Communicating
Staff is required to download this app for communication and updates:
Slack
During Village Time, a scholar tells you they're feeling very homesick and miss their family. What do you do?
Listen and support. This is not an IR, talk to them and your scholars about options to help.
NAU's partner for Semester Zero. This organization provides a week-long experience for rising high school juniors:
College Track (CT)
Staff are expected to arrive at least this many minutes early for training sessions and other events:
5 minutes
What time are you doing door knocks in the morning?
6:30 - 6:45
These are designed to provide staff documentation to appropriately handle scholar incidents, such as policy violation or injury:
Incident Reports (IRs)
You find a broken sign on a wall in the hall, but no students around. What do you do?
Report damages like broken signs to your Assistant Manager (AM) or the front desk
The Semester Zero (SZ) summer camp will run on these specific dates in 2025:
Sunday 7/20/2025 to 7/26/2025
Staff are prohibited from sharing this information with scholars:
Quiet time starts at what time?
10:30 pm
For a minor incidents, Peer Mentors are required to create an Incident Report withing this many hours:
2 Hours
You discovered via Slack that a scholar in your group is missing from their Academic Workshop. What do you do?
Notify your AM, and work with staff to go to scholars room, last known location, and ensure you escort them back to their workshop. Write an IR within 2 hours.
What are the two names for the group time every night from 9:00 - 9:45
Circle Time, Village Time
What days are you required to escort your scholars to workshops, and eat meals with them?
Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday
After lunch, scholars and PM's enjoy what activity?
Country Fun Time
What is the name of all six AMs in Semester Zero this year?
Delara, Sheena, Ethan, Yvette, Jane, and Emma
A scholar in your village confides in you about a minor policy violation they witnessed another scholar commit, and asks you not to tell anyone.
Explain to them that as a staff member, it is to complete an Incident Report (IR) for the minor incident within 2 hours, as you are a mandated reporter, and only share student information with your AM or NAU/CT Pro Staff.
What are the Semester Zero Staff Values?
Excellence, Honesty, Team Support, Professional Behavior, and Respect
Staff must move in what day, and be moved out by what day?
Saturday, July 19th - Saturday, July 26th
During the beginning of SZ week, dinner for scholars is scheduled for this time:
5:30pm - 6:15pm
It is 10:45, and a peer mentor has gone out to Brews and Cues for a drink and dinner. Is that okay?
Yes! Peer mentors are off after 10:30 p.m., and as long as you are within the five-minute rule, you may go off campus.
A scholar in your village becomes ill and requires immediate medical attention at Campus Health. What do you do?
Escort, or ask a SZ Floater to assist with escorting the sick participant to Campus Health, and for an Incident Report (IR) documenting a medical incident to be filled out as soon as possible and an electronic copy given to Assistant Managers, NAU Pro staff, and College Track Pro-staff.
This specialized staff is not assigned to a village, but assist AM's with management, large events, students escorts, etc.
Semester Zero Floater
You witness a fellow coworker committing a major violation of the Staff Handbook, whom do you talk to?
If it is a major violation, your AM
What are the three different types of workshops scholars are attending?
College prep sessions, Academic workshops, and College success workshops