Day 4: Friday 1/12
Sadly, today was my last day at Peace St. Before PMU started, I sat with some staff, like I've done this week and continued asking questions. I asked Christen, Heath, Erica and Matt a few questions and took notes on what they said. After PMU, I went to Christen's Advisory and see how she and her students transition from PMU to advisory in compared to Heath's. What I like is that both advisors have the agenda for the day written on the white board so that the students can visually see what's going on for the day. After transitioning from PMU, Christen checks-in with the students and ask if there are any highlights they want to share from yesterdays LTI day or just any shout outs in general. Students then have have 45 min to blog.
At 10, I switched over to Heath's advisory for a LTI project planning (a project consult). This time consisted of a 30-minute consultancy protocol with 5 steps. 1. presentation of dilemma, 2. clarifying, 3. probing questions, 4. group discussion, 5. reflection by presenter. The consultancy started with a student presenting her dilemma of not having a LTI project. Here the student takes 5 minutes to give an overview of internship and problem. Students then spend 11 minutes asking clarifying questions and then ask probing questions. It then becomes a group discussion where suggests are made and ideas are brainstormed. Lastly, the presenter gets to reflect on what was said. It was great to see how Heath ran the consultancy protocol and how the students reacted to it. I took a lot of notes. I was very pleased that students participated and actually tried to help their advisory mate come up with ideas for a project. I also liked how Heath asked for feedback about the consultancy protocol so it can be better for next time.
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