Highlights of Past LEAP Teams

2011 LEAP Teams: 17 Teams

Admissions/Registrar’s o Registrar’s Office incorporated LEAP into student workers training.o Incorporating LEAP into campus assistants (tour guides). o PowerPoint presentation delivered at Warhawk Premiere Day will incorporate LEAP.

Advising Centero Incorporate LEAP into two (Understand General Education Requirements & Be Aware of

the Stages and Locations of Advising at UWW) of the four student learning outcomes of the Academic Advising & Exploration Center (AAEC).

Biologyo Discussed LEAP in BIO 141 and Bio 142 and framed lecture and lab assignments in terms

of LEAP ELOs. Students completed reflective essay and scaled evaluations.

Chemistryo In the spring of 2011 faculty will take class time (10-30 minutes) to educate and discuss

with students the purpose and importance of a bachelor’s degree.o Briefly discuss LEAP in classes and promote ELOs, HIPS, Authentic Assessments, and

Inclusive Excellence.

Career and Leadership Developmento Contribute to the general increasing level of student awareness of what a liberal

education is and how it can benefit them. o Educate student organization advisors about LEAP.

Educational Foundationo To liberally educate our students so that they can become world-class teachers who

liberally educate their own students. Engage students in their own liberal education and introduce them to the

concept of education as liberation and empowerment. o Integrate LEAP material in the classroom.

William Cronon essay “Only Connect” for example.

Finance and Business Lawo Students will be introduced to LEAP in group and individual advising sessions.o Faculty encouraged to include learning goals (based on LEAP ELOs) on syllabi.o Promote HIPs, namely, internships and undergraduate research. o Faculty evaluated the feasibility of providing students with an opportunity to create e-

portfolios where students can record the core competencies learned.

GERC/GenEdo Create a blog titled “Connecting the Core”.

Student Voice project.

Languages and Literatureo Update L&L website to improve exchange of ideas between faculty, staff, and students

and to use LEAP material to facilitate communication. o Goal is to increase faculty commitment about LEAP and advocate for the values of

liberal education to our majors and other students who enroll in English and Foreign Language classes.

Musico Institute Music Major specific session of NEW Student Seminar.

LEAP Reflection.

Political Scienceo Suggested that instructors use William Cronon’s “Only Connect” article in their classes

to discuss the meaning and value of liberal education with students. o ELO on syllabi.o Ask faculty to discuss LEAP on the first day of class.

Help students understand why they are at UW-Whitewater.

Office of Recreation Sports and Facilitieso Talk to students about LEAP Initiative. o Hand out LEAP materials to student employees at staff training.o Attend the “Capturing the Student Voice Summit”.

Students that participated had opportunity to reflect on how they learn.

Sociologyo Publish a student/department newsletter. The first one will include information about

the meaning of a liberal education and the meaning of a Sociology Degree. o Project included assessment goals and internships too.

Student Affairso Instituted conversation with each individual of the unit of Division of Student Affairs to

help units better understand LEAP and self-determine LEAP related goals.

University Centero Major objective regarding LEAP is to help student employees understand the current

and future value of their liberal education. Accomplished by incorporating ELOs, PoE, and HIPs of LEAP into University

Center processes and daily operations. o Help student link what they learn in the classroom to the jobs they perform in the UC;

LEAP conversations at bi-weekly and monthly meetings.o LEAP student training program.

Women Studieso Try to create more internship opportunities for students to support HIPs.

Internships are important for students and these internships support Inclusive Excellence (IE) goals.

Whitewater Student Governmento Created an Ad-Hoc committee to work on projects and increase LEAP presence.

Integrate LEAP into various aspects of Whitewater Student Government. o Work on LEAP Day activities.

2012 LEAP Teams: 23 Teams

Arts and Communication Internship Teamo Created a standardized internship program that integrated LEAP ELOs.

