Making the Social Contract Social Rider University Residence Life

Welcome! ● Jacqueline Cunningham ● Junior, Sec Edu. & His ● Resident Advisor of Ridge House

o What? There is a Building Named Ridge?

● Easily Excited, Talks With Hands, Speaks Fasto Yeah, sorry about that last one!

Goals Of Today How to Classify RA’s during Summer

Training First Years Returners

(Actual) Goals of Today ● Explore what a Social Contract Is ● Discuss how we can create a safe

and healthy living environment ● Improve Enhance Rider University’s

Social Contract

What? ● What is A

Contract? o A Written or

Spoken Agreement esp. One Concerning Employment Sales, that is to Be Enforced by Law

● Examples at RU? ● My Example!

Full Value Contract

● Safety o Keeping ourselves and other safe

● Honest Feedbacko Give and Receive honest, Specific and

Observable Feedback ● Valuing Behaviors

o Act and Speak in A Way that Puts others up not down

Full Value Contract

● Let It Go! o Know when to let something go and move on.

● Challenge By Choice o Each person must take responsibility for their own

actions o They Choose to participate and select their level of

difficulty

Social Contracts at Rider

● First Year Response Vs Returner Response

● What does it state?

● Why do we have it? ● Why even have it if

we have This?● Why do we ask students to agree?● What happens when it is violated?

Okay, So What?

Now What?

● What are you focusing on? ● Can or Cannot Do

● Environment Creation ● Let “It” Go Difference

Evils of the Position

● Incidents will happen, Residents will talk

● Report Up Not Out ● Use the environment as a tool

● Think of Me!

I Hope This Helped!

If Not,

Thank You!!!