a deeper look into being a resident director

A DEEPER LOOK INTO A LIFE AS AN RD

The Good, the Bad, and the Indifferent

WELCOME TO THE RD POSITION

Welcome to the position where you will learn: Patience Empathy

Thick Skin Compassion

Understanding Leadership Skills

Organizational Skills How to deal with difficult situations

AND MANY MANY MORE!!

COLLEGE AS YOU WILL SEE IT

As an RD college will look very different when you are the person in charge of a building.

Students will seem as if… They do not understand

They need a little more TLC than usual They need more than Residence Life

assistance They do not care.

YOUR ROLE

Leader Supervisor Mentor Resource Counselor Fixer-upper

WHAT IS YOUR JOB? First Responder: Respond to crisis in your building 24hr/7days Live In: You live where you work!!! Self

Explanatory! Programmer-Develop programs that will engage

residents Supervisor of Resident Assistants- Supervise RA’s and

delegate tasks Hearing Officers-Adjudicate Cases Committee Chair-Co Chair many different committees

for the department Community Builder: You are responsible to

build and maintain a healthy community

WORKING WITH UPPERCLASSMENTheir goal is this..

But they try to balance all of this…

They start off like this

Which makes programing like this.

WELCOME TO CHESAPEAKE HALL

Houses: 178 StudentsBuilding Type: Apartment StyleStudent Body: Co-Ed SophomoresStaff: 4 Resident Assistants and 1 Building Director