Student Handbook - The Taft School

Dormitory monitors are expected to:
• Carry themselves in a way that embodies the balance of community membership and selfdiscipline
expected in our dormitories.
• Be excellent role models, following all the rules of the school.
• Have a fundamental role in building a strong sense of community in each dormitory.
• Be present and visible in the dormitories and around campus.
• Plan and facilitate events in their dormitories.
• Encourage and remonstrate students appropriately.
• Work closely with dormitory heads to establish expectations specific to the running of their
particular dorm.
• Reach out to other students to help ease their transition to a new school or a new dormitory.
• Work together to make certain that every member of a dormitory community is known well.
• Immediately communicate major problems that arise in the dorm.
• Support the other members of his dormitory team and serve as a spokesperson for
student concerns.
• Communicate as soon as possible to a faculty member or the health center via the sanctuary
policy, if s/he has reason to believe that a fellow student’s health, safety or place at Taft may
be at risk. In an emergency, always call 911.
RESIDENTIAL LIFE
Copyright L.J. Kopf. All rights reserved.
Student Handbook 2010–11
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