Enough!- Addressing the Challenge of Student Incivility

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Enough!- Addressing the Challenge of Student
Incivility

• Rodney E. Adams
• Michael Burgess

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• ENOUGH!

And if yelling doesnt work, then what?
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Workshop Overview

• What This Workshop Will Not Cover
• Hardcore reactive situations
• Giving a quick fix to ending incivility
• Specific solutions to specific conflicts

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Workshop Overview

• What This Workshop Will Cover
• Review Trends in incivility
• Creating strategies for developing a culture of
  campus civility and establishing expectations of
  the entire campus community
• The Bottom Line

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Trends In Incivility

• Reality Television

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Trends in incivility

• Immediacy of everything

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Trends of incivility

• Ill-prepared students

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Promoting Campus Civility

• Be Proactive

• Raise Awareness of Civility Issues at the start
  of Semester
• Use Orientation and Relevant Course time to
  Deliver Civility Message
• Engage Students in Spreading Message

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Promoting Campus Civility

• Set expectations

• Emphasize the Realness of College and the
  Transformative Experience it is meant to be.
• Ensure that Faculty and Staff Model Expected
  Professionalism
• Advise Students of Their Responsibilities and
  Rights in securing a Positive Learning Environment

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Promoting Campus Civility

• Be Everywhere!

• Make Your Message a Campus-wide Campaign
• Make Your Message Memorable
• Live Your Message

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The Bottom Line

• Whats old is new

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Questions