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Academic Support Initiatives Who are we? Sara Hazel McCoy Brittany Villars Bonnie McDonough Academic Support Initiatives

We’ll Start the Conversation… Overview of LLPs Strategies for New LLPs Collaboration Tips & Tricks Applications Assignments LLP Occupancy Document How we do it (our timeline) Let’s chat!

Overview of LLPs

Strategies for new LLPs Sparking Collaboration Price Point/Room Style Considerations Proximity to Campus Collaborators What we have now and why. Cognicent of multiple price points

Sparking Collaboration: Keeping Our Butts in Shape Collaboration between Housing Assignments Office and Academic Support Initiatives Internal Collaboration Tips and Tricks Academic Calendar Shared events Meeting in advance to hold bed spaces COMMUNICATION

Fall 2018 Cost & Styles for the LLP’s 4 1 1 3 2

And more choices...Apartments! 1

Applications to Assignments APPLY for housing RESEARCH which LLP type and community is for you PREFERENCE 1-3 LLCs you want to join/apply for Brittany Where the LLP application is How we do assignments

LLP Occupancy Document Last years vs this years?

The Never Ending Timeline Spring Summer Fall

Somewhere between Summer and Fall Living Learning Program Training Institute Send Final Rosters of students to Campus Collaborators RA Hall Staff Training for LLP’s Students Move In and Change Rooms/Cancel – Remove Profiles Programming begins in the LLP’s Campus Collaborator Kick Off meeting AUGUST MOVE-IN!

Fall 12th Class Day Reports Housing Application starts for next Fall! Start on-boarding new LLPs Campus Collaborator WELCOME Social Campus Collaborator meeting September Supply LLP information for RA application and selection October Recruiting for next fall – Marketing LLPs Peer Mentor Applications November December

Spring Campus Collaborator meeting Prepare LLP Characteristics document Hold all LLP spaces with Housing Assignments Office Start Contract Renewal Peer Mentor Interviews begin January Aggieland Saturday & LLP Recruiting RA Fair for LLP placement Contract Renewal ends February Campus Collaborator meeting w/o hall staff Add final interest in LLP’s to each Campus Collaborators’ folder March LLP Application Deadline Send Collaborators rosters of applicants for the LLP Notify students if accepted Receive LLP Accept/Decline/Alternates Request Live In Staff Placements April Do we need to mention that we are supposed to tell housing the rooms to reserve before contract renewal starts in January? Anything need to be mentioned in regards to returning students and their part of the LLP process through Contract Renewal? Also, should we say anything on the timeline about like turning on roommate finder or should I talk about that in the assignments section? Need to figure out when exactly that is though either way haha

Summer Add LLP profiles to student records LLP Assignments Process starts/completes Collaborator Feedback meeting from LLP process May Campus Collaborator MOU meetings start June Finalize and route MOUs for signatures Update ALL material (marketing, websites, app) for new and existing LLP’s July Update, rinse, and repeat… August again...

Let’s Chat! Who has LLPs/LLCs? Hand assign, auto assign, or student self-select? What are you hoping to learn/explore What we do know...we are from the Regional area... What we want to know so we can better gear this presentation towards what you are looking to get from it!

What would you like to discuss? QUESTIONS & CONVERSATION

Contact us: academics@housing.tamu.edu brittany_villars@housing.tamu.edu sara_mccoy@housing.tamu.edu b_mcd@tamu.edu