Community Development Miami University Kate Bowers, Lindsay Dobucki, Patty Martinez Miami University Kate Bowers, Lindsay Dobucki, Patty Martinez

Overview  Define Community  Explain Community Development Model  Discuss Community Development Action Plans  Look at the Resources offered at the Center  Define Community  Explain Community Development Model  Discuss Community Development Action Plans  Look at the Resources offered at the Center

Defining Community  What does a community look like?  How does a community act?  How do communities form?  What does a community look like?  How does a community act?  How do communities form?

Our Mission ORLNSP collaborates with other offices to facilitate students’ successful adjustment to and transitions through their collegiate experience. We try to provide a safe and supportive environment promoting academic success, personal developments, involvement in campus life, and understanding of intercultural issues. We support the University’s commitment to build citizen leaders for the future.

6 Principles of Community Development  Purposeful  Open  Just  Caring  Disciplined  Celebrative

Purposeful  …a place where students, faculty and staff share goals and collaborates for personal development, value clarification and learning; a place where creativity and innovation are expressed.

Open  …a place where freedom of expression is honored and where civility is powerfully affirmed; a place that fosters dialogue and advocacy.

Just  …a place where the value of each person is paramount and where diversity education is pursued.

Caring  …a place where the well-being of each member is compassionately supported and where service to others is encouraged.

Disciplined  …a place where individuals accept their obligations to the group and where well- defined policies and procedures guide responsible decision-making for the common good.

Celebrative  …one in which the heritage of the institution is remembered and where rituals affirming both tradition and change are widely shared.

Questions

Getting Practical

Making the Model Meaningful  Build them in to all you do  Think always of the whole  Make a Guide Book  Check your Attitude  Build them in to all you do  Think always of the whole  Make a Guide Book  Check your Attitude

Know Your Resources