I am an RA
☐ First! I am a full-time STUDENT & a wonderful human: Katie
☐ I am a part-time staff member: Daniela
☐ I am a resource to connect to you a vast campus: Natalie
☐ I am a peer counselor and listening ear: Morcel
☐ I am accountability and work to promote community wellness: Diego
☐ I develop community through: Nathalia
- Getting to know each of you!
- Through events and parties
- Challenging each of you to learn something meaningful about yourself this year
Resident Assistant community role: Angela and Daniela
☐ Create and facilitate opportunities for resident to know, check, and be themselves
☐ To respect each and every member of this community
☐ Act as a resource for information & academic support
☐ Listen to your concerns (without judgment or imposing values)
☐ Help you find ways for you to solve your problems & concerns
☐ Provide and connect you to social and educational activities & opportunities outside of the classroom
☐ Create a safe and inclusive community where each of you are valued
☐ Explain community policies/norms and hold each member accountable for his/her behavior fairly and consistently
Resident Assistants are not: shane
☐…expected to make community by themselves
☐…here to serve as police officers, university hearing officer, parents, nor enablers
☐…to skip their own academic needs to focus on the needs of the community solely