Tuesday, June 24, 2025
2:00 – 3:30 pm ET

Streamline Efforts, Reduce Redundancy and Engage for Improved Confidence, Learning & Productivity

Too often, student worker training is rushed, repetitive, or overly focused on policies instead of real-world skills. Many student employees feel underprepared when they’re asked to handle difficult situations, enforce policies, or work with peers in a professional setting – especially because staff and administrators rely on them to keep things running smoothly.

On the flip side, staff tasked with training student workers often experience burnout from running multiple sessions on similar topics with little time or resources to innovate. Training can feel frustrating when students don’t retain key information, overwhelming when balancing multiple training needs, and disjointed when there’s no consistency in how different departments onboard student workers. This cycle leads to exhaustion for both students and staff, making it harder to build strong, confident student employees.

Join us on June 24, 2025 when our presenter will take a fresh approach to student worker development by streamlining training across departments, reducing redundancy, and making sessions more engaging through hands-on learning rather than policy overload. She’ll explore training that focuses on transferable skills and creating a learning environment where student workers can grow with confidence. 

Topics Covered

Gain crucial, actionable takeaways that will help you: 

• Focus on transferable skills so training ensures that student employment is more than just a campus job – and rather a launchpad for future careers.
• Create low-stress feedback methods to create a more supportive learning environment where student workers can grow with confidence.
• Combine training for multiple departments to reduce redundancy, keep students engaged, and prevent staff burnout.
• Offer flexible training options to train and reinforce key concepts without overwhelming students.
• Explore ways to incorporate real-world scenarios, role-playing, and hands-on exercises that help student workers retain information and apply it confidently.
• Gain strategies for using experienced student workers as mentors, creating a more engaging onboarding process and reinforcing key skills through peer-to-peer learning.
• Shift from rule-based to skill-based training - walk away with methods for teaching critical workplace skills like professional communication, customer service, and conflict management—ensure student workers feel prepared for real challenges.
  

Presenter

Dr. Sara Weinstein currently serves as Assistant Dean of Students and Director of Residence Life at Randolph-Macon College located in Ashland Virginia.
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