WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:01.280 My name's Laurie Fritsch, 2 00:00:01.280 --> 00:00:04.860 line:15% and I am the Assistant Director in Hokie Wellness 3 00:00:04.860 --> 00:00:06.760 line:15% under student health education, 4 00:00:06.760 --> 00:00:11.760 line:15% so my primary roles are to supervise peer educators, 5 00:00:12.150 --> 00:00:15.270 line:15% both the Health Education and Awareness Team program 6 00:00:15.270 --> 00:00:17.710 and also the Body Project facilitators. 7 00:00:17.710 --> 00:00:20.300 I do a lot of program creation, 8 00:00:20.300 --> 00:00:22.340 line:15% implementation, and assessment. 9 00:00:22.340 --> 00:00:25.940 line:15% I teach a lot of health education workshops and classes, 10 00:00:25.940 --> 00:00:26.970 line:15% and then, of course, 11 00:00:26.970 --> 00:00:30.450 you have the final supervision administrative processes 12 00:00:30.450 --> 00:00:32.270 that go along with every job. 13 00:00:32.270 --> 00:00:37.210 So a lot of my work is throughout the mentorship 14 00:00:37.210 --> 00:00:40.470 of the Health Education and Awareness Team program. 15 00:00:40.470 --> 00:00:45.470 These are a group of 30 students who I train 16 00:00:45.690 --> 00:00:48.900 line:15% along with the other co-advisor of the program. 17 00:00:48.900 --> 00:00:53.900 line:15% We teach and train them on nutrition, STIs, contraception, 18 00:00:54.160 --> 00:00:57.150 line:15% tobacco, body image. 19 00:00:57.150 --> 00:00:58.790 These are really high-touch subjects. 20 00:00:58.790 --> 00:01:02.010 Students like to learn about sex from other students. 21 00:01:02.010 --> 00:01:03.750 Students like to learn about body image 22 00:01:03.750 --> 00:01:04.583 from other students 23 00:01:04.583 --> 00:01:07.470 because they're living that experience as well. 24 00:01:08.670 --> 00:01:12.760 And just to give students the opportunity to learn 25 00:01:12.760 --> 00:01:17.760 how to teach health is an awesome role to be in 26 00:01:18.080 --> 00:01:20.200 line:15% because they're going to take these skills 27 00:01:20.200 --> 00:01:22.120 line:15% and then use it with they're a doctor, 28 00:01:22.120 --> 00:01:23.960 line:15% or use it when they're a nurse, a dietician, 29 00:01:23.960 --> 00:01:25.520 line:15% or even when they're an engineer. 30 00:01:25.520 --> 00:01:27.850 line:15% You're always going to need teaching skills 31 00:01:27.850 --> 00:01:32.510 line:15% and be able to speak to someone else in a relatable manner. 32 00:01:32.510 --> 00:01:35.990 Our program really intertwines 33 00:01:35.990 --> 00:01:38.710 our student peer education group with everything that we do, 34 00:01:38.710 --> 00:01:43.640 so it could be that I'm going out to teach this information 35 00:01:43.640 --> 00:01:44.780 to academic classes 36 00:01:44.780 --> 00:01:47.360 or to other Division of Student Affairs departments, 37 00:01:47.360 --> 00:01:50.550 or it could be that I'm training our peer educators 38 00:01:50.550 --> 00:01:53.760 and then they're teaching it for collaborative efforts 39 00:01:53.760 --> 00:01:55.700 that we have with academic programs, 40 00:01:55.700 --> 00:01:56.910 so students receive credit 41 00:01:56.910 --> 00:02:00.500 for coming to our peer education programs. 42 00:02:00.500 --> 00:02:02.750 line:15% Right now, I would say my week consists 43 00:02:02.750 --> 00:02:06.800 line:15% of developing programs and new initiatives, 44 00:02:06.800 --> 00:02:10.340 line:15% trying to figure out places for larger outreach, 45 00:02:10.340 --> 00:02:13.420 line:15% kind of like the shorter outreach, teaching in classes, 46 00:02:13.420 --> 00:02:16.930 line:15% and then really coordinating the peer education program 47 00:02:16.930 --> 00:02:19.450 that I work with and training those students 48 00:02:19.450 --> 00:02:22.580 because we have a very high-touch mentorship program. 49 00:02:22.580 --> 00:02:24.480 I'm watching students 50 00:02:25.736 --> 00:02:28.080 and critiquing their presentation skills, 51 00:02:28.080 --> 00:02:32.210 so it's really a lot of teaching teachers as well.