Application for Sexual Misconduct Advocate Response Team Representative
2016-2017 SMART Application
What does SMART stand for?
Sexual Misconduct Advocate Response Team
Who are we?
S.M.A.R.T is a group of dedicated volunteers, comprised of
WNEU students, who are trained in assisting and providing
support to those who have been affected by sexual misconduct,
and educate the WNEU campus about these issues.
Application Process
~Applications are available in Counseling Services, and on the Counseling Services website.
~Applications may be turned into Dr. Carpenter in the Counseling Services office located in Room 249 on the second floor of the campus center.
Application for Sexual Misconduct Advocate Response Team Representative 2016 - 2017
Personal Data
1. Name:______
2. Gender: ______
3. Campus Mailbox:______
4. Cell Phone______
5. Email Address:______
Education
____Freshman ____Sophomore ____Junior ____Senior
Overall GPA:______
Major:______
Personal Information
1. Please rate yourself from 1-10 (1 is low, 10 is high) in each area listed below.
Self-esteem:_____ Assertiveness:_____
Communication skills: _____ Stress management & coping skills:_____
Comfort level with the topic of sexual assault and aggression:_____
2. List other time commitments and organizations you currently have in addition to you academics (i.e. work, group meetings, volunteer activities)
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3. Are you available to be on call?
Weekends: _____ Yes _____ No Weekdays: _____ Yes _____ No
Explanation (if needed): ______
4. Are you available for training sessions? (to be announced at a later date)
____Yes ____No
Explanation (if needed):______
Confidential Background Information
Reminder: Only SMART representatives will review information provided on this application in confidence
Please type your answers to the following questions and attach it to your completed application
1. Indicate reasons why you want to serve as a SMART representative and what you hope
to contribute and/or gain fromthe program.
2. Explain any personal weaknesses and strengths you feel might affect your role as a
SMART representative.
3. Have you or anyone you know experienced sexual misconduct in any way? (i.e. rape,
assault, molestation, stalking)?
Do you think this would help or interfere with your role as a SMART representative?
4. How would you handle a victim survivor with views that oppose yours? (i.e. abortion,
religion, racial, sexual orientation)
Give an example of a related experience.
5. Describe how you manage stressful situations.
6. Indicate any questions or concerns you have about serving as a SMART representative.
Closing Reminders
I believe that all the information provided on this application is truthful to the best of my knowledge.
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(Print Name)
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(Signature) (Date)
1. Return completed application and attached answers to Dr. Wayne Carpenter, Director
of Counseling Services, located on the second floor of the campus center, Room 249.
2. You will be contacted to set up a time for an interview if your application has been
advanced to the interview phase.
3. Members are required to attend weekly meetings which will be determined at a later
date.
Thank you for your interest in becoming a representative of the Sexual Misconduct Advocate Response Team at Western New England University. If you have any questions regarding the program or the application process, please call Dr. Wayne Carpenter at (413) 782-1221.
Possible Interview Questions
1. How would you handle a situation where someone says something to you that you would find offensive?
2. One of your friends tells you that they love going to Gateway, “because you can hook up with any drunk person you can find.” What do you do? Does it differ if it is a male or female?
3. One of you female friends said a male friend of yours assaulted her after a party on Saturday; she was extremely drunk and doesn’t remember a lot of what happened. How would you handle the situation?
4. You are on call and on you way to take a final exam…the phone rings five minutes before you need to leave, what would you do?
5. In what situation would a women lie about being assaulted?
6. How could a person avoid sexual assault?
7. After weighing her options, a friend of yours decided to have an abortion. She asks you to take her. What do you do? How would you feel about your decision?
8. A female friend is in an abusive relationship. She left him a month ago and went back a week later. She left again and stayed with you last week after he gave her a black eye. You helped her find a new place to stay, but after a long talk with him, she moved back in with him two nights ago. She just called you this morning and needs your help. What do you do?
9. What are all of your current time commitments for next year? What do you foresee yourself joining? What would you be willing to sacrifice?
10. What are three things your friends make fun of you for?
11. What is your biggest pet peeve?
12. Who would speak at your funeral and what would they say?
13. How do you handle emotional stress?
14. What do you feel you will gain from being a SMART representative, both personally and professionally?
15. You’re having one of those weeks where anything that can pile up on you is…you have a huge test this week, a major project due tomorrow, your roommate broke up with her partner and is having a hard time, and you need to find a job. You are just stressed in general. How do you feel you would react to this situation and what would you do?
16. How do you prioritize and choose what is most important to you?
17. When on call, only in an emergency situation can you give up the phone. What do you consider an emergency?
18. How would you deal with a victim survivor who makes a decision you don’t agree with (not going to counseling, not reporting the event, not telling their parents, not leaving their partner, getting an abortion, persons of a different sexual orientation than you, etc.)?
19. What do you do if you have believed in something your entire life and then one day you find out it isn’t true?
20. We can’t choose everybody to be in SMART, so why should we choose you?
21. You are working on a group project for class. One person in your group is not pulling their weight. If they show up at all for scheduled meetings, they are usually late and they aren’t completing their portion of the workload. Who would you go to in this situation and what would you say? What if it was one of your best friends?
22. A sexual assault survivor tells you who assaulted them and you happen to know this person. You see them around campus, how would you react?