Leadership in Residence Life

A. Provide leadership for the residence hall unit.

• Arrive early at the beginning of each semester to welcome floor members, provide supervision, and check people into rooms.

• Stay until floor members have gone at the end of each semester or May term to say good-bye, provide supervision, and check people out of rooms.

• Develop programs and activities with floor members that contribute to social, spiritual, and intellectual growth.

• Call and lead floor meetings as necessary.

• Transmit information and policy from the Student Life office to floor members.

• Articulate, interpret and enforce college policies. Report violations to your RD and work cooperatively with him/her to deal effectively with the violations.

• Report problems with the physical facilities and help to maintain an attractive and safe environment.

B. Establish relationships with residents of your unit.

• Write letters or e-mail in early August to residents who will be new to campus to welcome them and begin to orient them before they arrive.

• Learn to know each floor member.

• Be a friend, listener, and advocate.

• Assist in identification and referral of students to appropriate on campus resources.

• Be a role model in both your on-campus and off-campus behavior.

C. Participate in staff in-service training and team-building activities.

• Enroll and attend leadership development class during the fall semester. This course registers as a psychology credit.

• Attend the fall Student Life retreat and residence hall staff orientation prior to the arrival of other students on campus.

• Participate in weekly individual and/or group meetings with your RD.

• Establish and maintain regular contact with other staff persons in your residence hall to develop a leadership team.

• Participate in any other in-service training sessions that may be scheduled throughout the year.

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