Develop universal assessment tool given to all interns to aid in reflection, self-evaluation, learning, and evaluation of the internship host.

Accountingo Goal is to integrate critical thinking and problem-solving skills into the entire accounting

curriculum.

Advisingo Developed a pilot Advising Transition program for program for freshmen majoring in

math and science who would be transitioning from advising in the AAEC advising to faculty advisors in L&S for the Fall 2012 term. Goals were to provide continuity in advising and to help students reflect on the experiences and knowledge they have

already gained as they move into the major. The program was held on April 24 th, 5:15-6:15 pm.

Andersen Libraryo Created Information Literacy Progression Rubric.

Assessment of information literacy along student’s career path.

Arto During convocation (early Fall 2012) students were exposed to LEAP, which was used to

promote HIPs in the department.

Budget, Planning & Analysiso Objective is to educate the non-academic/non-student affairs staff on LEAP during the

Spring Semester 2012 and continue to build on that knowledge in the 2012-13 Academic Year, by providing tools, information and feedback to Directors and their departments and encouraging them to adopt LEAP principles in their interactions with student workers.

Communicationo Initiated Graduate Research Involvement Program (GRIP)

Involve focus groups tasked with exploring the Essential Learning Outcomes (ELOs) important to graduate students.

Obtain qualitative data describing the essential learning outcomes (ELOs) most valued by graduate students. Essentially, we want to know if students’ expectations for our program match the faculty.

Communication Science and Disorderso Expand opportunities for more undergraduate experiences; faculty and staff worked

towards embracing individual talents to foster success as post-baccalaureate citizens beyond the profession of speech and language pathology.

Integrate LEAP into the advising process. Integrate LEAP into senior seminar.

CSDo Incorporate ELOs and Principles of Excellence into 2012 Summer Transition Program.o Improve communication to parents about the value of a four year degree through LEAP

brochures and handouts. o Incorporate LEAP into Speced 494.

Curriculum & Instructiono Curriculum redesign project that incorporates LEAP.

ePortfolio Projecto The purpose was to identify a group of students who are willing to develop an electronic

portfolio using the Desire to Learn ePortfolio program, then assess student learning as a result of their work developing their own electronic portfolios.

Mixed results.

Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Coaching o Created new courses to meet LEAP Essential Learning Outcomes.

ITBEo Goal was to profile HIPs that our program was doing and then package and promote

finding externally.

L&S Dean’s Student Advisory Councilo Goal was to create another student organization that allows students to directly interact

with the LEAP initiative. Students for LEAP (SLEAP). Organization would get the word out to students about the LEAP initiative.

o Suggested a name change of GenEd to Foundation or Core.o Create Amnesty International.

Would help broaden the cultural experience on campus.

Languages and Literatureso Promote critical writing (and reading) skills and to link this work to the assessment of

selected LEAP ELOs, with an emphasis which focus on developing critical and creative thinking within written communication.

Learning Communitieso LEAP discussed in a one-credit service learning class. o Developed a Service Learning Proposal.

Management o Develop an e-portfolio so that students can reflect on their total educational experience

using LEAP as a framework.

New Student Seminaro Developed training sessions so that instructors of NSS can integrate LEAP into the class.

Psychologyo Create a Psychology Major Identity Model that will allow students to create a better

sense of identity. Integrating LEAP into the syllabus.

School of Psychologyo Enhance students’ ability to personalize and monitor their own progress in their

learning. Revised criteria for reflections for first and second-years students.

o LEAP objectives on syllabus.

Social Worko LEAP language on syllabus.o Talk about LEAP, including HIPs to students.

Through a short video. Student Organization. LEAP Flyer. Create a LEAP subcommittee that includes students and faculty.

Sociologyo Include LEAP learning outcomes on syllabus. o Student assessment.

World of the Arts (Gened 110, WOTA)o Make student’s aware of LEAP.

Discussion of contemporary issues.

