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Residential Education at Stanford is supported by both residence staff and administrative staff. The administrative staff is responsible for setting and implementing policies. As a part of the Office of the Vice Provost of Student Affairs, the Director of Residential Education works with the Vice Provost and other Directors and Deans to meet the goals set by the President, Provost, and Board of Trustees. The Director also works with the administrative staff to develop and implement procedures within Residential Education to meet those goals. While the challenge of developing strategies to meet these goals is in itself an immense task, there is also a need for support of personal needs and goals. When residents personal needs and goals are jeopardized by themselves or by others, it is the responsibility of Residential Education to help find a solution to the situation. Residence Deans, Resident Student Affairs Specialists, and other staff collaborate to find solutions to problems ranging from housing issues to alcohol abuse. The Central Administration serves as the primary information resource for Residential Education. Its role is vital to the daily operation of the organization. The Central Administration is responsible for formulating solutions and locating further resources for any questions or problems that rise to a more senior level. However, the Central Office is more than just a source of information - it is also the linking mechanism that ties together the different people and offices involved in the organization. The Central Administration staff is comprised of one Administrative Associate who acts as the coordinator for RACA Selection and one Administrative Assoicate who acts as lead support, a Financial Manager/Human Resources Specialist, the Office Manager, the Multicultural Educator, two Associate Directors of Residential Education, and the Director of Residential Education. Central Staff Contact Information Residence Deans are responsible for the counseling, advising, disciplinary and problem-solving functions. RDs work with individual students, community groups and with any involved and affected individuals, agencies and departments on and off campus. The RDs must work effectively and creatively with a broad range of individual and group differences. RD Contact Information | Response to Reported Misconduct in the Residences
Residence Student Affairs Specialists (RSASs) Residence Student Affairs Specialists are part of a team of professional staff who strive to make the residences educational, intellectual, comfortable and stimulating places to live. RSASs are frequently the first point of contact for students and provide support for residence staff and Resident Fellows and College Directors. The RSAS staff have a broad range of knowledge about campus procedures and resources, enabling them to answer most of the questions that students might have. The RSAS staff occupy ten residence-based offices across campus. RSAS Contact Information | More About RSASs | RSAS Resource Page The residence staff is comprised of in-house staff members who perform a variety of duties. Their shared purpose is two-fold. First, they serve as the front line for fielding questions and addressing personal issues within the Residences. With more complex issues or problems, the student residence staff has a support system through which they may refer issues to either other residence staff or to professional administrative staff in order to best support the students. The second purpose of the residence staff is to develop programs within the residences that encourage the intellectual, academic, personal and social growth of Stanford students. In order to best achieve that purpose, residence staff members are trained in-depth in specific areas of responsibility. The resulting alphabet soup of acronyms refers to the staff members and their roles within the Stanford residences. The Resident Fellow Program is a key element of Residential Education. This program is noted for the number of faculty members who live and teach in student residences and for the range of educational activities that they promote. Resident Fellows are Stanford faculty and, occasionally, senior administrative staff who live in student residences and serve as educational and intellectual leaders in their houses. They promote the intellectual tone of the residences by sharing their teaching and research interests, involving their faculty colleagues in residence programs, encouraging discussion of important issues, and by serving as mentors to students. Current Resident Fellows | Information on Becoming an RF | Staff Resources The role of College Director is similar to the role of Resident Fellow, except that it is specific to the Freshman/Sophomore College. Since 2003-2004 the Freshman/Sophomore College at Sterling Quad houses approximately 180 freshmen and sophomores interested in broad intellectual exploration of the liberal arts and sciences. College programs are designed to integrate classroom and residential learning and increase student knowledge of academic resources and opportunities on campus.
