Resident Advisor (RA) Recruitment and Selection Action Team

Resident Advisor (RA) Training Action Team

​As part of the RA Training Action Team, I had the opportunity influence both Summer 2012 and Winter 2013 RA trainings for the Office of Residence Life. On this team, I helped develop the outcomes for both trainings, put together the schedule, and helped create the In Hall Guide for Hall Directors.  I also helped with the facilitation of Behind Closed Doors and presented on Intentional Programming and Diversity Resources.  In my hall, I helped my supervisor facilitate our in-hall training, staff development, and debriefing activities.  My major contribution to the RA Training Action Team was in in the development of the Falcon Fair and the Mock Rock celebratory performances.

 

As a new signature activity, the Falcon Fair serves a major role building connections between RAs and on-campus resources. This resource fair provided RAs with vital information about 32 offices that they could utilize for programming, support, and referrals.  As this chair of this event, my role was to establish, recruit on-campus resources, and facilitate the actual fair. Creating this event allowed us to network with various staff members and offices in an effort to establish relationships with the Office of Residence Life.  Additionally, I had the opportunity to organize the logistics for the event, which include human, physical, fiscal resources.  Lastly, I utilized various computer programs to develop the flyers for the event.

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As a second signature program, I also was responsible for the creation of the first Mock Rock put on by the Office of Residence Life.  The Mock Rock was an event that would foster staff development by requiring all Residence Hall staffs to create a 5 min presentation of their team and hall theme.  I developed the expectations used by the staffs as guidelines for creation of their presentation. Additionally, I also hosted the event and was part of the event when it occurred on the last day of training.

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Through my experience on this Action Team, I was able to confirm two of my personal values. First, I recognized that I value community through the Falcon Fair.  The idea of the fair stemmed from the committee’s need to create an event that would educate RAs about resources in an efficient and educational manner. Therefore, I suggested and recommended the implementation of the fair in effort to address this need. By doing so, I discovered that I enjoyed networking and creating new relationships with other community members.  Secondly, I also discovered that I value having fun in my work. The establishment of the Mock Rock helped me see that I enjoyed creating educational and intentional activities that are fun and energizing.  Similarly to the Falcon Fair, the Mock Rock was created to address the need to increase morale among the RAs and professional staff. 

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Ultimately, I discovered that I enjoyed problem solving and utilizing my creativity to develop ideas into actual events.  This discovery also helped me realize that I am proficient in this competency area.

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Postcards

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Training Documents

​​Basic

Communicate with others using effective verbal and nonverbal strategies appropriate to the situation in both one-on-one and small group settings.

Describe appropriate hiring techniques and institutional hiring policies, procedures, and processes.

Explain how job descriptions are designed and support overall staffing patterns in one's work setting.

Design a professional development plan in one's current professional position that assesses one's strengths and weaknesses in one's current position, and establishes action items for fostering an appropriate level of growth.

Explain the application of introductory motivational techniques with students, staff, and others.

Describe the basic premises that underlie conflict in organizational and student life and the constructs utilized for facilitating conflict resolution in these settings.

Effectively and appropriately use facilities management procedures as related to operating a facility or program in a facility.

Demonstrate effective stewardship and use of resources (i.e., financial, human, material).

Use technological resources with respect to maximizing the efficiency and effectiveness of one's work.

Develop and disseminate agendas for meetings.

Communicate with others using effective verbal and nonverbal strategies appropriate to the situation in both one-on-one and small group settings.

Recognize how networks in organizations play a role in how work gets done.

Understand the role alliances play in the completion of goals and work assignments.

Describe campus protocols for responding to significant incidents and campus crises.

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​Intermediate

Implement appropriate and effective recruitment strategies, interview protocols and decisions regarding selection of staff.

Identify the pros and cons of various staffing patterns, supporting job descriptions and work process configurations related to one's work setting.

Apply a range of strategies available for motivating others.

Effectively manage and lead meetings through the use of agenda management strategies.

Communicate with others using effective verbal and nonverbal speaking strategies appropriate to the situation in one-on-one as well as small- and large-group settings.

Determine if the message (verbal and written) communicated is congruent with the desired outcome for the intended recipient or audience.

Create and present materials for formal presentations in the work setting and for professional associations.

Develop appropriate alliances with others as a means to efficiently and effectively complete work assignments; recognize how the formation of alliances can either enhance or detract from one's professional credibility or the use of teams.

I demonstrate competency by​