WHAT?

The LifeSkills program is a voluntary learning resource for students who have been referred through the Labor and Student Life Judicial process. Participants, in a one-on-one setting, meet with the Coordinator for a set number of hours wherein they work towards greater levels of: self-awareness and personal empowerment, with the aim of increasing their skill level in areas such as: problem solving, time management, assertiveness, and communication.

The LifeSkills program is not intended to be therapy in the sense that there is a need to be assessed or diagnosed in order to be healed or understood. Student participants utilize various tools and exercises that can motivate them towards personal success in various aspects of their campus life.

WHY?

The Berea College Student Handbook states,

Each member of our community has responsibility for creating an environment which affirms intrinsic worth, promotes human dignity, nurtures individual potential, and fosters a sense of community and common purpose. . . We affirm that personal responsibility and self-determination are essential for developing physical, intellectual, spiritual, social and emotional wholeness as individuals.

The LifeSkills program seeks to promote these values by providing a resource that allows students to maximize the educational outcome of participation in a Labor and Student Life process.

HOW?

The LifeSkills program is for students who:

• choose to participate as a saction option through the judicial process
• choose to particpate as a complainant through a judicial or grievance process

This program is made possible through a collaborative effort between the Student Life Judicial Program and the Leadership Development Program with the aim of increasing the educational aspects of a campus judicial process.

Resources

• Expectations for LifeSkills Training Program Form (Word Format)