RecWell+

All RecWell student employees are required to attend four hours of additional training each academic year. This will be incorporated into monthly in – services and semesterly Full Staff Training.

Student leaders (as designated by one’s primary supervisor) are required to attend nine additional hours of additional trainings each academic year called Student Leader Cohort Training.

You are encouraged, supported, and incentivized to sign up for additional training offered by Recreation and Wellness Services and other partners within Student Life and Kent State University throughout the academic year.

Some sample optional trainings from Recreation and Wellness Services include:

• Everyday Leadership: Your Impact
• Evaluating Your 8 Dimensions of Wellness
• Goal Setting: From Vision to Action, A Workshop Session
• Ain’t Nobody Got Time for That: How to Have Better Time Management Skills
• Identifying Your Personal Values
• Technology and RecWell
• Lifelong Wellness You & the World
• EAP, Game Show Edition

Some sample optional trainings from our campus partners include:

• Inclusive Leadership Workshop (Student Multicultural Center)
• Microaggressions (Student Multicultural Center)
• The Leader in You (The Leadership Center)
• The Limit Does Exist (The Leadership Center)
• Ally Workshops (LGBTQ+ Center)
• AID Mental Health Training (College of Public Health)
• Kognito (College of Public Health)
• Workshops offered by Career Exploration and Development
• Workshops offered by the CARES Center
• Workshops offered by Student Accessibility Services
• Workshops offered by the Women’s Center
• Workshops from the Office of International Student Affairs
• Workshops offered by the Center for Adult and Veteran Services

Registration for all Recreation and Wellness Services training is required through Fusion. All student employees will need to register to receive attendance credit.  Examples include monthly in – services, Full Staff Training, Student Leader Cohort Training.

Online Registration

All student employees will adhere to the following guidelines:

• All new employees to Recreation and Wellness Services will attend New Hire Orientation Training within one month of being hired.
• Complete their self – evaluation and have an evaluation with their primary supervisor once per semester.
• Participate in a Flashes GROW (Guided Reflection on Work) once per semester. More information can be at www.kent.edu/career/flashes-grow.
• Maintain current certification (CPR / AED (2 years), Bloodborne Pathogens (1 year), and ALICE Training. Specific work areas also have other specific certifications that need to be current, such as Lifeguard certification, PCI Compliance Training, etc.

The RecWell+ Staff Incentive Program is RecWell's way of giving back to our staff and rewarding them for the work that they do, especially in those instances where the staff goes above and beyond.

Program Objectives:

• Be a FUN point-based system that will help recognize positive performance.

• Provide additional incentive to RecWell employees.

• Reward staff for performing the expectations of their positions.

• Encourage staff to maintain a consistent level of work throughout the entire year; perform at their best.

• Motivate staff to go "above and beyond" the expectations of the position.

Log & Redeem Points

View Points Balance

Work areas are encouraged to promote friendly competition between coworkers. Points will reset at the end of the 2023 – 2024 academic year and do not carry over into the next year.

• RecWell+ Sunglasses (50 points)
• RecWell+ Lunchbox (50 points)
• RecWell+ Water Bottle (75 points)
• RecWell Journal (100 points)
• Extra Uniform/RecWell+ T-shirt (150 points)
• Neon Bolt Flash Light Up Sign (200 points)
• RecWell ¼ or ½ zip fleece long sleeve (250 points)

The program is a mentorship program designed for Recreation and Wellness Services employees throughout the academic year. This program aims to build and support relationships with their coworkers and practice being a mentor and mentee in a casual setting outside of work on Kent State University’s campus.

Sign Up Form

• Recreation and Wellness Services is committed to the development of our employees. We want you to continue to learn and grow while you are a member of our team (and beyond). One of these ways is through professional development opportunities.
• To promote continued learning, we have developed a RecWell+ Student Professional Development fund program. RecWell student employees are eligible to receive professional development funding (7/1 – 6/30) towards continued education. Each area will have an allotment of funding for student employees to take advantage of (while funds last). Administrative staff will determine the amount of funding approved based on the amount requested. In some cases, partial funding of what was originally requested may be approved.
• Funding should be requested within two weeks of the professional development opportunity.   
• If funding within an area is not utilized by March 1 and there are no future requests, then other RecWell work areas can apply for the funding.  
• RecWell+ Student Professional Development funds are awarded in the form of a reimbursement check following the activity or event’s completion.
• Please contact the Coordinator of Student Personnel at jkinger2@kent.edu if you have any questions about the program prerequisites and eligibility requirements.

Application Form

• Challenge and Support (Sanford, 1967).  
• Social Change Model (Astin H.S. & Astin A.W., 1996) 
• Experiential Learning Model (Kolb, 1984) 
• Kouzes and Posner’s 5 Practices of Exemplary Leadership in The Leadership Challenge (2005) 
• Leadership Identity Development Model (Komives, Owen, Longerbeam, Mainella, & Osteen, 2005) 
• Data findings from the Multi-Institutional Study of Leadership (MSL)