Resident Assistants (RAs) are compensated undergraduate student staff who live in University undergraduate residences and help build strong and healthy residential learning communities that complement and extend classroom learning. Together with their RFs, RAs are responsible for creating residential environments that enhance student academic progress and success promoting the intellectual life of the residence, creating opportunities for students to explore and clarify their interests, values, and attitudes. RAs assist in building inclusive and reflective environments in which differences of background and belief are encouraged and explored. RAs provide personal and academic counseling and referral, participating in house activities, understanding and explaining University policies, being available to students and encouraging student responsibility and accountability. RA Job Description | Information on Becoming an RA | Staff Resources College Assistants (CAs) College Assistants are compensated undergraduate students who live in the Freshmen/Sophomore College in Sterling Quad. The CA position is one that integrates specialized academic advising with residence staff responsibilities. Together with College Directors, the CAs serve students who are committed to exploring a broad range of topics in the liberal arts and sciences in their first two years of undergraduate study at Stanford. CAs are responsible for the academic, personal, and community development of the College and its students. CAs also facilitate residence-based seminars and activities and support the faculty affiliated with the College. There are 36 student-managed Row houses, seven Co-Ops in which the students do their own cooking and cleaning and 29 Self-Ops in which the cooking is done by a hired cook. In three of the Self-Ops the cleaning is done by residents and in the remaining 26 the cleaning is done by the University. All Row houses set and collect their own board bills. To accomplish this a Resident Assistant is selected by the Associate Director on the Row and each Row house has Student Managers (selected by their peers) to oversee the operations of the house. The Supervisor of Row Managers, located in the Row Office, oversees and advises Student Managers. Student Managers are part of the residence staff leadership team which is coordinated by the Resident Assistant (RA). As a part of the house leadership team they are expected to maintain regular communication with each other, the RA, the residents and to engage residents in the important decisions about house management and the use of house monies. Row Staff Contact Information | Row Student Management | Staff Resources | Head Peer Mentors/Head Peer Academic Coordinators (HPMs/HPACs) Head Peer Mentors/Head Peer Academic Coordinators (HPMs/HPACs) hold academic leadership positions in the Freshman Advising Program. Under the supervision of the Undergraduate Advising and Research, the HPMs/HPACs work as a team with the Peer Advising Program Coordinator and residential staff to coordinate the delivery of academic advising services and support programs. HPMs also work to support the work of the residence-based advising teams. This team includes Academic Advisors, and Peer Academic Advisors assigned to the residence, the RF, and an Undergraduate Advising Research Center liaison or Academic Director. In four class residences HPMs/HPACs are expected to provide academic support to upperclass students as well as freshmen.
Residential Peer Health Educators are highly trained student staff who work under the supervision of Vaden's Health Promotion Services. PHEs support Residential Education staff in providing residence-based health and wellness services. They are responsible for residential programming to promote the awareness of healthy living practices. Ethnic Theme Associates, Academic Theme Associates and Focus Assistants (ETAs/ATAs/FAs) Ethnic Theme Associates (ETAs), Academic Theme Associates (ATAs) and Focus Assistants (FAs) are responsible for advancing the theme or focus in Stanford's four ethnic theme houses, seven academic theme houses and focus houses. For more information about theme or focus houses go to: http://www.stanford.edu/dept/resed/Program/SpecialProg.html Their primary responsibilities are to: * Organize theme/focus related programs (including guest speakers, trips to cultural events, etc.)
Cultural Awareness Associate (CAA) The Cultural Awareness Associate program began with a student proposal
which came out of the Leading Through Education, Activism and
Diversity Program (LEAD) during the 2000-2001 school year. The CAA
was envisioned as a dorm staff person whose expressed purpose is
to promote dialogue around and awareness of issues of difference
(religion, sexual orientation, class, gender, race/ethnicity,
disability/ability status, and others) within dorms that house
freshmen. CAAs have worked in dorms all
across campus. Resident Computer Coordinators (RCCs) Resident Computer Coordinators (RCCs) manage the computer clusters in each of the residences, educate residents on computing at Stanford, consult with residents on computer-related problems and support in-room network connections. RCCs work primarily with the residence staff, Networking and Communications Services, and the Residential Computing central support staff to accomplish their goals. Most importantly, RCCs are expected to be available to other residents. See separate descriptions for RCC job qualifications and compensation. Refer also to the directory of Stanford's Current RCCs. Resident Tutors are dorm-based tutors who specialize in chemistry, math, biology, economics and/or physics. They offer office hours for their residents in twenty of the residences on campus. Drop-in tutors are also available around campus in these subjects. RTs are paid an hourly wage for the hours they tutor, and report to RFs and to the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL). Center for Teaching and Learning
Resident Writing Tutors (RWTs) Resident Writing Tutors are dorm-based writing tutors. They offer scheduled office hours per week and are available to residents for two additional hours per week. Drop-in writing tutors are also available in some dorms and in other locations around campus. RWTs are paid an hourly wage for the hours they tutor. They report to RFs and to the HUME Writing Center (HWC).
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