This past Thursday, my site supervisor (Jess) formally introduced me to the undergraduate student that I will be supervising and working with throughout the reminder of my practicum. She's a sweet girl and a hard worker. Jess was very intentional about this meeting, and explained what we will be doing. She made it clear that I was in charge of the 2 projects, which I explained in my last blog, the Organizations Fair and Day of Service. I'm grateful that Jess had the foresight to set up the meeting in the way that she did, because it helps to avoid any future messy situations.
This can be a difficult situation, which I'm sure a lot of us have gone through, where you may be supervising somebody who knows more about the project at hand. I certainly went through this situation last year when I first got to MSU, and the returning RA's knew a bit more of the in's and out's of Housing and Residence Life. Eventually, you get caught up with everything, and all of your training kicks in, but those first few stages can be very awkward. They may even lead to some power struggles amongst the staff. Thankfully, my supervisee doesn't seem to mind the situation, and so far, has been great to work with.
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