Role modeling exemplary behavior is one of the most important things you can do to maintain you integrity and credibility on the job.
Managing Your Floor
Helpful tips…
The Value of Community Codes
Simple ideas on how to establish community standards…
Aiming High with Community Standards
A healthy community has high standards and you as the RA play a key role in this process…
How To Get The Most Out Of Your Supervisor
Great supervisory relationships don’t just happen…they take work! Learn more…
Summer Work – Getting Ready for the RA Position: Preparing the Foundation for Community Building
Take time over the summer to think about your position, identify what you hope to accomplish, and prepare anything you can ahead of time.
Building An Excellent Relationship with Your Supervisor
Building a good relationship with your supervisor is critical to your success and is an important part of creating and maintaining and environment in which you can be happy. Learn more…
Shaping a Community
Forget about building it…shape it!
Getting Through the First Floor Meeting
The meeting is one of the most important moments that occur between residents and a RA, and warrants some preparation…
Sugar Plums and Sour Faces: Working with Parents at Opening
Suggestions that will send unhappy parents home with a smile…
Facilitating Your First Floor Meeting – Words of Wisdom
Learn how to plan in advance for this meeting, not only for content, but also for style…
Name Tag – You’re It!
Door Tags are a starting point…find a fun way to identify the members of the community.
Can’t We All Just Get Along? Establishing A Good Rapport With Residents
From move in to the end of the semester…ideas to help!
Legal Issues and the RA
A summary of issues important to the RA job
Resolving Roommate Conflicts
Basic tips and guidelines RAs can utilize when dealing with a roommate conflict.
Listening and Helping Skills: “An A to Z approach to helping your residents”
Great ideas in an easy to review format!
The R.A. as an Administrator: Sailing to Success
Tips for training and getting through the first few weeks of the semester…
Sexual Assault and Acquaintance Rape
The first two weeks of the academic year is a time when individuals are at high risk for becoming a victim of sexual violence. Learn how to assist a victim…
Documentation and Report Writing
Information for “after the incident”…
Assertiveness and Confrontation
Confrontation is made easier if you learn how to confront in an assertive manner…