2013 LEAP Teams: 21 Teams

Adult Studentso The goal of this project is to research and build awareness throughout campus about

the High-Impact Educational Practices (HIPs) that are most effective and accessible for nontraditional students.

CSDo Part of project was to gather information about communication and support needs of

students so that CSD can implement programming and resources to better support faculty/staff and students.

Need better translation of our everyday activities and work into LEAP language.

Diversity Leadership o Created a Diversity Leadership Certificate.

Certificate outcomes based on the Intercultural Knowledge and Competence Value Rubric and LEAP Essential Learning Outcomes.

Final Essay requires students’ to address larger question about diversity and their role as a global citizen.

Ed Advise o Create a page on website that is dedicated to transfer students. Page asks questions

about transfer experience.

Ed Capacityo Not much linked directly to LEAP in action plan. Appears to be using technology to get

the word out about LEAP.

Good Behavioro Goddhue Desk: LEAP Initiative

Goal 1: Incorporating LEAP concepts into administrative aspects of the Goodhue Desk.

Post a list of ELOs behind desk. Goal 2: Assess current student staff knowledge of LEAP initiatives to get

baseline. Goal 3: Incorporate ELOs into management philosophy.

Train police/res. Life about LEAP. Goal 4: Improve identity/branding of the Goodhue desk operation on campus.

HIP4Uo The University Honors Program, McNair Scholars Program and Undergraduate Research

Program intentionally developed a pipeline for students to be engaged in these programs from freshman year to graduation.

All three programs contribute to student success by promoting LEAP.

Hyer Edo Apply LEAP initiative through the student employment area.

We would like to scale down the University Center’s model to be able to use for these smaller departments. An extension of this goal is to be able to use this model with off-campus employers as well. The model will include a general rubric to assess students’ skills and treat the employment experience more like a mini internship so that students are ready to launch into their next career opportunity.

iHubo NA.

Information Literacy LEAP 2.0o The GOALS of the Information Literacy LEAP 2.0 Team are to:

Improve the research and writing skill levels of UW-Whitewater students.

Create lasting, point-of-need, interactive, appealing, and evidenced-based online instructional tutorials.

LEAP Resourceso Reviewed student positions (i.e. job notices) to summarize job duties and see where

LEAP ELOs fit in the announcements. Goal: Use the toolkits developed (brochure, self-evaluation form, evaluation

form for supervisors, sample letter of recommendation) to help students build a bridge between education and student employment on campus by using LEAP principles.

Licensure Numberso Our LEAP team is creating a standards, and assessment non-instructional

licensure/graduate certificate program. While this certification exists “on the books” through the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, it is not currently offered by any institutions in Wisconsin.

Identify ELOs and HIPs addressed by the program and course.

Message Designo Create two, one semester internships for students in arts and communications areas of

study. Internships allowed students to be employed in the UC and or University

Marketing Center and Media Relations. The goal of the program is to build skills students would need in order to apply for a position in a marketing/media department on or off campus.

Create LEAP-driven position descriptions and hire students through a process that strives to meet inclusive excellence.

Next Teacherso To bring LEAP awareness to secondary students and include UW-Whitewater students in

promoting the LEAP initiative with future college students. Through feeder schools.

o To continue building on the student LEAP organization (SLEAP) by collaborating with other LEAP teams to get it officially up and running.

o Professional Spanisho Plan developed to aid Spanish minors in augmenting the value and marketability of their

language minor through increased participation in experiences deemed to be high impact practices.

Retention Starso Advancing LEAP to minority students through advising, workshops, King Chavez and

Future Teacher Program, summer seminars and other programs.

Social Media and Awareness Teamo The Social Media and Awareness (SM&A) LEAP Team has created an action plan to

promote LEAP to students, faculty, staff, and the surrounding community through social media and additional awareness events.

LEAP Frog Guinness World Record planning. Not completed.

o LEAP exhibit in Robert’s Art Gallery (Jan-May 2014) Completed.

