Educational Sanctions

This assignment features author and business leader, Suzy Welch, introducing her 10/10/10 decision-making model – a simple yet powerful framework. Students are encouraged to take notes during the video and reflect on how this model can relate to their recent experiences and future decision-making.

After watching the video, students will complete a short reflective exercise where they will respond to specific questions and submit their assignment through the 10/10/10 Decision Making Submission Form. The video is below:

For the 4 and 4 S.M.A.R.T. Goals Assignment, students develop a list of 4 personal and 4 academic S.M.A.R.T. goals that you would like to accomplish while at Syracuse University. Create an action plan for how you will accomplish each goal. Each action plan should be no less than 80 words. Then write at least 80 words summarizing how working towards your goals will lead you to making better choices in the future. Make sure that each action plan states:

1. The Specific goal that you would like to accomplish.
2. How will you Measure that you are working towards and completed the goal.
3. How will you Achieve the goal within the parameters of your action plan.
4. What Relevant steps are you going to take and outline the resources that you can utilize to achieve your goal.
5. Be realistic with your Time, set realistic due dates including a timeline for completion.

Learn more about creating S.M.A.R.T. Goals.

4 and 4 SMART Goals Assignment Rubric 

Students may be assigned to complete an alcohol or cannabis educational module online for certain substance-related violations. This online module will explore the various physical, psychological, social, emotional and intellectual impacts of substance use, as well as harm reduction strategies to help students make informed and responsible choices regarding substances. Students will receive a link to complete the online portion of this sanction.

Students will generally be given two weeks to complete this module and submit a reflection assignment based on their incident, what they have learned, and how they plan to move forward in their time at Syracuse.

Online Alcohol Module Rubric

Online Cannabis Module Rubric

The Civility @ SU Workshop is designed to engage students in various activities that will help them analyze civility on the SU campus and how they can become a better member of the community. The workshop provides time for self-reflection as well as group work to build one’s self awareness of their civility towards others. Students who are sanctioned to attend the Civility @ SU Workshop will also be responsible for completing a reflection paper before this sanction is considered complete.

Civility Education Assignment Rubric

Civility Workshops:

The Community Involvement Assignment (CIA) is one of the many educational sanctions that Community Standards provides for students. CIA includes a series of University community activities, events, and lectures designed to promote student engagement and life-changing experiences.

CIA is meant to be an opportunity for students to attend events on campus that they may not normally attend so as to expose them to involvement opportunities and/or learning experiences that may positively impact their time as a student at SU. Students often mention that there is not anything to do on campus, and CIA is proof that there are many “things” to do on campus. For information on events happening on campus visit ‘Cuse Activities or suevents.syr.edu.

For minor incidents involving poor conflict management or communication between students, they may be asked to complete this assignment through LinkedIn Learning. All Syracuse University students have free access to LinkedIn Learning programs using their SYR NetID username and password.

Students must will be instructed to watch one of the two videos linked below and complete the chapter quiz, receiving a score of 75% or higher, then saving a screenshot of their results to submit along with a short reflective exercise that that can be submitted using the Educational Sanction Submission Form.

Students can refer to their outcome letter for specific details on their assignment.

LinkedIn Learning Videos:

• Video 1: The Three Pillars of Effective Communication
• Video 2: Communicating Through Disagreement

Community service provides students with the opportunity to give back to their community; not only the Syracuse University community but the Syracuse community at large. Based on the agreement the student makes with their case manager during their informal resolution meeting, the student will need to complete a determined number of community service hours and write a reflective paper about their experience. The student will also need to provide Community Standards with proof that they completed the assigned number of unpaid community service hours.

Students will watch the TED Talk by Ruth Chang entitled “How to Make Hard Choices” available below, then complete a short reflective exercise about how they make choices and how their choices impacted them and others in an incident. Specific details will be included in a student’s outcome letter. The video can be found below.

This assignment can be submitted using the Educational Sanction Submission Form.

