The Importance Of Serving As A Resident Assistant

(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.

As a resident assistant, I upheld and am continuing to uphold University Housing’s mission of ensuring affordable, comfortable, secure housing on campus while promoting the academic success and personal growth of the residents. From crisis management to programming for the community, my responsibilities varied to be an enforcer of the policies but also to be a friend to all. I built quality relationships with each of my residents to establish an authentic community among the diverse population. Whether it was simply helping

On Wednesday, March 09, 2016 at approximately 7:30 p.m. Resident Assistant (RA) Jessica Estrada, Resident Assistant (RA) Christina Mbadie, Resident Assistant (RA) Phuong Phung, Resident Assistant (RA) Miki Sylva, Resident Assistant (RA) Keva Evans, Resident Director (RD) Krystol Myers, and Janneal Pennant were in the second floor lobby for their weekly active. Resident Kyle Palani Canacunga was passing by with a shopping cart. RD Krystol approached Kyle and kindly asked him if she could take the cart because they were now only allowed to be out during check in and check outs. Kyle then refused to comply and started raising his voice trying to convince RD Krystol that he would bring the cart back. RD Krystol explained to Kyle that the privilege for the carts had been lost due to people taking them and not bringing them back. Kyle then stated, “You know me, I am going to bring it back.” RD Kyrstol explained to him that it will not be fair for other residents if she allowed him to use the cart. Kyle then said, “This is bullshit, Krystol.” Then he walked away.

Looking at this scenario as a patient point of view, the medical assistant should have done a couple things differently. One of the examples would be not to bite off the tip of her glove. The MA doesn’t know what could have been on that glove, plus it was already touching the patient where there was open skin. Instead of biting of the tip of the finger the MA should have properly removed the gloves. That goes to another unprofessional thing, if the MA saw that the ladies veins were hard to find, she should have prepared them before applying the gloves and cleaning the arm. If she still wasn’t able to get them to be noticeable, maybe try to see if someone else could come help. Another unprofessional thing would be using her bare hands to try

1. Explain what draws you to work with college students and the personal attributes you bring to the student affairs profession. As part of Resident Adviser (RA) appreciation week, I received a picture frame filled with notes written by the residents of the hall with statements beginning with, “Most likely to…”. The notes contained little insights, both silly and serious, as to how I had impacted residents during my time as their RA.

I would try to balance the conflicting roles of being a peer and a RA by not rubbing it in other residents faces that I have higher power then them. I would act just the same as any other person living in the hall. I would only take my power into hands when situations come up that I need to step up and be in a higher position than just a normal resident. It is important to have rules and regulations in the residence halls become you need rules to keep everything flowing smoothly. Without rules, it would be a zoo and nobody would be able to sleep or study for anything. The rules of the halls are just to make sure we have a safe living place and nobody gets hurts while going to school. A lot of things can happen if we don’t enforce the rules

I feel as though a great resident assistant should be friendly, relatable, and helpful. A great RA should be friendly, in that, they should be a friend to their residents. They should engage their residents in fun activities and create a personal relationship with each of them. A great RA should also be relatable, in that, they should find something in common with their residents and be able to relate to situations and problems their residents may encounter. Lastly, a great RA should be helpful, in that, they should make their residents feel safe and be able to resolve problems residents in their hall may

The time I went out of my way to help someone is when I was at work. I had only been working as a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) for a couple of months. I was in and out of clients, when they asked me to work for this couple that needed help cleaning around the house. I did not mind since I desperately needing money at the time. This couple and I got along incredibly well, they was friendly, nice and loving. They told me what I needed to do and how to do it, I did everything they needed with time to spare. In that spare time we begin to chat and get to know one another. I learnt that they knew someone of my relatives and was my late Uncle Dannys best friend, when they was children. I worked for this couple many times after my first time

