1) What is a Mentor RA? Primary responsibilities and role on staff? What skills/abilities/talents do you possess that will help you to be successful in these roles?
A Mentor RA is a person responsible for developing RAs into great role models. As result, the RAs will have residence halls that will have a positive and safe learning environment in which the students can excel academically and professionally. I have developed and continue to develop social and leadership skills that would allow me to develop my fellow RAs into great role models. With these skills and many others, I will continue on develop old and new skills in order improve as a person and mentor.
2) How would you work to create staff unity? What specifically would you do to that end? How would you address RA staff members who were not fulfilling …show more content…
Currently, RAs are viewed by many as people who are there to get in trouble. I would like to change this by having RAs to be more involved in the community by having campus wide events for students to attend. Also, the goal can be achieved by getting RAs to learn about their residents. The second goal can be achieved by having workshops about learning different skills. And after learning these skills, the RAs can reinforce it by using the skills within the resident halls.
4) Describe and give detail about why you would like to be a Mentor RA. Rank the 4 collateral assignments. Which of the four Collateral Assignments would you enjoy the most? Which do you feel you would excel at the most?
I would like to be a Mentor RA because it would allow me to give back to the community by developing RAs into being the leaders of the future. It will also allow me to develop my skills and become a leader of the community.
1) Programming and Community Development
2) Training and On-Going Staff
A Mentor RA is a person responsible for developing RAs into great role models. As result, the RAs will have residence halls that will have a positive and safe learning environment in which the students can excel academically and professionally. I have developed and continue to develop social and leadership skills that would allow me to develop my fellow RAs into great role models. With these skills and many others, I will continue on develop old and new skills in order improve as a person and mentor.
2) How would you work to create staff unity? What specifically would you do to that end? How would you address RA staff members who were not fulfilling …show more content…
Currently, RAs are viewed by many as people who are there to get in trouble. I would like to change this by having RAs to be more involved in the community by having campus wide events for students to attend. Also, the goal can be achieved by getting RAs to learn about their residents. The second goal can be achieved by having workshops about learning different skills. And after learning these skills, the RAs can reinforce it by using the skills within the resident halls.
4) Describe and give detail about why you would like to be a Mentor RA. Rank the 4 collateral assignments. Which of the four Collateral Assignments would you enjoy the most? Which do you feel you would excel at the most?
I would like to be a Mentor RA because it would allow me to give back to the community by developing RAs into being the leaders of the future. It will also allow me to develop my skills and become a leader of the community.
1) Programming and Community Development
2) Training and On-Going Staff