Week 6: April 20-24

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Pre-class Due today
● 3 Thoughts Assignment: ​16 personalities due Slide 1
● Discussion Board: The Golden Circle
● Global Oneness Post #2

10 Minutes Leadership Styles & Culture JULIA

● What Leadership Looks Like in Different Cultures
● 5 minutes: Group Discussion
○ What are the overall thoughts/reactions
to the article?
○ How does your 16 Personalities Results
and your own personal culture impact
your leadership style?
○ How does knowing your
personality/leadership style benefit you?

40 Minutes Mediation Email: ​Mediation TYLER

● What is the goal of a mediation? Summary Handout
● Why do we provide mediation for our residents?
The Mediation Management Model
● Problem Recognition
● Problem Definition
● Commitment
● Highlighting Behaviors
● Negotiation
● Contracting
● Follow-up

Mediation Skills & Break Out Practice BREAKOUT GROUPS

● You will be in breakout groups of 3-4. (Groups of 3/4)
● Each round 2 of you will be acting as roommates
in a mediation. 1 of you will be the RA. (If you
are a group of 4, 1 of you will be an
observer/coach.)
● You will have 5 minutes to act out each scenario
● You will have 2 minutes to provide feedback to
the RA
● We will do this activity 3 times.
● Mediation scenarios are found under the “What
Do I need for Class?” section of Week 6 in
Bblearn.
15 Minutes? Conflict and Culture Case Studies
Group Questions: JULIA
● Why is it important to consider the cultural
elements in these cases?

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 ● How did you attempt to bridge two people from
different cultures together?
● In what ways did you try to get people to see
things from another’s point of view?
● How did you support both residents in your
scenario?
10 Minutes Single Story Review: Group Discussion TYLER
● Instructors will discuss the following
reflection questions about the Single Story 3
Thoughts:
○ What “single stories” have you
noticed that others have about you?
○ What dilemmas have you
experienced when others view you
differently than you view yourself?
○ What “single stories” have you
noticed that you hold about others?
What dilemmas have you seen arise
when we view others differently than
they view themselves?
○ How do you think “single stories”
could play a role in the RA
experience? And/or the experience
of living in a residence hall?
● How does this relate to the conversations
that we were having earlier in class with
leadership and conflict management?
30 Minutes When Difference Matters Viewing Guide TYLER & JULIA
Watch, “​Eye of the Storm​”
● Give disclaimer about contemporary language
○ Start video at 3:10 BREAKOUT GROUPS
○ Address the harm of language today. (2 groups)
○ Video is 22 minutes long
● In class discussion board: ​Viewing Guide​, ½ will
focus on Mrs. Elliot and ½ will focus on students
○ Tell students we are doing this in lieu of
a discussion board so they need to
engage to get points for this week.
20 Minutes When Difference Matters - Discussion
(10 Each) JULIA
Reflection Questions
Small Breakout Groups: BREAKOUT GROUPS
● Who in the film determined which differences (3-4 per group)
matter? Who do you think decides in real life?
● How was the message about which differences
matter reinforced in the film? How is this
message reinforced in real life?
● Why, for the most part, do you think the
students went along with Elliott’s experiment?
● What is the lesson Jane Elliott wanted her
students to learn?
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 ● What lessons did you learn from the film?

Whole Class discussion:

● What does Elliott’s classroom experiment
suggest about what can happen when one
aspect of our identities is valued more than all of
the others?
● While eye colour may not be related to power in
our society, what aspects of identity that give
some people more power and privileges than
others? Who determines which differences
matter?
● Why do individuals and groups either go along
or not go along with these decisions?
● How do beliefs about differences in our society
shape the way we see ourselves and others?
How do they shape the way others see us?
● How do beliefs about differences in our society
shape the way we respond when we encounter
an individual or group that is different from us?
5 Minutes Class Wrap Up & Questions
● General Info
○ Rubric for the Case Study project Slides TYLER & JULIA
○ Class evaluations
● Due Next Week
○ 3 Thoughts Assignment - “What Can
You Do if Your Life is in the Gray
Area?”
○ Global Oneness Post #3
● Student Online Employment Training Proof
○ Information Security Essentials -
(Suggested Due Date: Week 2)
○ FERPA Training - (Suggested Due
Date: Week 2)
○ Kognito for Students - (Suggested
Due Date: Week 5)
○ Loss Prevention Training - (Suggest
Due Date: Week 6)

