a deeper look into life as an rd

A DEEPER LOOK INTO

A LIFE AS AN RDThe 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.

TIPS FROM ONE RD

TO ANOTHER RD

IT IS VERY IMPORTANT

TO HAVE WORK/LIFE BALANCE

ORGANIZE! ORGANZE!

ORGANIZE!

IN THIS POSITION YOU MUST

STAY ORGANIZE!!!

PATIENCE!

YOU NEED LOTS OF IT!!

LEARN HOW TO

HAVE FUN!!!