Week 7- Hall

Hello Guys/Girls!!!

I’m super excited about the upcoming week being the last week of practicum.  This past week was particularly rough for me, because now that I am settled into my job here at practicum, things have sort of settled down and I have daily responsibilities when I get to my practicum site. These daily responsibilities are usually only interrupted by IE help sessions or on the spot interviews.

The interviews I conducted this past week were very educational in learning about student affairs, university organization, and also just seeing how each individual brings their own dynamic to the culture of the office as a whole. I sort of struggled when deciding how to talk about the interviews. To be more specific, each person that interviewed, I typically asked the same questions. What’s your name, your job title, how long have you been on the job, what do you feel you contribute to the office, and what advice would you have for a young professional beginning to enter the job field. There were times when I was impressed by answers, motivated, and even disappointed. I realized very quickly as a director of a department, you are in command. This command isn’t a power hunger command, but it is an awareness command. As director you should have knowledge of each person’s strengths as well as their weaknesses.  Through interviewing close to ten people, and each interview lasting close to two hours, some almost 3 hours, it gave me an idea of what each person brought to the department.

Jeremy.