Provide exceptional training and development opportunities for peer leaders.

•  Embed the Social Change Model as the theoretical underpinning of all training and development opportunities for peer leaders.
• Use the Peer Programs Learning Outcomes as a foundation for all training and development opportunities for peer leaders.
• Ensure ample and meaningful opportunities for growth and development through the scaffolding of senior peer leader positions.
• Position the Peer Programs Certificate of Leadership as the high level year-long training and development opportunity for peer leaders.

• Increase accessibility to CoL events by highlighting events in the PP Newsletter.

Ongoing Training

• Increase CoL completion rate to 10%: 10% of all peer programs students (28 students) will complete CoL. Baseline: Last year, 6 students completed CoL.
• Respond to 100% of student requests for specific CoL workshops/topics through referrals to existing workshops or offering workshops that meet wider PP needs.
• Conduct two CoL focus groups that a) allow us to collect student feedback mid-year and end-of-year, and b) provide a learning opportunity for the students attending.

Integrate personal and career development opportunities into all training and development of peer leaders.

• Assist students in identifying transferable skills for the job market and future careers.
• Integrate reflection-based activities into all training and development opportunities for peer leaders.
• Foster connections between Peer Programs Alumni and peer leaders.

Provide accessible learning and leadership opportunities for all students.

• Develop guidelines to support Peer Programs in creating accessible events, initiatives, media, etc. (ie. how to account for food and environmental allergies, chosen name, physical accessibility needs, etc.)
• Create opportunities for peer leaders and advisors to engage in discussions on accessibility issues.
• Share resources so that peer leaders and advisors know which University unit to consult in particular instances.

• Develop mission statement for Accessibility Working Group’s vision of an event planning tool.Develop accessibility checklist
• Develop educational content for all accessibility areas
• Develop lists of  resource links

Implementation

• Use blog platform to create an educational and interactive web hub form plug in to accomodate the event planner’s checklist
• determine the best
• Test, update, and review the trial version blog.
• Introduce checklist to Peer Programs with an incentive to participate and collect and incorporate feedback.

Sharing

• Short term goal is to have Peer Programs begin using tool
• Long term goal to develop a campaign to share the tool across UBC campus.

Develop a comprehensive and consistent assessment strategy for Peer Programs.

• Identify strategic assessment priorities for Peer Programs and individual member groups.
• Establish effective quantitative and qualitative assessment practices to assess learning of peers and peer leaders.
• Seek support and guidance from UBC partners completing assessment work

• Identify what common measures exist among member groups when they report to their own units.
• Establish a common baseline for reporting back to the Peer Programs Network.
• Support advisor community of practice of assessment.

Position Peer Programs as an Enriched Educational Experience.

• Identify specific aspects of the peer leader experience that make it a high-impact educational experience.

• Pick one learning outcome to assess with regard to Peer Programs leaders.
• Assess that one learning outcome.
• Report back to the Peer Programs advisor group with those findings.

Translate the impact of Peer Programs on the broader campus community into a consistent and engaging story.

• Develop a comprehensive communication plan.
• Develop a comprehensive annual report template.

• Identify how many students interact with Peer Programs (“How big is our net?”)
  

Internal Communications

• To create a foundation of communication across Peer Programs: Internal Communications representatives hightlight events in Calendar and opportunities in the Newsletter during PPEC meetings and encourage PPEC members to take back to individual Peer Programs

Increase collaboration opportunities among Peer Program member groups.

• Create a Collaborative Project Funds to be administered by PPEC.
• Increase awareness and understanding of member group purpose and expertise amongst peers and peer leaders.

• Have at least 9 peer programs represented at HOLIDAY SOCIAL and competing in gingerbread house competition.
• Have at least 30 people attend a term 2 CSI Sleepover.
• Have at least 4 STORM THE WALL teams registered with 5 Peer Programs represented.
• Put in 1 LACE UP FOR KIDS team from for Peer Programs and raise a minimum of $300.
• Get at least 10  groups to sign up to participate in SPOOK-A-THON.

Internal Communications

• Create a calendar to facilitate collaboration between Peer Programs

PPEC Collaboration Fund

• To increase internal collaboration between peer program groups to be determined by the number of annual collaboration events.
• Impact three or more peer program groups through one collaboration grant funded project in its first year.
• Create a two-pronged marketing strategy in the fund’s first year and extend to a three-pronged strategy by its second year of operation. In its first year, the PPEC Collaboration Fund will target both print and spoken mediums, aiming in its second year to expand to include digital promotion.
• Create a transition report in May for the new 2013/2014 working group that includes, successes, things to change and possible suggestions in which the program can be expanded.
• In the transition report include any suggested changes to the PPEC Collaboration Fund guidelines

Increase strategic relationships and partnerships with other campus groups.

• Map existing external relationships and determine gaps and opportunities for further collaboration.
• Identify meaningful opportunities to connect with faculties (e.g., student groups, faculty members, etc.)
• Identify strategies to meaningfully connect with Collegiums Project, Global Lounge, Centre for Student Involvement and Careers.

• Explore partnerships with the following four campus units to find and act on opportunities for collaboration:
  • AMS
  • Centre for Student Involvement and Career Services (e.g. Orientations)
  • Global Lounge
  • Residence Life PPDP

Social Events & Community Building (SECB)

• Have representation across programs in each of the 4 faculties/schools (KIN, ENG, ARTS, SCI) at the HOLIDAY SOCIAL
• Have at least 10 out of the 14 Peer Programs participating in a secret Santa activity for HOLIDAYS.

PPEC Collaboration Fund

• Identify opportunities to engage peer program collaboration projects within the broader UBC community including student groups and faculties.

Provide accessible learning and leadership opportunities for all students.

• Develop guidelines to support Peer Programs in creating accessible events, initiatives, media, etc. (ie. how to account for food and environmental allergies, chosen name, physical accessibility needs, etc.)
• Create opportunities for peer leaders and advisors to engage in discussions on accessibility issues.
• Share resources so that peer leaders and advisors know which University unit to consult in particular instances.

Position the Community of Practice as the premier support program for Peer Program Advisors.

• Develop physical and virtual spaces for Peer Program Advisors to engage in informal and guided discussions about best practices in their work.
• Design and implement an intentional orientation experience for Peer Program Advisors.

Increase advisor knowledge of the Social Change Model to allow for its application within individual programs and UBC Peer Programs as a whole.

• Provide ample training and development opportunities for Peer Program Advisors on the Social Change Model.
• Develop Social Change Model training, resources, and tools for Peer Program Advisors.

Increase advisor knowledge of career development theory and how it can be applied in supporting peer leaders.

• Provide ample training opportunities for Peer Program Advisors on career development theory and its application.
• Develop career development training, resources, and tools for Peer Program Advisors.