Our next guest on the USF CSA Blog is my dear friend, Melissa Becker Bryant. Melissa is the Director of First Year Programs at Ursinus College. Welcome Missy!!
Missy, when you get a few minutes, please respond to the questions below. As was the case with our previous guest, Dave Roberts, this exercise is intended to help our students learn through the experiences of others in the field. There are 32 students enrolled in EDF 6938, however only a third of the students are expected to actively participate in a dialogue with you this coming week. Students in the class with the last name starting with G-O will be monitoring and engaging with you in this process. The other students in the class will monitor only this week's conversation. Thanks to all, in advance, for your participation!
Discussion starters:
1) Describe your professional path in the field. If there are aspects of your decision-making (in your career choices) that may inform how our students approach the beginning of their own professional employment, please share them. If there are things you'd have done differently, please explain them.
2) Describe some challenges you've faced in your work. Are there experiences you've had as a supervisor (or with a supervisor – of course, only positive comments if you talk about me as a past supervisorJ!! Hee Hee) that presented particular difficulty (or joy)? Are there challenging interactions with faculty, colleagues, students, or parents that have made lasting contributions to your learning?
3) What keeps you going? What are the best parts of the work, particularly any surprises you've experienced, ways in which the work was better or more fun than you expected?
4) What advice would you share with entering professionals?
Again, a portion of the students will be interacting with you over the course of the coming week. They will react to your observations and ask follow-up questions. Whatever time you can spare to respond to them would be greatly appreciated. A dialogue with you, in effect, is what I am seeking.
Thanks again Missy!! You’re the Best! Dee Siscoe
Missy, when you get a few minutes, please respond to the questions below. As was the case with our previous guest, Dave Roberts, this exercise is intended to help our students learn through the experiences of others in the field. There are 32 students enrolled in EDF 6938, however only a third of the students are expected to actively participate in a dialogue with you this coming week. Students in the class with the last name starting with G-O will be monitoring and engaging with you in this process. The other students in the class will monitor only this week's conversation. Thanks to all, in advance, for your participation!
Discussion starters:
1) Describe your professional path in the field. If there are aspects of your decision-making (in your career choices) that may inform how our students approach the beginning of their own professional employment, please share them. If there are things you'd have done differently, please explain them.
2) Describe some challenges you've faced in your work. Are there experiences you've had as a supervisor (or with a supervisor – of course, only positive comments if you talk about me as a past supervisorJ!! Hee Hee) that presented particular difficulty (or joy)? Are there challenging interactions with faculty, colleagues, students, or parents that have made lasting contributions to your learning?
3) What keeps you going? What are the best parts of the work, particularly any surprises you've experienced, ways in which the work was better or more fun than you expected?
4) What advice would you share with entering professionals?
Again, a portion of the students will be interacting with you over the course of the coming week. They will react to your observations and ask follow-up questions. Whatever time you can spare to respond to them would be greatly appreciated. A dialogue with you, in effect, is what I am seeking.
Thanks again Missy!! You’re the Best! Dee Siscoe
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