1. Basics 

1. Name, hometown, year in school, major, etc. 

2. Explain your role as an RA 

1. Think about your job description: programming, community building, campus resource, policy enforcement, etc. 

3. Explain appropriate boundaries 

1. Knocking on doors 

2. Communication expectations 

4. Anything else you want to share 

1. Why you became an RA, what you are excited about, etc. 

1. Student Handbook and how to find it online  

2. Lockouts ($25) 

3. Alcohol and Drugs 

4. Keys and ID 

5. Visitation and Guest 

6. Pets 

7. Propping doors 

8. Tornado and Fire Info 

9. Quiet hours 

10. Parking 

11. Laundry Room expectations 

12. Community bathroom expectations 

13. 3 Year Live on Policy 

14. Renters Insurance 

1. Toilet paper re-stocking (suite-style only) 

2. Maintenance requests  

3. Housekeeping Request 

4. Computers/Printers/Printer paper 

1. Important Dates 

1. Breaks 

2. Hall Closing Dates 

3. End of the Year/Semester Dates 

2. 3 Year Live on Policy 

3. Community Damage Billing 

1. Being a good pedestrian  

2. No door propping 

3. RA on Duty Number  

1. Put into their phone as you go through meeting 

4. Campus safety (630.637.5911) 

1. Put into their phone as you go through meeting 

1. Read Statement to Floor: 

1. North Central College and the Office of Residence Life support an inclusive atmosphere that fosters respect, embraces differences, and welcomes diversity on our campus.  

2. We will not tolerate any acts of discrimination, harassment, sexual misconduct and/or retaliation. We want to acknowledge that hate or bias-related incidents on our campus are taken seriously, and it is our responsibility to report any hate or bias-related incidents to reduce incidences of bias and hate in our community.  

2. To report a bias-related incident, you can submit a report through The Hub under Reporting Forms, titled “Submit a Bias Incident Report.”  

1. All Bias Incident Reports are reviewed by our Bias Incident Response Team each week and a plan of action is developed to help support the parties involved and to create educational opportunities for the community and campus at large.  

2. For more information or questions, please contact Area Hall Director or review the Bias Incident Response Team information on The Hub and the North Central website.  

1. You will need butcher block and markers for this.  

2. You do not need to go by what is exactly outlined in the manual, but it should give you a good idea. 

Like roommate contracting, community agreements are made by floor members concerning how they will interact and treat each other. Floor community agreements are established at the start of the academic year and are revisited throughout the year and as problems arise. The goals of floor community agreements are to: 

1. Help residents create and live in a community. 

2. Enable residents to voice their opinions and needs. 

3. Encourage residents to understand personal rights and responsibilities in the context of a community. 

4. The floor community agreements process creates an environment conductive to learning; it: 

5. Gives decision making experience. 

6. Creates an authority that helps students fix their own problems instead of fixing them for the student. 

7. Allows recognition that behavior impacts others and people have differing expectations about behavior. 

8. Empowers students to have a voice in their experience and that they must take the responsibility to participate to have their needs met. 

9. Floor community agreements most often focus on issues of respect, courtesy and personal responsibility. They do not replace health, safety and law-based policies. 

1. Discuss common roommate issues 

1. Habits, culture, miscommunication, shared items, schedules, never shared a room before, etc.