Job Overview andGeneral Goals

Residence Facilitators

Job Description

In your manuals read them over on your own time

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!

Terminology

“Discipline” Student Conduct

“Vice President Discipline” (VPD) Vice President Judicial Affairs/Student Conduct

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!

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

b) Contact residentsContact 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.

c) Interviewing and case notes

Students who feel not responsible will request an interview with yougather 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

d) Determine responsibility and assign

sanctionsDetermine whether or not the respondent

violated a ResRule, based on:The interview with the respondentThe RRIROther 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)

Important Charts to refer to

Sanction Progression

Student Conduct: Decision Making

Residence Student Conduct Process

These charts outline the “framework” behind how the student conduct system is administered.

2. House Council and Events (~25%)

a. House Council

b. MCRC or JRHC wide events

a) House CouncilAssist House President with execution of

events You must be present at all events!

Attend bi-weekly House Council meetings, led by your House President.ScribeVoting member

Do not neglect your duties with House Council!

b) MCRC/JRHC wide events

Assist with MCRC/JRHC-wide initiativesSelling tickets for campus-wide

events (Montreal trip)Polling booths

3. As a Residence Staff MemberYou 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 ResRulesFilling out an Incident Report on eRez

The don-on-call is also available

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)

John LiuVice President (Discipline)vpdiscipline@mcrcweb.

org