Transcript Welcome Back RA’s! - Ball State University

WELCOME BACK !
Jeff Shoup
SSO 2014
WELCOME TO THE WEST SIDE
JEFF
SHOUP
Favorite leisure
activities include:
Fishing, traveling,
playing cards,
racquetball, phone
games, casinos, dog and
people watching
EDUCATION: BACHELOR’S IN
SECONDARY EDUCATION AND
MATHEMATICS FROM
MANCHESTER COLLEGE
MASTER’S IN COMMUNITY
COUNSELING FROM KENT
STATE UNIVERSITY
Employed by Kent State University (8486); University of South Dakota (8689), University of Notre Dame (89-13),
Ball State University (13-present)
Favorite book: The Last
Lecture
Favorite movie: Stand
By Me
Follow me @JeffShoup1
Words with Friends and Dice with
Buddies username = jshoupwins
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!
HRL MISSION
We support the academic success
and personal growth of our
students through safe,
comfortable, affordable, and
diverse living and learning
communities.
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.
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!
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.
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
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
 Do not transport students
anywhere!
 Be supportive of HRL decisions
and policies
 Use good judgment and good
common sense
 Read and respond to your bsu
email
 Gripes go up, not down
PPACA
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)
REPORTING PROCEDURES
 Clery Act
 Title IX Response
 Identifying missing persons
 Reporting what you hear
 Reporting of certain campus
 Accuracy of information
crimes
 Promises of confidentiality
 Location of information
 You might not know the end result
 Emergency procedures must be
followed
SOME ADVICE FROM ME…
 Academics before job!
 When in doubt, ask the question
 Get to know your residents
 Know your current events
 The little stuff always becomes
 Be willing to go outside of your
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
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
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
OPENING AND EARLY ARRIVALS
Be ready!
BIG WIGS AT LAFOLLETTE MOVE-IN
SPECIAL GUESTS
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)