Empowering Student Success: HRL Guidelines and Expectations

1. Welcome Back ! Jeff Shoup SSO 2014

2. Welcome to the West side

3. Jeff Shoup Favorite leisure activities include: Fishing, traveling, playing cards, racquetball, phone games, casinos, dog and people watching Employed by Kent State University (84-86); University of South Dakota (86-89), University of Notre Dame (89-13), Ball State University (13-present) Favorite book: The Last Lecture Favorite movie: Stand By Me Education: Bachelor’s in Secondary Education and mathematics from Manchester College Master’s in Community Counseling from Kent state University Follow me @JeffShoup1 Words with Friends and Dice with Buddies username = jshoupwins

4. About Me… • Native Hoosier…one RA in the room has a parent who is my college classmate • Expect to see me in your building often – I like to see what’s happening for myself • Don’t be surprised if I call you on the phone to ask about a student/program/issue • Don’t be shy about raising a praise, concern, or question with me if you have one • Give me some time on names – there are approximately 75 of you and one of me! If we see each other on campus, make sure you re-introduce yourself. • Expect that I will try to do at least one meal with you and your staff each semester! • I very much enjoyed teaching EDHI 200! If you liked 200, think about taking EDHI 201!

5. HRL Mission We support the academic success and personal growth of our students through safe, comfortable, affordable, and diverse living and learning communities.

6. Learning Outcomes • Students will express their thoughts in a clear, concise, and respectful manner. • Students will incorporate a variety of viewpoints into their understanding of the world. • Students will respect their environment and the individuals within it. • Students will establish healthy interdependence. • Students will constructively demonstrate their societal rights and responsibilities. • Students will explore their values.

7. What we hope to achieve • A positive experience for all of our residents • Academic success and retention into the next school year • Involvement and connection in the campus and Muncie community • Acceptance and embracing of the differences in your floor/hall/campus community • Students achieving interdependence and becoming self-advocates • Direct interaction with all of our residents (this is not just something memorize to fill out a sociogram!) • You must act as a catalyst for this to occur!

8. Your personal impact • You will be recognized as a campus leader wherever you go – act like one! • Your residents – as a floor community – will follow your lead in attitude, engagement, and your style of communication – what does that look like? • You are the first (and sometimes only) HRL staff member with whom your residents interact and see – be the best resource you can be.

9. Your role in retention • Important to see residents persist from year one to year two and beyond • Students make their decisions about next year (stay or go, live on or off) by the end of September • Residence hall requirement: 10 credit hours per semester (think 15 initiative) • Progress towards graduation and financial aid

10. Some HRL Expectations • Do your job! • Maintain a 2.5 GPA • Be part of HRL: “They” is now “We” • Remember laws and policies, especially concerning alcohol • Read and respond to your bsu email • Do not transport students anywhere! • Be supportive of HRL decisions and policies • Use good judgment and good common sense • Gripes go up, not down

11. PPACA

12. PPACA • 20 hours per week • Exceptions for training and move-in/move-out • Be a good time manager • Log hours in Kronos • Examples to log • Duty rounds and calls (not just a set amount) • Programming • Administrative • Intentional Interactions (different than random interactions)

13. Reporting procedures • Clery Act • Identifying missing persons • Reporting of certain campus crimes • Location of information • Emergency procedures must be followed • Title IX Response • Reporting what you hear • Accuracy of information • Promises of confidentiality • You might not know the end result

14. Some Advice from me… • Academics before job! • Get to know your residents • The little stuff always becomes big stuff in a hurry, so don’t make bad assumptions • Read the manual – many of your answers are there • Use your resources: • Your directors • Your peers • Other offices on campus • Faculty and staff • When in doubt, ask the question • Know your current events • Be willing to go outside of your comfort zone • Embrace conflict as an opportunity for engagement and something positive • Take your work seriously, but don’t take yourself too seriously • Don’t underestimate your impact

15. Make sure… • We are acting in the best interest of our students • We are doing what we said we would do (safety & security, roommate mediation, available as a resource to students, etc.) • We are reporting up • We are asking questions when we’re not sure • We show appropriate empathy (if it were I, what would I want done?) with residents and colleagues

16. Opening and early arrivals Be ready!

17. Big Wigs at LaFollette Move-In

18. Special Guests

19. Staff project • Small craft/artwork/collage that signifies the personality of your staff and hall • To be hung on the wall above my desk to remind me of you and your hall • Should include a group photo, but should not be just a group photo with cool borders/matting • Should be larger than 12”x12”, but not larger than 20”x20” • Schedule a time in the first two weeks of school to present it to me (Can be at a staff meeting)