Statistical Hipsters o Created a common assignment for use in statistics and quantitative research methods

classes. These courses were in Mathematics, Sociology, Political Science, and Psychology Satisfied or related to “Intellectual & Practical Skills ELO.

153 students completed the assignment.

Sustainability Superstarso The objective of this Action Plan is to establish a student sustainability employment

position, implement an Eco-Rep program, and execute a sustainability Teach-In that incorporate the Essential Learning Outcomes, Principles of Excellence, Inclusive Excellence, and other High-Impact Practices covered through the LEAP Initiative.

TEAM ROCKET/Science/Literature/Visual Arto Our plan is to expose students to the shared interdisciplinary subject of plants. Plant-

Life, like water, is a far reaching subject that affects all people. Plant taxonomy and close observation will be our starting point as a common conduit to delve deeply into the educational practice that LEAP goals reflect. Our individual areas of expertise in the sciences, visual arts and literature, will heighten students’ curiosity, innovation and synthesized knowledge as a model that will influence the interconnectivity of each discipline of study.

Young Outreacho Created (Leap Into Co-Curricular) LICC

Aims to facilitate three HIPs: First Year Experience. Common Intellectual Experiences. Diversity/Global Learning.

2014 LEAP Teams: 23 Teams

Across Disciplineso Objective for the Spring semester was to execute a collaboration project between

students in Political Science and Graphic Design to develop a series of posters concerned with presenting and promoting issues related to freedom of speech.

Our project included three of the Essential Learning Outcomes directly: Intellectual and Practical Skills, Personal and Social Responsibility, and Integrative Learning. We integrated the LEAP ELOs with George Mehaffy’s insights into the changing and challenging landscape of present day higher education.

Across Generationso Objective for the spring 2014 LEAP workshops is to research, explore and create an

exchange program dedicated to the sharing of life skills between students and staff members on campus. Similar to the host family program created for international students, our proposal would focus on pairing student volunteers culled with staff member volunteers from across the employment spectrum.

The purpose would be to foster and share those life-skills that make life enjoyable but not necessarily pursued in a formal education. Potential avenues of inclusive partnership could be pairing a custodian with an art major, or a director with a passion for team sports with a student heavily involved in online gaming. Types of sharing could include attending a sporting event together, teaching a cooking skill via family recipe, partaking in a cultural art event or exhibit, or even teaching polka lessons. The goal would be to foster friendships and respect for different perspectives while engaging in a learning opportunity.

Chartwells Dining Serviceso Implementing LEAP into student employment in dining services.

Develop a newsletter and update employment videos for student associates that communicate the value of LEAP.

COBE Inclusive Excellenceo Created an action plan to increase recruitment and retention success of

underrepresented populations in CoBE, specifically under-represented minorities (URM) and women.

Objective aligns with LEAPs Principle of Excellence to “Make Excellence Inclusive”.

Connect the Dotso Develop a plan to promote the program/concept of Connect the Dots, which is targeted

at second-year students that are first-generation and low income. Publish a magazine.

CSO o Create a resume template to incorporate ELOs.o Make LEAP visible in CSO manual.

Experiential Learningo Create a centralized web site featuring experiential learning opportunities available for

students, and ideas for staff/faculty for incorporating experiential learning in their courses and/or extracurricular activities.

Experiential Learning includes High Impact practices (HIPS) such as Undergraduate Research, Community-based Service Learning, Capstone projects, Internships, and/or collaborative projects in context of specific courses. Our action plan will strive to implement those HIPS at every stage of undergraduate student experience. Our action plan aims to achieve the LEAP specific Essential Learning Outcomes (ELOs) of improving critical and creative thinking, quantitative and information literacy, written and oral communication, teamwork and problem solving (for intellectual and practical skills), as well as civic knowledge and engagement, and develop foundations and skills for lifelong learning (personal and social responsibility).

