RA Selection

In this activity, participants determine who will avoid nuclear destruction by entering the fallout shelter. This activity can be used to examine critical thinking, support one's ideas, and reach consensus. I was introduced to this exercise by Idonas Hughes, Student Conduct Administrator at California State University at Monetery Bay. Its origins are unknown.

In this activity, participants have hypothetically wrecked on the moon. They need to determine which supplies they are going to take with them on their 200-mile journey to the mother ship. This activity can be used to examine critical thinking, support one's ideas, and reach a consensus. I was introduced to this exercise by Idonas Hughes, Student Conduct Administrator at California State University at Monterey Bay. Its origins are unknown.

In this activity, participants play a Clue-like game to determine the what, who, when, and why of a crime. This activity can be used to examine critical thinking, communication, and reach a consensus.  I was introduced to this exercise by Idonas Hughes, Student Conduct Administrator at California State University at Monterey Bay. Its origins are unknown.

In this activity, participants determine who is responsible for the death of one of the characters. This activity can be used to examine critical thinking, support one's ideas, and reach a consensus. I was introduced to this exercise by Idonas Hughes, Student Conduct Administrator at California State University at Monterey Bay. Its origins are unknown.

This activity presents the participants with several tasks they may encounter as an RA. They have to prioritize the tasks based on how they would respond to them.

This document consists of 3 items: 

• General Staff Expectations from the Office of Residence Life

• RA Performance Expectations from the Office of Residence Life

• A Staff Sanction Chart 

I did not create these and these are not specific to my staff. These were from the central Office of Residence Life and set for all Resident Assistants.

This set of RA interview questions originated (to my knowledge) from Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY between the years of 2000-2010.

This is another set of RA interview questions placed in an evaluation sheet. These were used for a mid-year hiring process for a few people, rather than the large-scale hiring process. This set of questions originated from the U of Mary Washington.