Yesterday was the OUR Staff Retreat. We went to Salem, met in a nice fireside room, and discussed issues (the main one being the upcoming accreditation process). We concluded the meeting with a party, which was also fun (though relatively short).
It was interesting how the different groups evaluated different areas of the department. Some groups (mine included) seemed to rate the Housing/Dining Area quite well – perhaps it was just the categories we got, but overall we seemed to be doing well.
In a recent online survey our marks were between 5 and 6.5 (7 being top), which is a very good score. It’s always interesting to me how much of the survey data is perception (residents were the ones surveyed). We all know we do better than we were rated (on our low marks), but we are always trying to improve.
I was very appreciative to be invited and to have my opinions about Housing/Dining valued (even though I’m kind of the IT plug-in – not a standard ResLifer). It was fun, but I was very tired. Still am today after spending 3 hours hanging Christmas lights on my house last night [poorly I might add – as I probably have to do about half of them again 🙁 ].