The role of a Student Initiator
Familiarize
yourself with Sustained Dialogue.
We encourage you to read further about SD on our website in order to get a better idea of SDCN’s work on campuses. If you’re interested in the program, feel free to email or call us. Introducing us to the issues students face on your campus and discussing why SD intrigues you will help us work with you on planning next steps.
Request Resources from SDCN.
SDCN can send you a copy of our promotional video and other written resources, including ones which detail what you can expect of a potential relationship with SDCN. You can also use these resources to help spread the word about SDCN.
Establish allies.
Initiating SD will prove infinitely easier and more rewarding with the help of others. We will ask you to develop a small, diverse team of students on your campus that are interested in establishing an SD program. This team will be required to work collectively on a proposal to initiate an SD program. If SDCN and your school decide to launch an SD initiative together, you will need to assemble a coalition of student initiators, a group dedicated to performing the tasks associated with running the program. Identifying an adviser and establishing relationships with faculty members and administrators are also important aspects of the initiation process.
Develop and submit your SDCN Application to initiate an SD Fellowship Program. After you have assembled a group excited about submitting a proposal to SDCN, we will send you the application materials. Thorough initiation of SD requires a significant amount of homework prior to launching the initiative. For this reason, the proposal will cause your team to examine and explore the need for, potential impact of, and steps necessary to develop and manage SD on your campus. SDCN is unfortunately unable to commence work with all of the schools from which it receives inquiries. Accordingly, your proposal will also help us determine whether or not we’ll be able to work together on launching SD at your campus. Along with completing this application, we ask you to read through the SDCN Services and Campus Commitments document. This will give you a better sense of the services SDCN delivers and what is expected of campuses we work with, including expenses associated with initiating and maintaining an SD program.
If Application is accepted, launch a Program.
If the parties mutually agree to move ahead with SD on your campus, we will schedule a series of conference calls or an in person training session to help you plan your dialogue initiative. Specifically, we will work together to plan recruiting SD moderators and participants, holding a Moderator/Initiator Workshop, forming dialogue groups, and setting up a leadership team to manage your initiative.
We encourage you to read further about SD on our website in order to get a better idea of SDCN’s work on campuses. If you’re interested in the program, feel free to email or call us. Introducing us to the issues students face on your campus and discussing why SD intrigues you will help us work with you on planning next steps.
Request Resources from SDCN.
SDCN can send you a copy of our promotional video and other written resources, including ones which detail what you can expect of a potential relationship with SDCN. You can also use these resources to help spread the word about SDCN.
Establish allies.
Initiating SD will prove infinitely easier and more rewarding with the help of others. We will ask you to develop a small, diverse team of students on your campus that are interested in establishing an SD program. This team will be required to work collectively on a proposal to initiate an SD program. If SDCN and your school decide to launch an SD initiative together, you will need to assemble a coalition of student initiators, a group dedicated to performing the tasks associated with running the program. Identifying an adviser and establishing relationships with faculty members and administrators are also important aspects of the initiation process.
Develop and submit your SDCN Application to initiate an SD Fellowship Program. After you have assembled a group excited about submitting a proposal to SDCN, we will send you the application materials. Thorough initiation of SD requires a significant amount of homework prior to launching the initiative. For this reason, the proposal will cause your team to examine and explore the need for, potential impact of, and steps necessary to develop and manage SD on your campus. SDCN is unfortunately unable to commence work with all of the schools from which it receives inquiries. Accordingly, your proposal will also help us determine whether or not we’ll be able to work together on launching SD at your campus. Along with completing this application, we ask you to read through the SDCN Services and Campus Commitments document. This will give you a better sense of the services SDCN delivers and what is expected of campuses we work with, including expenses associated with initiating and maintaining an SD program.
If Application is accepted, launch a Program.
If the parties mutually agree to move ahead with SD on your campus, we will schedule a series of conference calls or an in person training session to help you plan your dialogue initiative. Specifically, we will work together to plan recruiting SD moderators and participants, holding a Moderator/Initiator Workshop, forming dialogue groups, and setting up a leadership team to manage your initiative.