The Judicial Educator
Key Teaching Points and Recommended Use

Academic Integrity

Key teaching points in this module:

• What is academic cheating
• The prevalence of cheating on college campuses today (research data)
• Why do students cheat, cheating and low self-esteem
• Moral and ethical reasoning as it relates to making the decision to cheat
• Ethical principles and decision making
• The implications of getting caught
• Strategies a student can use to eliminate the need to cheat

Recommended for use by students who

• have been caught academically cheating
  

Alcohol Education 101: Choosing A Direction (for 1st time referrals)

Key teaching points in this module:

• If you choose to consume, how can you do so responsibly?
• What is alcohol poisoning and what should you do if someone you know may have it?
• The concept of “tolerance” as it relates to alcohol consumption
• Characteristics of high risk consumption
• Positives and negatives of consumption
• Social norms – actual vs. perceived consumption
• Strategies to help students determine if there is a problem
• Long term effects of consumption
• Helping a friend

Recommended for use by students who

• are involved with their first alcohol referral on campus
  

Alcohol Module 102: Choosing Options (for 2nd referrals)

Key teaching points in this module:

• Education and feedback to assist students in evaluating whether they have a problem with alcohol pertaining to: average number of drinks per week consumed, binge drinking and social norms; regularity of consumption; BAC; and unsafe behavior
• Abuse vs. dependence vs. addiction
• Things you can do if you think you have a problem

Recommended for use by students who

• are involved with their second alcohol referral on campus
  

Anger Management

Key teaching points in this module:

• Understanding anger, its effects and manifestations
• Non-productive anger management strategies
• Productive strategies and tactics for managing anger
  

Recommended for students who are:

• exhibiting behaviors that indicate that they may be having anger management problems

Being A Good Cyber Citizen 100

Key teaching points in this module:

• What are copyright laws and how do they apply to the Internet
• On-line auction ethics
• Safety tips for blogs and social networking sites
• How to prevent cyber stalking and identity theft
• Tips for safely meeting people on-line
• Ideas for keeping your computer safe
• Ideas for keeping technology from overwhelming a student’s life

Recommended for use by students who

• Are making bad choices in regards to technology
• Are misusing copyright laws on the Internet
• Are harassing other students or cheating through the use of technology
  

Civility and Respect

Key teaching points in this module:

• An overview of the concept of respect
• Maintaining civility in times of disagreement and hardship
• Incivility defined and examples of incivility
• Free speech and civility
• 8 Tips for behaving in a civil manner
• Understanding trigger points as they relate to uncivil or disrespectful behavior
• The Decisional Balance Sheet: A technique for critically analyzing outcomes of civil or uncivil behavior

Recommended for use by students who

• are disrespectful/uncivil in their interactions with other students and/or staff
  

Community Living From “Me” to “We”

Key teaching points in this module:

• The definition of community and its relevance to on-campus living
• How to be a good community member
• Strategies for managing the inevitable conflicts that occur in a community
• Understanding the difference between individual rights as a community member, and the responsibilities that accompany them
• Policy rationale
• 8 Steps for being a better community member
• How communities make and carry out decisions

Recommended for use by student with:

• a general lack of consideration for others
• a lack of awareness about how their behavior can negatively impact the overall safety and security of the community
• a lack of respect for others or their belongings
• a lack of respect for the physical environment of the hall
• guest host problems/difficulties
  

Damage and Vandalism

Key teaching points in this module:

• What is community living?
• What is vandalism
• Examples of residence hall vandalism
• Facts and research about vandalism
• What can individuals in a community do about vandalism?

Recommended for use by students who

• have been involved in vandalism
  

Dating Violence & Date Rape

Key teaching points in this module:

• Dating violence and the behaviors associated with unhealthy relationships
• Questions to help viewers determine if they are a potential abuser
• What is date and acquaintance rape and how prevalent is it?
• The myths and facts about sexual assault
• The causes of rape
• The traumatic effects of rape
  

Recommended for use by students who may be:

• involved in unhealthy and abusive relationships
• potential abusers

Diversity: Understanding Myself and Others

Key teaching points in this module:

• Understanding yourself and the things that are key to your identity
• Understanding how individual identity impacts interactions with others
• Understanding components of culture
• Concepts for learning about people who are different
• Marginality and mattering as concepts in relation to community
• Awareness and appreciation in relation to community

Recommended for students who are:

• challenged by interactions with others who are different from them

Fire Safety

Key teaching points in this module:

