Describe your experience working directly with college students in individual and group settings.
As a senior consultant at the University Writing Center, Texas A&M, I have provided academic advice to over 350 students from all disciplines individually and in group-settings. Generally, I adopt developmental advising philosophy when counseling students. In a one-on-one session, I serve as a co-learner with active listening. I share the responsibility with students in identifying issues by asking open-ended questions, and collaboratively we create feasible solutions, and then I offer learning skills and educational resources so that they can become independent, lifelong learners. In group-settings, I establish various discussion rules to create a safe, peer-learning space before addressing students’ issues. For example, Vegas rule is applied to ensure all conversation only stay
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Also, a task-oriented goal would be set prior to discussion, and roundtable rule is applied to involve all group members and ensure all voices are heard. At the end of both individual and group consultation sessions, all students are given access to evaluate the session, and I would document the session in counselling log for future follow-up and reference.
Please describe your experience working with diverse student populations.
As an International Student Coordinator at Harvey Mudd College, I often liaise with various departments and offices to support diverse students. The diverse student body includes first-generation, first year, at-risk psychology, international students, etc. Take the highly diverse international students as an example. International students do not only face issues that domestic students have, but they also encounter unique challenges like language barrier, learning style differences, cultural shock and power dynamics. To address their needs, I develop four types of