Next Week’s Class Time: Monday (4/27) at 5:00pm

on Blackboard Collaborate Ultra

References:

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Welcome to Week 6
Due Today:
● Three Thoughts Assignment
● Global Oneness Assignment
Today’s Class:
● Leadership Styles
● Leadership in other cultures
● Conflict Mediation
Leadership Styles & Culture
LEADERSHIP STYLES - 16PERSONALITIES
 CULTURAL CONTEXT OF LEADERSHIP

• Read “What Leadership Looks Like in Different Cultures” article

• What are the overall thoughts/reactions to the article?

• How does your 16Personalities Results and your own
culture impact your leadership style?
• How does knowing your personality/leadership style
benefit you?
Mediation
 What is the goal of a
mediation?

Why do we provide mediation

for our residents?
 MEDIATION

The purpose of a mediation IS:

- To help roommates communicate with each other
- An opportunity to identify issues and “clear the air” between roommates
- To teach roommates ways to solve ongoing conflict themselves

The purpose of a mediation is NOT:

- To make a judgement as to who is right and who is wrong
- A chance to solve residents issue for them
- Just a barrier to a Room Change
 The Mediation
Management Model

(How to Do a Mediation)
 • RA meets with roommates
Problem Recognition
at an agreed upon time
and location to discuss
concerns.
 • RA listens alternately to
Problem Definition both roommates’ stories,
using paraphrasing to
achieve full understanding
of the problem(s).
 • RA asks both roommates if
Commitment they are willing to solve the
problem.
 • If both roommates agree to
attempt to resolve their
Highlighting Behaviors conflict, both roommates
identify specific pleasing
and displeasing behaviors
that each other do.
 • Roommates trade and
negotiate specific
behaviors to satisfy the
needs of each.
Negotiation
• Note: Residents cannot
agree to terms that violate
laws, Standards of
Residence or Student
Code of Conduct.
 • A contract is made using
the specific likes and
dislikes of each roommate.
Contracting • Online Roommate
Agreement should also be
updated with this
information.
 • RA checks in with each
Follow Up roommate after a defined
period of time to see how
things are going.
Mediation Skills
 MEDIATION SKILLS

● Listening
● Observing
● Empathy
● Impartiality
● Neutrality
● Confidentiality
● Facilitating
● Questioning
● Generating Solutions
● Developing Consensus
 BREAK OUT PRACTICE

• You will be in breakout groups of 3 to 4

• Each round, two of you will be acting as roommates in a mediation.

– One of you will be the RA
– If you are a group of four, one of you will be an observer/coach
• You will have five minutes to act out each scenario & two minutes to provide
feedback to the RA

• We will do this activity three times

Mediation scenarios are found under the “What Do I need for Class?”
section of Week 6 in Bblearn
Conflict & Culture
Culture & Conflict Case Study
 Culture & Conflict Discussion
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 Single Story Review - Group Discussion

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When Difference Matters
 Video Discussion

Breakout Groups
• One group will focus on Mrs. Elliot
• One group will focus on the students

This activity is in lieu of a discussion board. You will need to engage in

& contribute to the discussion to get points for this week.
 Reflection Questions - Small Groups

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 Reflection Questions - Large Group

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Class Wrap Up & Review
 WHAT COMES NEXT?
● General Info
○ Case Study Rubric

● Due Next Week

○ 3 Thoughts Assignment: "What Can You Do if Your Life is in the Gray Area?"
○ Discussion Board - Global Oneness Post #3

● Student Online Employment Training Proof

○ Information Security Essentials - (Suggested Due Date: Week 2)
○ FERPA Training - (Suggested Due Date: Week 2)
○ Kognito for Students - (Suggested Due Date: Week 5)
○ Loss Prevention Training - (Suggest Due Date: Week 6)

Next Week’s Class Time: Monday (4/27) at 5:00pm on Blackboard Collaborate Ultra
 Q&A
Optional to Stay