1. Job Overview and General Goals Residence Facilitators

2. Job Description In your manuals read them over on your own time

3. Three main focuses 1. Student Conduct 2. House Council and Events 3. As a Residence Staff Member 75% of the time 25% of the time 100% of the time!

4. Terminology “Discipline”  Student Conduct “Vice President Discipline” (VPD)  Vice President Judicial Affairs/Student Conduct

5. 1. Student Conduct (~75%) a. Receive and read a Residence Rules Incident Report (RRIR) b. Contact residents c. Interview respondents and prepare written case notes d. Determine responsibility and assign sanctions  One of these is a “case”  Generally in this order!

6. RRIR = Residence Rules Incident Report or IR/Incident Report for short Sent to you via eRez every time a situation has been documented. You are expected to regularly log in and check your eRez account. a) Receiving the RRIR

7. b) Contact residents Contact with student respondents will first occur through eRez. Templates must be used Subsequent contact through your building- specific RF email accounts. You must record the dates/times/methods used to attempt contact with a respondent; include in case notes.

8. c) Interviewing and case notes Students who feel not responsible will request an interview with you gather facts and information to determine whether or not the respondent is responsible for the violation of a ResRule. Case notes need to be prepared for ALL respondents in a case (regardless of whether interviewed or not) During these interviews you will have the opportunity to be an educator

9. d) Determine responsibility and assign sanctions Determine whether or not the respondent violated a ResRule, based on: The interview with the respondent The RRIR Other witness testimony (residence staff who documented the situation) Any other evidence you can obtain If you determine that a respondent has violated a ResRule, assign a sanction appropriately Sanctions are progressive (next slide)

10. Important Charts to refer to Sanction Progression Student Conduct: Decision Making Residence Student Conduct Proce ss  These charts outline the “framework” behind how the student conduct system is administered.

11. 2. House Council and Events (~25%) a. House Council b. MCRC or JRHC wide events

12. a) House Council Assist House President with execution of events You must be present at all events! Attend bi-weekly House Council meetings, led by your House President. Scribe Voting member Do not neglect your duties with House Council!

13. b) MCRC/JRHC wide events Assist with MCRC/JRHC-wide initiatives Selling tickets for campus-wide events (Montreal trip) Polling booths

14. 3. As a Residence Staff Member You are a residence staff member…100% of the time! Demonstrate behavior that contributes to building and maintaining a safe and inclusive community. Role Model Address inappropriate behavior that is contrary to the ResRules Filling out an Incident Report on eRez The don-on-call is also available

15. Future Sessions… Bring your manual with you everyday – especially to every RF specific session! Take notes in lined spaces More detail will be covered in later sessions (especially with each aspect of the Student Conduct process)

16. John Liu Vice President (Discipline) vpdiscipline@mcrcweb.org