I have been a Resident Assistant (RA) for about five weeks. Training to be a RA was tiring but very educational. I learned how to handle multiple situations that could happen with me being RA. After training, it was a series of task that I had to complete as a RA. Those task included: completing forty-four Room Inventory Form, putting in fix it tickets, etc. Also, I received C.O.R.E. as my functional area. C.O.R.E. is the functional area that was at the top of my list. I chose it because I have experience being on C.O.R.E., so I understand how C.O.R.E. and RHA is ran. Although I have experience with leadership in housing, it is still something I am nervous about. I have a lot of responsible with this functional area. I have to hold elections, …show more content…
During move in day, I was walking around talking to my residents and making sure everything was going okay with their move in process. The first week, I took them to Dawg Daze events and encouraged them to go to some by themselves. The girls were getting alone well on the floor. I was surprise how easy they got alone because they all had different, sassy personalities, but they did. I was happy with my floor and bragged about them all the time, but that changed soon. The girls started to get really sassy with me. Also, a girl on the floor started to be offensive to another resident. The girl would say a few racist slurs to the other girl and her friends. I immediately talked to the girl, that was being offensive, and she told me that she did not realize she was being offensive. She apologized to the girl and her friends. After, that happened the hall calmed down a …show more content…
In Moseley, we meet with both roommates and talk about the different sections in the agreement to make sure they understand all the information. Nicole said we would do agreements like this so we can make sure that they are not just agreeing on everything, but that they actually talk about each part of the agreement. The roommates I met with were all comprising and getting along. Until, I went to the last room for the roommate agreement of the day. They could not agree on having guest in their room when one went home for the weekend. Roommate A was fine with it because she would not be able to go home often. Roommate B was not okay with it, because she would be able to go home a lot and did not want her belongings to be damaged and tampered with. After I talked to both roommates separately and together, they reached a comfortable compromise. After their roommate agreement, I met with a set of twin. They were pretty easy to agree on things since they have been roommates before and as they called it “womb mates”. After the incident today, I was not worried about myself but my residents. I was worried if they were in Moseley or in class or outside somewhere. I rushed back to Moseley and made sure they were all alright. Also, I helped move some barricades. Later today, the girls and I ate a lot of food, talked about what happened today and their feelings, and watched
Mr. Still came into the ICM office to inform ICM that he was asked to leave Our Brother's place due to the incident he was involved in with a peer last week. He stated that he met with the director of the program and was informed that he needed to vacate the premises due to violating their non-violence policy. Mr. Still stated that he did not understand why he was asked to leave when he believed his peer was responsible for the incident. ICM explained to Mr. Still that his behavior was the direct cause of him being asked to leave Our Brother’s Place. ICM explained to Mr. Still that when residing in a shared living space, it is natural for individuals to have disagreements and conflicts; however, there are positive ways to address conflict.
The position of Assistant Resident Director is a challenging, engaging, and rewarding experience. I can see it in each ARD I have worked with. I got into residence life to grow as an individual. Many of the positions offered to student staff serve as catalysts for personal growth. Over the last year and a half of serving as a Resident Advisor, I have come to realize the biggest growth happens when you put the needs of others above your own. In my eyes, a successful ARD will have built an atmosphere where growth can occur and is aware of the wellness of the hall community. The role of ARD is almost limitless in terms of how many lives can be touched.
(1) When I think of the resident advisor position I consider it a position of great responsibility. This reason is because as a RA one is responsible for the safety of not just the people on their hall, but also the people in the entire building. One has to efficiently do room inspections to make sure people don’t possess things that could cause fires, or anything else that might endanger the other people living within that residents hall. They are there to inform residents on changes or upcoming events happening within that resident’s hall and on campus. Other responsibilities I think about being associated with the RA position is letting people in their room when they are locked out, and helping residents get aquatinted with each other.
