1. How can your House Directors help YOU? Central Fraternal Leadership Conference/ National Black Greek Leadership Conference February 2011 St. Louis, MO Shelley Sutherland Tricia Fechter

2. Learning Outcomes Build Effective Partnerships Develop Useful Training Resources Establish Long-Term Relationships

3. The Value of House Directors Research Supports the Value of House Directors – Kay Lynn Kalkowski (2005) Exploring Leader-Member Exchange and Organizational Citizenship Behavior in a College Setting: The Influence of the Fraternity House Mother

4. Recommendations for Student Affairs Student and Greek Affairs Officials Should: Advocate and promote house mothers in all Greek fraternities on their campuses Both recruit and train people who aspire to be housemothers Provide incentives and/or compensation for housemothers in the form of bus passes, permission to audit classes, and access to university events and otherwise recognize them for their contributions. Consider mandating housemothers in Greek fraternities

5. The National Fraternity should “Update and publish past records that show the grade averagewsk membership retention,m disciplinary actionws and awards wond by chapters with and without houses”

6. Conclusions Houses with House Mothers Were better satisfied with at least five areas: nutrition, amount of food, knowledge of etiquette, etiquette displayed by brothers and class attendance. Had a higher incidence of forbidding alcohol in the house Lower incidence of being on probation

7. Benfits of house directors for Advisors Provide continuity & act as mature role model Vital player in the daily lives of students Priceless face time with SIX publics Rumor Control & intel Assist in chapter emergencies & campus crisis plans

8. Role of the House Director Understand the role & limits of the job S/He may work for House Corps, Htq, chapter or an absentee boss Maintain property & supervise staff Meal Planning Health & Fire Inspections Safety & Security of residents

9. Building Effective Partnerships Value & respect the House Director as a person with a thankless job Successful Advisors utilize a team of resource people Enable House Directors to become your On-site eyes and ears Campus Norms & perceptions Provide professional development Set high expectations

10. Advantages of a House Director Group Opportunity to: build relationship & resource team partner with the University to make campus a better place provide professional development enable them to solve problems Networking Fire & Health inspections Relax & socialize together

11. Best reasons to have a Group Wise investment of Advisor’s time First year: 3 hours planning per meeting 5 meetings = 15 hours per year Second year: 1 hour planning per meeting 5 meetings = 5 hours per year And/or Orientation One 4 hour program before students return 6 hours of planning once a year

12. Resources for the Group Campus Calendar Directory of VIP contacts Model Constitution/Bylaws Recruitment schedule Campus News/trends/critical issues Rules/Regulations – rationale FIPG Risk Management Policy Campus Crisis Plan National Emergency Proticol

13. Support your House Directors Provide Benefits: Internet & email address Audit classes Campus ID Library access Access to workout facilities, pool etc. Staff rates to campus events

14. Contact Us! Shelley Sutherland Associate Executive Director shelley@aflv.org Tricia Fechter Director of Member Services Tricia@aflv.org