• Current events and news about fires on campus
• Prohibited Items and actions in the halls
• Evacuation tips in the event of fire
• Information on fire and smoke and why it is so dangerous

Recommended for use by students who

• failed to evacuate during a fire alarm
• through carelessness have negligently (but not maliciously) activated a fire alarm
• have violated minor fire safety policy violations
• are disorderly or uncooperative during an evacuation

Healthy Relationships

Key teaching points in this module:

• The definition of a healthy relationship
• The basic components of healthy relationships
• Tools for maintaining healthy relationships
• Effective communication
• Healthy problem solving

Recommended for use by students engaged in:

• minor or significant relationship problems
• roommate conflicts
• conflict with other floor members or other peers
• conflicts with staff

Living Responsibly in an Off-Campus Environment

Key teaching points in this module:

• The definition and concept of “neighbor”
• How to understand and meet the needs of neighbors
• Ideas for living responsibly in a neighborhood
• Understanding local noise ordinances
• Responsible party hosting: prior to the party
• Responsible party hosting: during and after the party
• The negative consequences of living irresponsibly in an off-campus neighborhood

Recommended for students who are:

• having difficulties living responsibly in an off-campus environment

Marijuana

Key teaching points in this module:

• Smoking marijuana in the halls and the likely loss of housing privileges
• Research: THC and other chemicals in marijuana
• Marijuana and addiction
• Toxicity and detoxification issues with marijuana
• THC and the brain
• Marijuana and the body
• The societal impact of marijuana smoking
• Marijuana and medicine
• Legalization issues
  

Recommended for students at schools without zero tolerance policies who are:

• experiencing a first offense marijuana policy violation

Peer Harassment: There’s No Excuse for Abuse

Key teaching points in this module:

• What is verbal and written harassment?
• What is harassment as it relates to violation of property and personal space and safety?
• What is harassment as it relates to unwanted sexual interest?
• Students will learn whether they are part of the problem as it relates to harassment
• Students will learn how to be part of the solution when it relates to harassment
  

Recommended for use by students engaged:

• in written and verbal harassment
• in violating another’s property or personal space and safety
• in sexually inappropriate and harassing behavior

Personal and Physical Cleanliness in the Residence Halls

Key teaching points in this module:

• Why is cleanliness in a residence hall important
• Ramifications of an unclean living environment
• Pest control education and information
• The importance of personal hygiene
• How to clean
  

Recommended for students who:

• are living in unclean living environments that are compromising the residence hall community/environment
• may be exhibiting poor personal hygiene
• are living in areas with pest control problems

Personal Decision Making

Key teaching points in this module:

• That decisions are made as part of the normal routine of each day
• Strategies for making well thought out decisions
• Taking responsibility for action and inaction
• Putting decisions into action
• The five steps in intelligent decision making

Recommended for students who are:

• struggling with making good decisions and choices
• making decisions that may not be well thought through
• experiencing problems in accepting responsibility for the decisions that they make
• not thinking about the consequences of the decisions that they are making

Safe Living on a College Campus

Key teaching points in this module:

• The importance of locking your room door
• Key and ID security
• Keeping others informed of your whereabouts
• Paying attention to surroundings
• Keeping the exterior entrances to the residence halls secure
• Responsibly hosting guests in the residence halls
• Fire safety
• Safety tips for overall living

Recommended for students who:

• are involved in unsafe behavior
• have violated guest policies
• have violated fire safety policies

Smoking

Key teaching points in this module:

• “Did you know” facts about smoking
• Statistics about smoking
• College student targeting by tobacco companies
• The cost of tobacco and smoking
• The dangers of second hand smoke and smokeless tobacco
• Quitting tips and “stages of change”
• Long and short term strategies to help students quit smoking

Recommended for students who:

• violate university non-smoking policies

Successfully Living with a Roommate

Key teaching points in this module:

• Experience, expectations and communication and their relationship to successful roommate relations
• The ways people handle conflict
• Communication styles – non-assertive, assertive, aggressive
• Respect, perspective taking, stereotypes and parental/friend involvement as they relate to successful roommate relations
• Win-win communication strategies
• Typical causes of roommate conflicts with example problems and ideas for collaborative and compromising solutions
• How students should manage a roommate conflict
• When should staff be involved

Recommended for students who are:

• experiencing roommate conflicts

Understanding and Managing Conflict

Key teaching points in this module:

• Common views of conflict
• Defining and understanding conflict
• The five basic conflict styles
• Strategies for handling conflict situations

Recommended for students who are:

• having difficulties managing conflicts with others