This document provides an overview of the roles and responsibilities of a Residence Director (RD) position. It discusses that an RD will learn skills like patience, empathy, leadership, and how to handle difficult situations. As an RD, college life will look different as they will be responsible for supervising students and a residential building. The key roles of an RD include being a leader, supervisor, mentor, resource, counselor, and community builder. Specific responsibilities involve being the first responder for crises, living on-site, programming events, supervising resident assistants, adjudicating conduct cases, and building a healthy community. The document concludes by welcoming the reader to Chesapeake Hall, providing details about its housing capacity,

1. A DEEPER LOOK INTO
A LIFE AS AN RD
The Good, the Bad, and the Indifferent

2. WELCOME TO THE RD POSITION
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Welcome to the position where you will learn:
 Patience
 Empathy
 Thick Skin
 Compassion
 Understanding
 Leadership Skills
 Organizational Skills
 How to deal with difficult situations
 AND MANY MANY MORE!!

3. COLLEGE AS YOU WILL SEE IT
As an RD college will look very different when you
are the person in charge of a building.
 Students will seem as if…
 They do not understand
 They need a little more TLC
than usual
 They need more than Residence Life assistance
 They do not care.
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4. YOUR ROLE
Leader
 Supervisor
 Mentor
 Resource
 Counselor
 Fixer-upper
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5. WHAT IS YOUR JOB?
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First Responder: Respond to crisis in your building
24hr/7days Live In: You live where you work!!! Self
Explanatory!
Programmer-Develop programs that will engage residents
Supervisor of Resident Assistants- Supervise RA’s and
delegate tasks
Hearing Officers-Adjudicate Cases
Committee Chair-Co Chair many different committees for the
department
Community Builder: You are responsible to
build and maintain a healthy community

6. Their goal is this..
WORKING WITH UPPERCLASSMEN
Which makes
programing like
this.
They start off like this
But they try to
balance all of this…

7. WELCOME TO CHESAPEAKE HALL
Houses: 178 Students
Building Type: Apartment Style
Student Body: Co-Ed Sophomores
Staff: 4 Resident Assistants and 1 Building Director