I would have to practice my time management skills and other customer services skills such as being patient or being accurate all the time because one mistake can ruin the relationship between the RA and the
Working with different people is one of things I am excited about being a RA. As I met different people with different cultures, beliefs and worked together in the past, I am certain I know how to interact with them. These experiences taught me how to interact people different from me flexibly, how to withstand pressure and how to use differences as strength. Moreover I have taken several leadership positions before so benefits from those positions would be useful in becoming a RA. A resident assistant should always be caring and protective of his residents. He has to guide
I have always wanted to become a Resident mentor but I was always terrified of the title until now. A resident Assitant has many roles and its primary role is to be a leader to a community. I want to take on that leadership role because I feel I was always meant to do so. I feel I hold many qualities for what it takes to be a resident assistant such as responsibility, determination, patience, and charisma. I love helping people as well as serving as a mentor to those who need me. I want to make a difference in someone's life and educate those who may not know much about the community we live in. I am interested in becoming a resident assistant because I want to meet new people and build a community of individuals who all know each other and
It appears Mary has taken Mr. Bennett’s situation quit seriously and began taking action immediately. I appreciate that she spoke with the boys in question first thing Monday morning, however it is unclear as to whether she spoke to the boys as a group or individually. In my experience, I cannot remember a situation where I was unable to get to the truth when I spoke to students one on one. She should have invited the Dean of Students into the conversation and appealed to each student separately. I would refer to our school’s root belief, “We are the Body of Christ” and remind each student that as a school community we aim to act as Christ’s body and should always be encouraging one another to do so. We also must stand up for someone who is being mistreated, as Christ often did. I believe that within the group of boys, at least one of them would have been uneasy with the treatment of the teacher or the comments that were allegedly made, making it easier to get to the truth.
I am applying to be an RA because I enjoy being a role model and a positive influence on others. I have been in positions before in which I was in charge of multiple people around my age, and I really enjoyed those experiences. I believe that an effective RA has strong leadership, communication, disciplinary, and charismatic skills. An RA is in charge of around twenty other students, it is important that they must be their residents’ friend and a big brother/sister to the residents and by having those skills the residents should feel as if the RA is a big brother/sister. In my opinion, the most important skill is communication. If a resident is struggling with a class, a resident is homesick, or just has any personal problems the RA is probably one of the first people they talk to. Communicating to their residents in those times can mean the world to them; just a simple conversation can help improve a person.
A position as a Courtyards RA would be a very fulfilling title to hold. I am always striving to be an incredibly active member in my community. However, it is hard for me to reach my full potential in doing so at the apartment I am currently living in. Being an RA would give me an opportunity to build relationships with the people around me while further developing my leadership and collaboration skills. The teamwork aspect of being an RA is also very attractive to me, knowing that I can confide in other RA’s or my supervisor if I need help and I can also be a reliable RA to them. I want to be the biggest help that I can be to my residents, so I will be both responsive and responsible in tending to their concerns. The benefits of being an RA
I am posted in st. John rehabilitation center in a4 ward. Every week we had same patients. I want to write a reflection on my one patient he was very aggressive patient. I felt so scared because of his aggression. He was very agitated and some time he forcing to staff members to stop their work by using physical force. One day, he hits me on my hands to stop doing anything . I was so scared at that situationand I told to registered nurse about this event and she helped me a lot to handle that patient. Registered nurse support me to deal with that patient and provide some tips to maintain patient safety and also mine safety too. This is the whole situation that I want to explain in my reflection.
Serving as a Resident Assistant is a position that requires leadership. This campus needs more leadership from students. There is a lack of energy in this school. Events are put on, and are organized well, but there is no leadership from students to show up or to announce them. As an RA, I would make sure everyone in my hall knows about upcoming events. This is important because the more people who know, the more will show up. Once students begin to show up to events, the more unity we have as a culture.
As a Resident Assistant, it is my duty to assist residents with personal, relational, social, cultural, emotional, and academic concerns while ensuring confidentiality. Being an RA was challenging, yet very rewarding experience and has taught me so many things. I am now a responsible, honest, and easy-going person who can bring diversity to anywhere I am. Also, I have always taken pride in everything that I do. I always put my best effort and complete the task to the best of my ability.
My interest in a Resident Assistant position comes from my desire to help. I was born with a very strong sense of empathy and if I see that a person is struggling I do all that I can do to alleviate them. Whether it is a person with a learning disability who struggled in class to the “weirdo” in high school who just wanted a friend, I’ve been there for them. Nothing is more painful to me than seeing a person being mistreated, under respected or neglected and I do all I can to protect people from this. My goal is to make every person feel as if they have someone on their side, someone
I had to understand the circumstances in which people were in and how interact with residents respectfully and compassionately which provided opportunities for personal growth by practicing integrity, justice and good stewardship. Though I was a bit hesitant, my experience has been very positive. Just being a volunteer without any related experience or skills, I was unqualified to help and many ways. The few menial tasks that I was able to do seemed to be met with much enthusiasm and appreciation. Simply helping someone to their seat bringing them a cup of tea or
This essay is a discussion about my experience during the first two weeks of my clinical placement in an older adult ward. My experiences will be demonstrated using the various nursing skills acquired thus far. The reflective account used is adopted from the work of Driscoll (2007) which splits the essay into three segments namely a) what happened, b) so what, (what were my feelings, what was good and what was wrong about the experience, c) now what, (if I find myself in that same situation what would I do differently).