Building A Community To Brag About
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This document discusses how to build community among resident students in a dormitory setting. It defines a community as a group of individuals who share a location, rules, and common experiences. It outlines six principles for building community: having purpose, being open, fairness, discipline, caring, and celebration. Tips are provided for how resident assistants can incorporate these principles, such as getting to know residents individually, having open door policies, addressing issues, and programming social activities to encourage interaction. The goal is for residents to have their needs met and to contribute to the larger community.
Building A Community To Brag About
- 1. BUILDING A COMMUNITY TO BRAG ABOUT Office of Residence Life & Housing Bridgewater State University Developed by: Max Quinn & Tiffany Hoyt Special Thanks: Michelle DeMille, Erin Courville, & Beth Moriarty
- 2. What will you learn from this presentation? — What a community is. — Important parts of the community you can use to your advantage. — Easy and realistic ways to improve your own community at any time.
- 3. A group of individuals who reside in a specific location, share common rules and norms, and have a common experience. What is a Community? How do you define it? How do resident students define it? Is there a difference?
- 4. Who are members of your Communities? Residents are key members of any community; until their needs are fulfilled they cannot contribute to the larger group.
- 5. Recognizing Community What are different types of communities? How can you tell when you have Community? Are we ever “done” building a community?
- 6. Boyer’s 6 Principles of 1. Purposeful Community 2. Open 3. Just 4. Disciplined 5. Caring 6. Celebrative
- 7. Purposeful & Open ¥ Whatis an example of a program you have been to, hosted, or heard of that is “OPEN”?
- 8. Tips and Tricks Get to know a few people at a time--those 2 or 3 people will introduce you to more of their friends and people they know Get to know seemingly unimportant things and tell them about yourself to get them to open up -what types of homework are they working on -how many siblings do they have -what is their favorite type of pizza
- 9. Just & Disciplined ¥ Share with us a program or event you have attended that can be defined as “JUST”? ¥ How can your programming and presence in your halls supplement the principle of DISCIPLINE?
- 10. Tips and Tricks Sit in the hall to do your homework Keep your door open While walking around on duty, ask if your residents need anything or stop by to see how their night is going Address smaller concerns like offensive comments to encourage everyone to feel comfortable opening up
- 11. Caring & Celebrative What is a example of a program that used the “CARING” principle? How do we define culture? What is the culture of living in a residence hall?
- 12. Tips and Tricks Shape your passive programming so it gets them to interact with each other Program with your residents Say hi to your residents when you see them elsewhere on campus Say hi to them in the morning or when you see them in the bathroom (even if you look like you’re half asleep)
- 13. How can you do these things in your hall? — Get into groups and brainstorm realistic ways you can use these principles to build community in your hall — Think of: — Times when you see your residents — How your hall is set up — Small changes you can make to your routine
- 14. What impact do you want to make? Tell us your thoughts! Thank you for learning with us!