapy setting, floortime can also refer to a technique of engaging with a child’s interests and then creating challenges to promote development. Both uses of the word get at my approach to student employee evaluations. In evaluation conversations, the initial skills rating serves a “floor” from which we can build on the student’s individual strengths, discover growth areas, and most importantly, introduce praise and safety. After the first evaluation, we progress into more collaborative conversational models that help students identify and understand their own strengths in the workplace and identify what directions they want to take in the future to get the most out of their experience.