1. CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE:
THE UCLA RESIDENTIAL
LEADERSHIP ADVISEMENT MODEL
ORL Residential Education Training
Monday, August 13, 2012
Presented by Oprah Revish, Manaf Mansure and Karen Hedges

2. THE POINT OF THE SESSION
 Provide a picture of what residential student advisement may look
like through a more autonomous and self-directed vision.
 Align mechanisms responsibilities to create equity and
accountability.
 Understand new systems and structures in Hill Governance and
Residential Student Advocacy.
 Discuss the importance and relevance of involvement
opportunities on the Hill.
 Develop and generate tools to lay out a directed vision for
community governance groups in the residence halls.

3. OUR FINDINGS RELATED TO
ADVISEMENT
 From Advisors  From HGRs (Former SLs)
 Identified communication,  Equity between positions
teambuilding, and social  Addressing HGR aspirations to
responsibility as expectations become RAs
 Inconsistent 1:1s between RD +
 Connections to OCHC, RA, FIR
ARD
 Looking for
 Programmatic vs.
motivation, guidance, confidenc
developmental 1:1s e, morale building
 Lack of advisement models and
 Identify Advisor as a great
curious about department mentor
expectations
 Need assistance in balancing
 Personalized goal-setting
academic identity of student
with growing leadership
potential.

6. COMMUNITY GOVERNANCE
 No two Residence Halls are alike
 Your government is just that, YOURS!
 The government, as it existed, is gone.
 The only position you must have is a COMMUNITY
REPRESENTATIVE (formerly EVP) who will attend Monday
night Association meetings.
 Suggested Positions:
President, Controller, Birthday Committee, Door Knockers etc.

7. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7TH 2012
 All Hill Community Governance Training!
 Choose your Own Adventure!
 6:00p-8:30p Welcoming Session
 Session One: 6:40p – 7:10p
 Session Two 7:20p – 7:50p
 Session Three 8:00p – 8:30p
 Conference Style Training
 Community Representative Track
 Residents go to what interests them

8. NEW DINING AND ENVIRONMENT
 Findings:
 Resident voice needs a forum
 Hold our representatives accountable
 We should be able to incorporate other technology into our processes
The new frontier is…

9. NO MORE D&E!
 The D&E meetings have metamorphosed into:
 Bi-Quarterly Court Town Hall Meetings
 First meeting should occur Weeks Two or Three
 Second meeting should occur Weeks Eight or Nine
 One designated RD(changes quarterly) oversees and guides agenda
 Receives “feedback of the week” emails from stakeholders and passes it on
to representatives
 Representatives survey residents via Facebook, Twitter, Monday Night
Community Meetings, etc.
 Representative creates a report for the next meeting

10. NEW POLICY REVIEW BOARD
 This is the last year of PRB
 2013-14 will be the premier of the new model
 PRB becomes a part of OCHC
 Provides governance to OCHC
Get Ready to say Goodbye! 

11. CONSTITUTION REALIGNMENT
 HGR Roles and Responsibilities
 Who Goes to What Meeting
 Programming
 True Bruin Welcome Week
 Casino Night
 Blood Drive
 Theme Dinner
 Food For Finals
 Residential Activity Fee Discussions

12. CONSTITUTION REALIGNMENT
 Presidents Council Presidents
 NRHH IVPs
 CPF Controllers
 PRB Secretary/Publicity/Communications
 Team Green Designation Team Green Rep
 OCHC EVPs

13. ADVISOR TOOLS & ORL
FRAMEWORK
 Theories, Research and Frameworks to Consider
 Social Change Model (in reverse)
 Tuckman Model of Group Development
 Leadership Identity Development
 Self-Authorship
 “Choose Your Own Adventure”
 Student Goal Setting

15. ADVISOR TOOLS & ORL
FRAMEWORK
 What can Leadership & Involvement provide to you?
 What should you keep doing
 Conversations
 Recruiting and Re-Recruiting
 Expectations and Accountability
 Motivation
 Recognition
 Feedback

16. ADVISOR TOOLS & ORL
FRAMEWORK
 Review of 2012 HGR & PA Training Sessions
 Review of 2012 Community Governance Training Sessions
 UCLA Residential Student Leadership Advisement Manual

17. QUESTIONS & COMMENTS