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Program Engagement Checklist
We encourage staff to consider this checklist that will guide the process towards successful student engagement in different programming.
Design
- Diverse and relevant student voices are embedded within the leadership, development, delivery, and feedback process of the program (e.g., 2SLGBTQ+ students with intersecting identities are involved in programs that support individuals who have not come out).
- Accessibility and accommodation, inclusivity, cultural safety, and anti-oppressive lenses are applied in all areas of program planning, delivery, and evaluation.
- Students are offered alternate ways of participation (e.g., virtual methods are available and provide a very similar experience to in-person programs).
- Location and timing of programs is accessible as well as convenient to students’ schedules as much as possible.
Promotion and Marketing
- Students are aware of the service/program that is offered through multiple channels
that receive a lot of traffic (e.g., use both social media and have in-person promotional booths in an active manner). - The service/program and its objectives are clear, either through its name or promotional description
- There is active promotion of the service/ program to the target demographic and
in relevant environments (e.g., marketing supports for nursing students within a nursing class). - Marketing based on student demographic (e.g., how can promoting programs to male athletes differ from promoting programs to student leaders?).
- Staff and faculty are involved to maximize the reach to students (e.g., collaborating with faculty to present information during class).
- Any barriers to access are clear in all the promotional material (e.g., a room that is only accessible by stairs).
Delivery
- Program delivery can be easily adapted to student interests (e.g., activity driven conversations on mental health, such as a cooking class or paint night as the backdrop).
- Provide food or beverages during the program for the attendees.
Evaluation
- Program attendees are able to complete evaluations with ease and they are provided with an incentive whenever possible.
- Evaluations ask questions related to barriers to access, retention, types of compensation, success in promotion and helpfulness of the service/program to actively address them.
Other
- Students who are involved in the program in any capacity are fairly compensated.
- Student incentives are clear, appropriate, and useful (e.g., micro-credentials that are recognized within resumes).