Resident Advisor Training - Fall 2014

 How your role as a student staff member fits in  Why the conduct piece is important  How this is a piece of the puzzle in building community

 Located in Memorial Hall, 2 nd floor  Uphold the Student Code of Conduct  Fair, timely, educational process  Integrity of the UGA name

 Maintain security in the residence halls  Ensure comfortable environment conducive to academic success as well as social connections and integration  Establish norms for appropriate behavior in living communities in preparation for life off campus

 1. Academic Dishonesty  Knowingly performing, attempting, or assisting another  2. Other Acts of Dishonesty  Identification, documents/records/forms, elections, ballots  3. Disorderly Conduct  Disruption, disturbance, threatens or endangers, harassment, published rules, failure to comply, campus demonstrations, obstruction, entering without ticket, circulation

 4. Alcohol and Other Drug Related Misconduct  Use, possession, distribution, disruptive or disorderly conduct  5. Theft, Damage, & Disregard for Property  Taking, attempt, damage or destruction, selling or attempting to sell  6. Fire Safety & Sanitation  Misusing, damaging, tampering, setting or causing fire, fireworks/explosives, false fire alarm, obstructing fire exit, failure to exit, creating dangerous environment  7. Weapons  Firearms, explosives, other weapons, dangerous chemicals, etc.

 8. Unauthorized Entry or Use  Entry or attempted entry (facilities, car, backpack, account), use, possession, duplication  9. Student Housing  Unauthorized entry, attempted entry, failure to comply with housing policies  10. Computer Use  Failure to comply  11. Gambling  Conducting, organizing, or participating

 12. Hazing  Participating, condoning, encouraging, requiring  13. Interference with the Orderly Operation of the Conduct Process  Unreasonably delaying, providing false/distorted/misrepresented information, disrupting the orderly operation, discouraging an individuals participation in the process, harassing, intimidating, failure to comply with sanctions  14. Shared Responsibility for Violations  Acting in concert to violate, knowingly condoning, encouraging, requiring, allowing, condoning, permitting, providing an opportunity for a guest

 munityguide-update pdf munityguide-update pdf  Lock Security/Access  Visitation  Overnight Guests  Cooking  Noise/Quiet Hours  Unauthorized Entry  Smoking – Tobacco

 Eyes and ears in the community  Educating students about policy  Resource – rights and responsibilities as a student and member of a community  Enforcement of policy through documentation  Ethical decision making  Integrity

 JA Homepage  Login:  MyID and Password

Report Received Review and Initial Meeting No Action Informal Resolution/ Conduct Review Conference Formal Hearing by UJ/Formal Hearing by CRB Appeal

 University Judiciary  Student Organization – advised by OSC  Advisor  Advocate  Hearing panel  Conduct Review Board  Student Organization under RHA – advised by SDSC  Formal hearing panel

 They should expect an to their UGA account with instructions  Read the student code of conduct/Community Guide  Outlines rights and responsibilities  Outlines the hearing process  Specific questions:  Direct them to the Area Coordinator or Residence Hall Director  Do Not:  Assume what violations have occurred  Assume what will happen in the process  Assume what sanctions could be assigned

 General Q&A  Returners  Things you have wondered about  What questions have students asked you about the process?  Based on all the other training you have had leading up to/documenting….  What questions/what ifs do you have

 Trust in the process  But…if you have concerns – tell someone (the appropriate someone!)  Conduct Officers are trained  To hear cases  Take cases on an individual basis  Sanctioning  Different outcomes for same violation(s)  Student voice heard through the process  Educational and Developmental  One side of the story  FERPA

 Log on at  Create new incident by pushing this button:

 First, enter in the information on the top of the screen. Only input information into the following sections.  Remember AM vs PM and Dates (especially if it happened overnight)  Green means go, red means stop

 Only ONE respondent per incident number  Next enter the respondent (any person involved/present at the situation)  To look up a student:  Click on the “Advanced Respondent Search”

 Search for the student by their name or 810/811

 Select the appropriate student

 Click on the “Advanced Respondent Search” and then the “Unknown” tab  Type in “unknown” and choose “unknown person”

 First, search for them under the “Advanced Respondent Search” “non student” tab

 If a non student is not in the system, you will need to add them.  To add someone – click on “Add new Respondent”  Next – fill in the appropriate information

 Fill in the appropriate information

 Be sure to read carefully!  Be sure to save!

 Once you save the incident, you will see these symbols on the bottom of the incident.  Click the one that looks like two pieces of paper. This will copy all information except the respondent to a new incident number.

 What gets entered into JA?  How many respondents per incident number?  If there are five people involved to you have to type everything out five times?  If someone “looks drunk” how should that be documented in JA?  If the police come, do I need to report their interaction with the student in JA?  Can I wait until after my 9am class to write the incident report? I am tired…  When in doubt…

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 What went well?  What could have been improved?  Differences between what they addressed vs. UGA policies and procedures