chapter support & wellness
Health and wellness is at the forefront of everything we do at Lambda Chi Alpha. Ensuring our men are healthy and well and have a fraternal experience that contributes to, rather than detracting from, their wellness, is crucial.
Our individualized and consultative approach reflects industry recommendations that meaningful conversations and relationships catalyze the most progress regarding chapter culture shifts. This is the primary reason Lambda Chi Alpha moved to a weekly coaching model in 2020.
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member resources
Member Development: Ideal Man
Ideal Man is a four-year personal and professional skill-building program to maximize the Lambda Chi Alpha Membership experience. Focused on developing Brotherhood, competence, and character, its mission is to prepare Members for success during and after college.
Officer Development: Stead Leadership College
The mission of the Stead Leadership College is to prepare Members for a position
on the High Zeta (Chapter management team), build capability within Chapters, and act as a bridge between Chapter and career. Aimed at future and serving Chapter Officers, it is composed of two learning journeys: Leadership Ready and Role Ready.
JED Foundation: We partnered with the JED Foundation to evaluate the resources we offer as they relate to Mental Health. We continue to promote resources provided by JED as they develop. Mental health support is affirmed and promoted through all Lambda Chi Alpha programming.
Mental Health Toolkit: Resource developed in conjunction with JED based on our data from multiple studies to support chapters preventative work with mental health.
All of these programs center on healthy relationships and are recommended/requested on an as needed/based on brotherhood data surrounding hazing tolerance, hazing motivations, and sexual misconduct numbers. They all hone in on power based violence which is applicable to romantic relationships, in addition to associate/initiate member relationships.
- 10 Signs: https://www.joinonelove.org/act/one-love-workshops/
- Escalation: https://www.joinonelove.org/act/escalation-workshop/
- Behind the Post: https://www.joinonelove.org/relationships-101/
Alcohol: The Fraternal Health and Safety Initiative (FHSI) is a consortium designed to aid chapters of participating fraternities and sororities in achieving this high-quality experience. Favor & Company offers research-based curriculums focused on the dangerous behaviors often exhibited by college students.
Hazing & Sexual Violence: The Fraternal Health and Safety Initiative is a consortium designed to aid chapters of participating fraternities and sororities in achieving this high-quality experience. Favor & Company offers research-based curriculums focused on the dangerous behaviors often exhibited by college students.
Timothy J. Piazza Center for Fraternity and Sorority Research and Reform: Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity & Educational Foundation are major donors to the Timothy J. Piazza Center for Fraternity and Sorority Research and Reform. The following resources are aimed at quality hazing prevention that will reduce the number and severity of incidents and increase student safety and wellbeing. Together, we can work towards a safer and more respectful community.
Chapter Support Model: This new, award-winning support model has allowed Lambda Chi Alpha to provide a consistent and exceptional level of support to all active chapters without compromising the quality of service. This model uses various mediums of support including virtual meetings, synchronous and asynchronous training and programs, peer-to-peer learning, in-person chapter visits, and more. It centers education, relationship building, and leadership development to inspire compliance of organizational expectations, minimization of risk, and continued growth.
Chapter Support Specialist: Lambda Chi treats chapter leaders as franchise partners/CEOs of their chapter, with an “executive coach” who serves as their weekly checkpoint for executing a strategic plan. This Chapter Support Specialist sets weekly meetings that center an opportunity for staff to challenge and support progress of weekly, monthly, and annual goals.
Training Specialist: In addition to the Chapter Support Specialist (or Coach), the Learning Outcomes Team developed Training Specialists who provide targeted trainings for Chapter Officers with the highest level of operational and social risk (i.e. member education, ritualist, social chair, risk manager, treasurer, and secretary) to serve as the primary point of contact, educator, and support system for each of our 170 chapters.
Brotherhood Survey: Our goal for this project is to help our undergraduates and advisors understand their chapters on a deeper level and identify behaviors and thinking that encourages a safe and caring brotherhood built around Lambda Chi’s Seven Core Values.
Chapter Culture Audit: Conducted as needed with Associate Chapters and Chapters to intervene and illustrate when they may be headed in a concerning direction as far as groupthink and behavior per their brotherhood data.”
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