if you have made changes to your peer program …...if you have made changes to your peer program...

If you have made changes to your peer program based on the presentation, Let

us know! We would love to chat! Sarah Wilson

wilson72@umd.eduLaVonne Whiteheadlwhitehe@umd.edu

Madeleine Somersmmoore56@umd.edu

The Future of Peer Education is Here! ...And It’s Magical.

Sarah Wilson, MPH, MSW, CHESLaVonne Whitehead, MSW, LGSW

Madeleine Somers, BS, CPL

Today’s Plan1. Who are we

2. The change process worksheet

3. History

4. Transition

5. CUrrent Program

6. Your turn

Who Are We?Health Promotion and Wellness Services

CARE To Stop Violence

UHC Peer Education Program!

The Change Process

1990-2016School of Public Health & University Health Center Collaboration

HLTH38X (4 Peer Groups)

1. Recruitment in the Spring semester

2. Training at the end of the Summer

3. Fall and Spring participation

4. 3 credits awarded at the end of the Spring (HLTH38X)

Hi Dr.Sawyer!

Bye Dr.Sawyer!

ter.ps/HCS

Now What?Feedback Hopes/Dreams Key Partners Challenges

● I want to stay involved● I want to make a

program● Why didn’t you tell me it

would be so hard to create a program?

● Why didn’t people come to our programs?

● I want to work more with the other peer groups!

● This is a lot more than I signed up for!

● I wish I had found this program earlier

● This program was so important to my college experience

● I want to go into health education now!

● More credits/structure● Increased visibility● Increased accountability● Academic affairs● Ability to sustain a growing

campus mandate● Engaging with younger

students● Put students in the drivers’

seats of program development (not us)

● Academic minor● Shared foundation/ over

wellness/bystander intervention messaging

● Intersectionality principles woven into practice

● Build partnerships across student leader groups

● More instruction time/less “other duties as assigned”

● UGST● MICA● ODI● HPWS● CARE● SPH● Director of Campus

Student Life● Orientation/New

Student Programs● Academic

Scheduler/Registrar’s Office (Dawn)

● 4 Peer Coordinators

● Leadership● SPH● Coordinator level status

Communication about mission/vision/goals/program to higher admin within and outside of UHC

● No offloading or strategic planning from admin -- all other expectations maintained

● Campus climate● Marketing● Recruitment (and

messaging surrounding recruitment)

● Morale

Our Peer Education ModelUndergraduate Studies & University Health Center Collaboration

Year 1: PEER31X & PEER32X1. Recruitment in the Spring semester

2. Training at the end of the Summer

3. Fall and Spring participation

4. 3 credits awarded in the Fall (PEER31X)

5. 3 credits awarded in the Spring (PEER32X)

PEER 311

Mental Health

PEER 312

Power-Based

Violence

PEER313

Substance Use

PEER 314

Sexual Health

PEER31X: Fall PEER32X: SpringPEER 321

Mental Health

PEER 322

Power-Based

Violence

PEER323

Substance Use

PEER 324

Sexual Health

Our Peer Education ModelPeer Leadership

Year 2: PEER3381. Successfully Completed PEER31X & PEER32X (≥B-)

2. Apply to be a Peer Leader

3. 3 credits/semester (Repeatable up to 6 credits)

4. Intersectional health & wellness education

PEER338: Fall and Spring (Repeatable for up to 6 credits)

The Wand Chooses The Wizard

Start Small!

Key Takeaways● Complacency impedes progress

● Stop and think regularly about the success of your program

● Climate change in our country, needs of students have shifted, wellness has shifted

● Have a vision of where you want to go!

○ our model looks completely different than it did 3 years ago!*

Now It’s Your Turn!

Questions?

Sarah Wilsonwilson72@umd.edu

LaVonne Whiteheadlwhitehe@umd.edu

Madeleine Somersmmoore56@umd.edu