Meeting 7: September 23, 2025

Opener: 5 minutes

• One-Minute Paper: Share the best piece of constructive feedback you've ever received and why.

From Caleb Bayless to Everyone: Best piece of feedback I've received was "do less." I was getting lost in too many small details

From Mary Doroff to Everyone: You don’t have to be an A in everything you do!

From Chanté Hearn to Everyone: Best piece of feedback was while being direct can be helpful, sometimes you have to adapt your approach to meet the needs of the person you are interacting with!

From Stephanie Huntington to Everyone: while I can't think of a specific instance, the moments when I know I've felt like feedback was the most helpful was when it was very specific and included space for brainstorming actionable changes.

From Katie Wayt to Everyone: I was recently building an online community hub for one of our online academic programs. Their feedback helped me see avenues of outreach I had not considered for this program.

From Christina Klimo to Everyone: I have received lots of good feedback over the years, but more recently, as a new student to music, I am often reminded to "slow down." And this simple reminder seems to be needed in other spaces of life, especially professional life where many demands hitting all at once--slow down before reacting :-)

Professional Development & Show N' Tell: 30 minutes

• Observations by Mary Doroff, St. Olaf College, Minnesota

  • All resources mentioned are linked in the slides provided!

• Show N' Tell Questions: join a breakout room based on your institution type (2-year public, 2-year private, 4-year public, 4-year private)

  • How are observations currently being handled at your institution?

  • What have you found to be successful?

  • What are you looking to change about your observation process and procedures?

  • If you are looking to start observations, have you considered the questions posed at the beginning of presentation (slide #5)?

Closer & Updates: 5-8 minutes

• ICSI Updates:

  • Peer Leader Webinar Series: https://tr.ee/Op31yDZfqb 

  • Community Catch-Ups: https://tr.ee/NLz6y3YTLc 

  • Regional SI Supervisor Training (Wayne State University): https://tr.ee/OSXtn_in9c 

  • 14th ICSI Conference: https://tr.ee/23FT3oZPxg

    • Proposal, Awards, and SI Leader Scholarship window open until December 1, 2025

• Closer:

  • Identify the Big Idea from our PD and share why it is important to have a continuous growth mindset in academic support/success programming?

From Caleb Bayless to Everyone: Continuous improvement is so important. If you're not growing, you're dying

From Stephanie Huntington to Everyone: our students are always changing, so we should also always be finding new ways to meet students' needs!

From Mary Doroff to everyone: There are always new things to learn!

From Taylor Livingston to Everyone: Complete success for the students and the SI leaders

From Katie Wayt to Everyone: Technology and Courses are constantly changing. It's important to embrace change and adapt.

From Chanté Hearn to Everyone: We can always learn something new, no matter how experienced we are.

From Victoria Peterson to Everyone: We need to be able to grow as professional and student staff so we can best assist students in the best way possible

From Laine Perez to Everyone: There is always someone who knows more or has more experience who can help - not listening/learning means that you miss out!