Residence Director
General Commitments

A lot of the work of ORL Staff members can't be quantified in a number of hours spent--it takes a different amount of time for one staff member to get to know residents than another. Additionally, it may take a different amount of time one month to mentally prepare for a program than another. However, given these individual limitations, we've tried to give you a sense below of the general commitments the position requires.

Daily

• Check building staff duty log from previous night--follow-up as necessary
• Check email for information reports; respond to received messages within 24 hours
• Check staff programming progress, provide feedback for new proposals and evaluations.
• Show up for central office hours and residence hall hours scheduled that day.
• Do follow-up to information reports, including calling Matthew or Terrance, contacting FYRA/RA for more information, contacting students, etc.; Review past information reports and remind students to make appointments; follow-up with students whose educational sanctions are due
• Review schedule/task list from previous day to see if any tasks were not completed
• Deliver requests to Physical Plant (or call if they're urgent)
• Distribute posters to staff/DAs for placement, make sure that old posters are taken down regularly
• Return phone calls and messages left by students or other departments
• Pick up your mail in ORL. Follow-up on simple requests while you are there; turn in paperwork at ORL as necessary--room change forms, receipts and check requests
• Communicate with your RAs, FYRAs and RCAs to share appropriate information
• Check and respond to programming proposals and evaluations
• Recognize students and staff

Weekly

• Prepare meeting agenda and meet with building staff
• Prepare for and meet with Professional Staff
• Prepare for and meet with ORL Task Committees
• Tour the hall and make contact with students informally; be visible (between 10am-10pm)
• Take a look at building-wide programming. Are programming goals being met? What do you need to address in one-on-ones this week? Is hall programming meeting the needs of your building?
• Have one-on-one meetings with building staff members
• Develop list of tasks for Desk Aides/student workers to complete that week
• Update information at desk for DAs and staff; check to see that staff members have picked up their mail
• Review weekend coming up, staff coverage, etc.
• Review RD duty schedule--are you on? Contact RD-on-duty as appropriate
• Have check-in meeting with Matthew or Terrance (or every other week)
• Review planning calendar, previous week and upcoming week to see what plans you need to make
• Do social / duty round of your building (with staff-on-duty), be visible to your residents, and make note of the physical condition of the hall, check posters and publicity for currency.
• Review staff development proposals. Review staff reflections of development opportunities.
• Review maintenance log, look for problems and patterns or maintenance requests that seem to linger, unfinished.
• Meet with Hall Government
• Meet with hall leaders one-on-one (every other week)
• Turn in weekly report for Matthew or Terrance
• Read the Argus
• Check in with the hall custodian(s) to address issues of mutual concern

Monthly

• Reconcile your hall's budget with your treasurer and your hall's Business Office report
• Revisit your short and long term goals--are you making progress? are your goals/priorities shifting?
• Revisit your competency priorities.  What evidence have you collected to move towards your goal?
• Provide semester updates to duty bag
• Prepare for and attend Professional Staff Development

Duty Requirements

Seven staff members share campus wide on-duty requirements year-round.  Duty changes on Fridays and staff members hold the phone for one consecutive week at a time.  This means that each staff member is on-duty for about one week out of every two months.

Our mission is facilitating enjoyable, sustainable and inclusive communities that support and enhance students' academic achievement and personal development.