First-Year Experienceo Create an innovative, streamlined campus-wide communication plan to increase college

student preparedness. Plan to develop an assessment tool which will evaluate all incoming freshman students on their ability to comprehend, and act upon, information received over the summer months from various campus offices, specifically Admissions, Financial Aid, Residence Life and First Year Experience.

IE in Student Employmento The team’s objective regarding LEAP is to engage staff members in helping student

employees understand the value of diversity and inclusion in all aspects of their daily lives.

Must engage students and staff through: Leveraging co-curricular learning. Encouraging personal development.

IE Talkso Have conversation panels and workshops about IE Topics and how they connect to at

least three LEAP ELOs.

International Engagement o Create a reflection space for all populations to use. Whether it would be individually

or as a group, having a space to take a break in seeking balance, to meditate or pray could help support students’ overall achievements in and out of the classroom, as well as enhance their satisfaction and retention to campus.

International Scholars

o Better understand the needs/wants that are available to visiting scholars.

LGTQA o Educate faculty and staff about LGBTQA issues of LGBTQA students in order to allow

them to more fully focus on their own liberal education.

Makerspaceo A makerspace is a collaborative, cross-disciplinary work area that allows people with

different skill sets to work together with specialized tools. One of the goals of academia is the creation of new ideas and the encouragement of innovation. A makerspace allows people to come to together to use diverse skills to create new ideas and be innovative.

A makerspace would directly link to several key LEAP Principles of Excellence and Essential Learning Outcomes.

Students develop their ideas to the fullest extent, or even beyond, of their original idea or vision. This process will create life-long connections with critical thinking, trying to achieve one’s best and creating the best possible end results.

Math4Vetso This LEAP project is not only working on providing math 41 and 141 sections for

Veterans and Servicemembers, but also to offer additional supports for those Veterans and Military Servicemembers enrolled in those sections.

Research different pedagogical approaches and High Impact Practices which have shown to be effective or are promising in helping our student Veterans succeed in Math 041 and 141.

Schedule dedicated military sections of Math 041 for Fall 2014 and Math 141 for Spring 2015.

Choose instructor(s) for these sections and provide them with both information on issues facing our student Veterans and opportunities to receive additional training.

Recruit and train tutors – ideally student Veterans – to provide support both in and out of the classroom.

Pilot Math 041 in Fall 2014 and Math 141 in Spring 2015, implementing and assessing the effectiveness of these approaches.

Spanish Resourceso Determine the impact of making our Campus Spanish-friendly, find the principal areas

that need bilingual information, find out if our project will be beneficial.Determine the best distribution of the bilingual LEAP brochure on Campus.

STEM URM

o Increase the number of minority students who pursue or complete degrees in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) majors at UW Whitewater through targeted recruitment efforts at three community and technical colleges.

Student Employment 101o Team Vision: To create uniformity across campus for student employment supervisors

by providing training resources that utilize multiple communication tools. LEAP and Inclusive Excellence Initiatives: Our LEAP team is unique in that we

will be indirectly working on the requested initiatives. Our group project will be identifying full-time employees and graduate students that work directly with students on a day-to-day basis. We will identify those employees and their training needs. Our goal is to educate all student employment supervisors in both the LEAP and Inclusive Excellence Initiatives. We will incorporate Essential Learning Outcomes and the Principles of Excellence within our training modules. We will educate the student supervisors to use high-impact practices and Inclusive Excellence in their daily work with students.

Student Employment HRo Goal was to apply the LEAP initiative to the student employees of the Human Resources

office. Part of this process included developing High Impact educational position descriptions for our student employees that centralized the focus of their work on tasks where Essential Learning Outcomes are practiced and utilized.

Student Employment Modelo Develop a LEAP-centric pre-employment workshop/certificate program to help students

understand the importance of student employment as a high impact practice Increase student understanding of LEAP, Essential Learning Outcomes, Inclusive

Excellence, and how student employment can be a High Impact Practice.

