Office/Department: Office of Residence Life – Hall Director
Director: Kathleen Campbell
Number of Positions Available: 6-9 

Mission Statement: The Office of Residence Life is committed to designing and maintaining a caring environment that encourages academic success, personal growth, and responsibility to one’s community.

Functional areas included in this office/department: Business Operations, Housing Services, Student Learning Initiatives, Residence Life Community Development

Students who participate in this experience will gain understanding of student affairs as a profession and the influence student affairs has on contemporary higher education through the following tasks and activities:

• Supervision/development of student staff team
• Staff training: planning and implementation
• Advising student groups/organizations
• Behavior management/discipline follow up with residents
• Teambuilding: planning and implementation
• Participation in departmental committees and projects
• Writing and presenting performance evaluations
• Collaborative projects with various university departments
• Attendance at departmental and divisional meetings
• Community development theory to practice
• Student development theory to practice
• Managing change
• Communication within an organization
• Writing goals, learning outcomes, and action plans
• Use of technology and housing specific databases
• Opportunity to co-teach a for-credit RA Training Course, Psyc100

Students who participate in this experience will be exposed to the purposeful application of the following student development, career development, counseling and/or organizational theories: 

• Psychosocial Developmental Theories: (Chickering, Erikson)
• Cognitive Developmental Theories: (Perry, Kolhberg, Belenky, Gilligan) - Typology: (Jung, Myers-Briggs)
• Counseling Theories: (Reality Therapy, Person-Centered Therapy)
• Career Development Theories: (Super, Holland)
• Identity Development Theories: (Racial, White, Minority, Sexual, Gender, Ability, Religious, Social Class, Multiple)

Students assigned to this site will be able to participate in the following assessment and/or evaluation projects:

• Semi-annual perception study analysis and action plan
• Program/event surveying/evaluation
• Periodic research projects
• Self-evaluation and staff-evaluation each semester

Students who participate in this experience will be evaluated and provided on-going feedback in the following ways:

• Weekly one on one consultation meetings with direct supervisor
• Written performance evaluation each December and April 5. Specific expectations of students assigned to this site include:
• Arrive late July/early August for pre-service training
• Stay late/return early for academic breaks/vacations
• Create and maintain a schedule designed to meet assistantship requirements
• Support the mission of Office of Residence Life, Student Affairs, and JMU
• Perform designated tasks in a timely, organized and professional manner - Participate in staff selection process
• Manage hall housekeeping and maintenance issues/reports
• Manage/report hall occupancy and room changes
• Guide hall educational and social programming efforts
• Plan and facilitate weekly meetings
• Communicate consistently and honestly with supervisor
• Maintain a positive attitude about job responsibilities
• Work to be an effective team member
• Request assistance and support when approaching new situations
• Gain an understanding of residence hall issues, policies and procedures - Live in assigned residence hall