How do they match: Residential Advisors

  • Student Associate Dean
  • Student Development Coordinator
  • Community Educator

  • Administer, coordinate, or recommend disciplinary and corrective actions.
  • Accompany and supervise students during meals.
  • Assign rooms to students.
  • Collaborate with counselors to develop counseling programs that address the needs of individual students.
  • Communicate with other staff to resolve problems with individual students.
  • Confer with medical personnel to better understand the backgrounds and needs of individual residents.
  • Counsel students in the handling of issues such as family, financial, and educational problems.
  • Determine the need for facility maintenance and repair, and notify appropriate personnel.
  • Develop and coordinate educational programs for residents.
  • Observe students to detect and report unusual behavior.
  • Process contract cancellations for students who are unable to follow residence hall policies and procedures.
  • Provide requested information on students' progress and the development of case plans.
  • Supervise students' housekeeping work to ensure that it is done properly.
  • Supervise the activities of housekeeping personnel.
  • Supervise, train, and evaluate residence hall staff, including resident assistants, participants in work-study programs, and other student workers.

  • Administer first aid.
  • Develop educational or training programs.
  • Enforce rules or policies governing student behavior.
  • Perform administrative or clerical tasks.
  • Prepare administrative documents.