11 Leadership Agreement

A student leader’s conduct reflects on NSCC and the Student Association at all times. All Executives and Coordinators should fully understand and commit to the articles in the Leadership Agreement.

Academic and Position Accountability

As students first, it is important that you prioritize your academic success in your NSCC program. As a member of a team, the basic standards that we expect of our Student Leaders are:

• Performing your position duties to the best of your ability (as per your executive monthly checklist document)
• Post and adhere to 2 office hours per week
• Provide reports to your Executives, the Students’ Council and Student Life
• Respond to emails within 48 hours.

Communication

As Student Leaders you are expected to:

• Maintain appropriate behavior and language while representing NSCC and the SA,
• Respect and listen actively to fellow team members,
• Keep all digital communication professional and adhere to NSCC policies,
• Resolve disagreements using SA or College-sanctioned conflict management processes, and
• Be on time for meetings and give 24+ hours in advance of cancellations.

Professional Behaviour

As members of the Executive team, your conduct and behaviour should remain professional while you are representing NSCC and the Student Association.

You are expected to:

• Act as a respectful ambassador for NSCC in all actions and communications,
• Avoid derogatory nicknames or unprofessional content on social media, and
• Follow all Student Association and College policies and governing documents.

It is also of the expectation that Student Leaders understand that the Student Association office is a place of business and is therefore not to be used as a personal meeting space nor is personal access to be given to those not on the Executive committee or in a coordinator role.

Inappropriate Behaviour

To provide further clarity for the benefit of student leaders, the following outlines the types of behaviours and conduct that NSCC and the Student Association considers inappropriate and will not be tolerated:

• Threatening, vulgar, abusive, or obscene gestures or language,
• Being intoxicated while at NSCC or representing Student Association,
• Consuming intoxicants while supervising Student Association events (even off-campus),
• Creating unnecessary conflict or disrupting working relationships,
• Breaching confidentiality, and
• Violating NSCC’s Student Community Standards.

Breaching the Leadership Agreement

Non-compliance as outlined above has the potential to impact your job performance. This, in turn, may impact the amount of or whether you qualify for, an honorarium for your position. Final decisions regarding honorarium payments will be done in consultation with Student Life.