Student Development Program

The Student Development Program aims to assist students in making positive and informed personal, life and career-related decisions. A variety of services and programs are offered for students to help promote personal, intellectual, social, and cultural development outside of the classroom. Whether you are adjusting to college or preparing for life after college, the Student Development Program can be of assistance to you. The best time to begin this process is now!

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI®) Assessment
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI®) assessment is the most widely used personality assessment in the world. With a proven record of reliability spanning more than 50 years, it offers a foundation for understanding individual differences and applying that understanding to the ways people think, communicate, and interact. Versatile and dependable, the MBTI tool sets the stage for lifelong learning and development.
The MBTI assessment is used to develop individuals, teams, and organizations to meet today’s challenges in such areas as communication, team building, leadership, and career management. Use your results from the MBTI to help you make the most of your college experience! The results can help you to:

• better understand yourself, your friends, roommates, and professors.
• identify your unique style of learning and find effective ways for studying, taking tests, and writing papers.
• identify a major.
• identify job families, or broad occupational categories, to help you get started in your career search.
• prepare for presentations and interviews.
• improve communication skills.
• plan your career development strategy and action steps.

Contact the Assistant Dean of Students in the Office of Student Affairs to get set up to take the Myers-Briggs. First, you will need to pay a fee of 16CHF to receive a career report or 21CHF to receive an interpretive report for your type. Next, you will receive login information so that you can take the Myers Briggs on your computer. After you have finished, you will set up at appointment with the Assistant Dean to review your results.

The MBTI® Career Report shows you how your type affects your career exploration and discusses the benefits of choosing a job that is a good fit for your type. It also explores preferred work tasks and work environments—as well as most popular and least popular occupations—for your type, and offers strategies for improving job satisfaction.
The MBTI® Interpretive Report is a five-page report which provides an overview of type preferences.The report includes information about personality type and type development and an extensive description of your four-letter type.

Career Exploration
Explore your values, interests, and strengths through career counseling sessions and individual assessments. These sessions will allow you to:

• gain a clearer understanding of what types of work situations and professions to which you are drawn.
• identify possible career paths.
• gain access to Career Resources which will be helpful as you research careers fields.

To set up an appointment contact the Assistant Dean of Students .

Student Development Record
This record will help you track your overall college experience –internships, athletic team involvement, participation in clubs and organizations, community service, employment, and leadership experience. Creating your Student Development Record is an on-going process while you are at Franklin. If you begin your Student Development Record in your first semester, it will provide a more complete record of your involvement and development as a college student. The Student Development Record will be very helpful to you in:

• preparing your resume or C.V.
• identifying job skills and experience.
• supplementing graduate school and scholarship applications.
• filling out employment applications.
• informally documenting your college years.

SEP Program
The SEP program provides students the opportunity to gain work experience at Franklin in exchange for financial compensation. There are a variety of SEP positions available on campus, and they are generally filled in the Fall Semester. On occasion, there are openings at the beginning of the Spring semester. Interested students are required to fill out an application in the Office of Student Affairs. Next, they schedule a brief interview with the Assistant Dean of Students. Based on a student’s level of interest, experience, and financial need, applications are then forwarded to different departments on campus. Hiring decisions are ultimately made by individual departments. Students working with the SEP program are limited to a maximum of 10 hours per week.

Student Volunteer Program
The Student Volunteer Program (SVP) will provide students with volunteer opportunities at Franklin. Projects may range from assisting professors with research or preparing for a conference to working in a specific office on campus. In exchange for this service, students will gain experience that will enhance their resumes/CVs. Students who are interested in serving as volunteers at Franklin must fill out an application in the Office of Student Affairs.

Service Learning
The Office of Student Affairs is interested in creating off-campus volunteer opportunities which will help Franklin students demonstrate a sense of social responsibility and commitment to both local and global communities. We are currently investigating and seeking off-campus volunteer experiences for students.