Week 1 Reflection

  Week 1 Reflection

This week was a great start to my senior project. I have really enjoyed the time I spent in the admissions office. It is always interesting learning more about how this office works and all of the integral tasks they complete to contribute to the Proctor Community. This week Alicia provided us with a brief overview of what everyone in the office does. The spring is definitely the less busy time for the office, because there are not many visiting families and no student applications to review. Next week I am interested in finding out more about Alicia's role in admitting students and how that process works behind the scenes. In the spring however admissions is working on coordinating a lot with accepted students and students who have already committed to the school. They also are anticipating any changes happening at the school and how that will affect students. Julia and I have spent about half of our time being in the office. It has been interesting observing it as a work environment as everyone is very flexible and friendly.

This week in terms of my project I feel I have accomplished a lot and I am well on track to complete all of my goals. The main focus of my project right now is recreating the GreenKey tour guide system. At the beginning of the week both Julia and I were a little nervous and overwhelmed if we would be able to fit in everything we wanted to do. We spent most of the first day planning and strategizing the best way to accomplish our tasks. I think we did a good job dividing up our time, and spending time to plan out the week was very productive. I think we will again this week make a plan about how we will spend each day to ensure we accomplish our goals and stay on schedule. This week we conducted many tour guide training sessions, these were at times fatiguing, however I think they will be helpful going into next year as many students will know how to give a tour. Also this week we sent out an application for GreenKey Reps which next week we will be working with Alicia to review. Overall this week was very successful and productive, I think we learned that having a detailed schedule is very helpful and hope to continue to get everything done. 

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  1. AnonymousMay 16, 2021 at 6:12 PM

    Torie, Well done!

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  2. UnknownMay 17, 2021 at 6:04 AM

    Yes, Torie!! It sounds like you are crushing it and learning a lot! -Ellie

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