Sustainability o Incorporate (or highlight) the UW System Shared Learning Goal of “environmental

responsibility” into the LEAP ELOs by revising them for our own purposes or by highlighting the goal’s presence in existing language.

o Draft a set of Sustainability Student Learning Outcomes (SSLOs) that meet LEAP ELOs for use by the General Education Reform Committee.

o Develop a one-page framework for a Comprehensive Sustainability Education Plan (CSEP) that merges LEAP principles and Sustainability Education knowledge and practices.

Time to Degree

o Create a list of tuition and time saving opportunities.

Workforce Diversity o Design & develop resources & strategies to assist with the successful recruitment of

diverse faculty & staff for the campus community.

2015 LEAP Teams: 26 Teams

#Modeling Matterso Facilitate the more intentional use of the Essential Learning Outcomes so that the

related practices and values become a more integral part of the culture of the College of Education and Professional Studies.

Biology Journal Clubo Provide a framework for students to gain experience reading, comprehending, and

discussing primary scientific literature. Establish a framework for expectations Test a variety of strategies for increasing student participation

Digital Hub Engineerso Develop an engaging and easily accessible resource of past LEAP projects. This will be

done by digitizing past LEAP project reports and communicating with past teams to assess impact of the projects. Along with creating this resource, we will also identify trends and gaps among past projects.

Empowerment Through Researcho Promote awareness of the Research Apprenticeship Program (RAP)o Increase the diversity of disciplines involved in RAPo Build a support structure for current RAP students to increase retention and completion

rates

Equal Educational Opportunity Advocateso Assess the educational and training materials that are used on the UW-Whitewater

campus that pertain to Title IX and Sexual Assault/Harassment while incorporating LEAP Principles into the program

Assess current sexual assault prevention programs utilized at UW-Whitewater. Evaluate and reform the programs to be inclusive and use the LEAP Framework. Create recommendations to improve the programs, increase participation in the

programs, and incorporate LEAP Principles into the programs being used.

Everyone Matterso Raise awareness of the diversity of the campus communityo Encourage and support campus community members to embrace unique perspectives

through the “Everyone Matters Identity Affirmation and Appreciation” activityo Encourage campus members to critically think about personal identity and the identities

of others

Gen Ed Brainiacso Change the perception of General Education courses from a list of requirements to new

opportunities for empowerment and achievement.o Find out what messages currently exist and how they are conveyed.o Create a short survey to reveal the current attitudes toward and perceptions of the

General Education program.o Apply the survey results to a promotional campaign for Gen Ed in 2015-2016.

International Riders for Successo Develop an overall strategy for an on-campus bicycle share program

Identify how the bikes will be distributed Determine what data will be collected Collaborate with the appropriate departments Develop a marketing strategy Determine LEAP integration

o Roll out a pilot program in preparation for upscaling the program next year

Knowledge is Powero Develop effective interventions to decrease stereotype threat and disidentification

among UW-W’s African American undergraduate student population as a means to increase student knowledge of, and engagement in, high-impact practices known to improve retention and academic success

Read Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do, by Dr. Claude Steele

Begin workshop/intervention development

LEAPerso To create a student organization for the campus that will spread the word about the

LEAP initiative on campus, allowing students to network with upperclassmen and develop mentoring relationships.

Library of Edo Begin creating a library of “stories from the trenches:” short lectures and audio

recordings (LibEd talks) by diverse P-12 and higher ed practitioners that discuss

methodologies and practices that can deepen student learning. Some of these will be locally-generated, and others will be collected from the public domain.

o Students have increased ownership of their own learning through creation and use of the LibEd.