This workshop will provide students with the tools necessary to learn positive decision-making skills in order to make decisions based on their own ethics and morals. Students will have time to reflect on their decision-making and determine how to make this more congruent with their values. In order to successfully complete this sanction, students will need to attend the workshop and complete the reflection paper assigned at the end of the workshop. Students completed papers must be uploaded using the Educational Sanction Submission Form within two weeks after their workshop. 

Decision-Making Workshop Rubric

Decision Making Workshops:

Students who live on-campus and who have fire safety violations may be asked complete different educational sanctions based on the level of severity of their incident. Some of these sanctions include watching one or more of the following videos and complete a reflective assignment addressing specific points related to their incident:

The Alarming Truth

The Alarming Truth is a short film that has been produced as part of a national campaign to raise awareness about fire safety for college students. The film depicts a fire occurring at an off-campus residence and the unfortunate outcome that affects those involved.

After the Fire

In the aftermath of a deadly fire at a New Jersey university, survivors show incredible courage as investigators try to uncover the tragedy’s cause.

https://tubitv.com/movies/286015/after-the-fire

Controlled Room Burn

To help our community understand the dangers of fires in campus housing, Residential Living educates its staff each year by collaborating with Fire Safety and Fixit to host a controlled room burn. The  controlled room burn video will help you to understand how quickly fire can spread and how the sprinkler systems help to extinguish fires.

The Options Group Workshop is facilitated by the Barnes Center Health Promotions staff, and focuses on the impact of alcohol and drug use on physiology and the impact on emotional regulation and decision making.

Alcohol Safety Session:

• In this interactive, participant-led session, individuals will explore their own values and motivations around alcohol. Participants will identify reasons for drinking, understand alcohol’s effects, and recognize signs of alcohol poisoning. They will analyze the pros and cons of drinking, develop harm reduction strategies for safer alcohol use, and create a personal commitment aligned with their own goals. Throughout the session, participants will actively explore behaviors that reflect their values and motivations.

Cannabis Safety Session:

• In this interactive, participant-led session, individuals will explore their own values and motivations around cannabis. Participants will identify reasons for use, understand cannabis’s effects, and recognize signs of overconsumption, dependency, or adverse reactions. They will develop harm reduction strategies for safer consumption and create a personal commitment aligned with their own goals. Throughout the session, participants will actively explore behaviors that reflect their values and motivations.

Alcohol/Cannabis Workshops:

The Options Program is connected to Counseling Services. The Options Program staff works with students to help them understand the physical, psychological, social, sexual, emotional and intellectual impact of alcohol and other drugs. Students sanctioned with completing the Options Program will be given two weeks from the date of their resolution meeting to schedule an initial appointment with Options.

During that meeting, the Options counselor and the student will have a confidential, one-to-one conversation and the Options counselor will make recommendations for the student based on that conversation, which may include referral to off-campus substance programs. Students must complete all recommendations from the Options counselor before their sanction is complete.

Reflection papers may be assigned to help students learn from the choices they made and provide an opportunity for them to detail how to make better decisions in the future. Research papers may be assigned to encourage students to learn more about a specific topic. Page length and use of scholarly sources are determined by the case manager. The paper must be completed and turned into Community Standards before the sanction is considered complete.

Students may be asked to complete this sanction meant to help them reflect on their choices and how to make more positive ones in the future. This program is offered through LinkedIn Learning. All Syracuse University students have free access to LinkedIn Learning programs using their SYR NetID username and password.

After watching the video below, students will complete a reflective exercise and submit their assignment through the Educational Sanction Submission Form. Students can refer to their outcome letter for specific details of the assignment.

Video: Six Steps to Better Decision Making

In some cases, it is helpful for a student to interview a campus professional/expert on a specific topic related to their incident (ex. Fire Safety or Public Safety Staff, Residential Living, Facilities or Custodial staff).

In these instances, students will be connected directly with a staff member to complete an interview and may be asked to complete a reflective or research assignment as a part of this process detailing what they learned and how they can help bring awareness to the community about the impact of certain types of behaviors.