After attending the Brunch/Performance I thought of many details of being a Resident Assistant. First, it felt like there was very minimal time spent on preparation. For example, the amount of people that attended were very minimal. This makes me feel like this event wasn’t marketed very well to the student body (comparing last year it was packed in there). This makes me understand that in order for one of my programs to be successful as a potential Resident Assistant, I need to market all my events and encourage my residents to attend. Another example that struck me was that the whole event wasn’t checked in advance. The performance itself was supposed to start at noon due to technical problems and the event didn’t start until around

The RA/CA also needs help, and it is okay and available, even in the most indispensable time. The CSD really makes things easier especially with a buddy partner or a program advisor who is charge of coming up with new ideas for events. It also really helps to alleviate the stress which shows residents that it is okay to show stress but it’s also good way to show the time management. Tosin also mention to always make sure to know all of the programs you are running and who you will be running them with. It is of HIGH importance to keep control of those things, even if a staff member is doing something wrong, the RA or CA can do that. This is highly important as a staff, since you are to be an unbiased professional in these types of dilemmas. This is consist of keeping a cool head even around colleagues because in these situations, not everyone will get along and that is perfectly

I really want to be an RA because of the experiences I have been having in my dorm due to the RAs that live there now. I want to give future residents the opportunity to have the same experiences that I am. Coming in as a freshman you are so excited but so nervous at the same time, it’s so great having people such as the RAs who are so welcoming to you. I think it’s awesome that as a job position you get to welcome new students, help them feel comfortable in their home away from home, and help them get involved around the dorm and around campus. I would love to be able to have the RA job position to be able to do this because I am the type of person who likes to help other people and who likes seeing people happy and doing well.

I see the role of the SRA as a team leader, encompassing a number of different duties and responsibilities. The SRA is certainly a leader to not only those on their staff and in their residential community but the entire campus. The role consists of duties such building community within their residence hall through hall programs and activities as well as encouraging tolerance and respect for the other residents and their property. I believe some other duties include being a familiar and trusted first resource for students within their residential hall with academic or institutional questions, and acting as a para-counsellor for students.

Institutions of higher education pride themselves in their ability to educate, serve, and meet the needs of the students in which it serves. This analysis shows collaboration on college/university campuses to foster success among first year students. With higher education today being in a state of dynamic change, it becomes crucial that faculty members recognize that their long time traditional roles have become somewhat non-existent. That is to say that there must be a relinquishing of past ideas and procedures.

Robert Burney (2015) explains that CCRCs all offer multiple levels of care, but not all contracts cap long-term costs regardless of the level of care. Type-A contract facilities are able to cap these costs, which make them more favorable. However, in order to accomplish this control of futuristic costs, institutions must require a significant entrance fee for residents. Essentially, residents buy-in to their retirement community and are then contracted at a fixed rate for all futuristic expenses, regardless of the resident 's life-span and potential care needs. As one would expect, the initial buy-in is very costly and could range from $50,000 to over $1,000,000 (Burney, 2015). Depending on the needs a resident may require in the future he or she may be arranging a deal of great value or one that will prove to be exceptionally expensive. Nevertheless, Type-A contracts are made to reflect estimates of average healthcare costs seen in many elderly persons as they transition through multiple levels of care (Burney, 2015). Because of these analyzed costs, a facility’s financial planner can easily establish residential rates to cover basic living needs, possible increased healthcare requirements, and the sustainment of the business. Many vigorous steps of financial planning should be done from all parties involved in any long-term agreement in order to consider the time value of money in regards to futuristic costs and benefits.

More and more kids than ever before are arriving at colleges (Trout). This is good in a way because it means that many more people are getting a post-secondary education, but not all students are at college for the right reasons. The kind of students who go to college just to party or for reasons besides obtaining further education spread their anti-intellectual ideas around. Paul M. Levitt, professor at Colorado University, plainly says "many college kids are a sorry lot. Preoccupied with their hair, their clothes, their cars, they have never developed a critical turn of mind and have no interest in doing so. It does not bode well for higher education