Major Declarationo Develop a more comprehensive exploratory process for first-year and undeclared

students through the Academic Advising & Exploration Center. Add LEAP words to the exploration action plan for each student; update

exploration checklist for advisors Explore the role of career exploration within Career and Leadership

Development, and come up with an overall plan to help both offices improve student exploration

Connect with First Year Experience to incorporate CareerLocker in New Student Seminar courses

Reach out to the Counselor Education graduate program, evaluate their career exploration class, and see how AAEC can integrate into the exploration process

Non-Traditional Student Brigadeo Make LEAP rubrics available for ECE4U instructors to analyze their course objectives,

expectations, and goals.o Create a student organization and newsletter for students (adult, non-traditional) in the

online ECE4U program, and plan at least one organizational event.

Online Learner Empowermento Create a instructor peer review system to help ensure all online courses are rigorous

and accomplish the course objectives.o Create online and/or face-to-face “training” that teaches and guides online learners to

be successful in the online learning environment.

Peer Mentoring in the URPo Provide trained writing tutors to work with the Undergraduate Research Program to

support the mentors and the students. Complete a literature review on tutoring in research-based writing Develop a survey to gauge what kind of writing help is now being provided in

the URP and what help is needed Develop training materials for URP tutors.

Positively PSYCHed Campo To develop a camp grounded in the principles of positive psychology for incoming high

school sophomores and juniors, intended to foster their values and strengths.

Professional Writing Coreo Our goal is to help create and revise LEAP materials to distribute to students, such as the

LEAP Spotlight articles on the LEAP website, the LEAP brochure and bookmark, and a proposed flyer and more engaging social media.

Project Healtho Assist the WellHawks student organization with recruitment, committee development,

member role definition, and forming connections with the Whitewater community.o Integrate education about LEAP initiatives in the WellHawks’ organizational materials.

Pursuit of Healthinesso Create a saturated exposure of LEAP for students in two campus locations (Esker Hall

and the Williams Center) in order to increase awareness.

Sesquicentennial Squado Explore and research possible events and ideas for a successful Sesquicentennial event.o Research and recommend design concepts for a permanent walk-through exhibit

displaying the past, present, and future of the UW-W campus.

Social Work Quinteto To obtain a baseline understanding of social work students’ knowledge of LEAP with

particular focus on non-traditional social work students. The goal will be accomplished by conducting survey research.

Student Driven Outcomeso To improve the academic achievement, motivation, and retention of probationary

students at UWW by working closely with students, either one on one or in small groups.

Student Employmento Conduct focus groups with a total of 30-40 student employees to ask what they learned

as a result of their employment experience.o Offer a series of training sessions for student employee supervisors to determine if

supervisors believe there is a need for training, and to cultivate interest among supervisors.

Student Employment Transformerso Apply the LEAP initiative to the Campus Service Officers of the Police Department. Part

of this process includes developing high-impact educational position descriptions for the

student employees that centralize the focus of their work on tasks where Essential Learning Outcomes are practiced and utilized.

Technology Resource Squado Through entry and exit surveys, we will assess students’ knowledge of LEAP prior to

working at the Helpdesk and evaluate how that has improved over time. These surveys will target the definition of LEAP, examples of High-Impact Practices and Essential Learning Outcomes, and a checklist of how the student is staying involved and “LEAP-ing.”

o We will also redefine our job descriptions to capture the essence of LEAP by highlighting how each position will help the student grow and succeed. The Helpdesk training manual will be updated with information about LEAP, how it pertains to the Helpdesk, and how LEAP helps students achieve their goals. By keeping this information handy at the front desk and exposing new student employees to LEAP early on, the Helpdesk workers will be able to communicate LEAP concepts with consistent definitions and a global understanding.

Technology Training Guruso Incorporate LEAP principles into TechQuest through defining LEAP for new/incoming

students and working towards empowering them to become more proficient in using campus technology, knowing where to go for help, and which technology we offer.

o Our goal is to turn TechQuest into a multifaceted orientation that not only introduces the concept of LEAP at its most basic level to new/incoming students but also to help students understand the importance of technology in their educational careers at UW-Whitewater.