Tag: Topic Resident Advisor – Training

ResEdChat Ep 158: Helping RAs Develop Career Readiness with Alexis Karakas

ResEdChat 158

For this week's episode of ResEdChat, guest host Dustin Ramsdell chats with Alexis Karakas about her experience helping her student staff members understand the relevant skills they gain during their time serving the department, no matter what industry they pursue after graduation. Alexis also details her approach to this work, and what makes it so important. Guest: Alexis Karakas (she/her), Residential Living Coordinator, University of California - Irvine Host: Dustin Ramsdell, Independent Higher EdTech Content Creator

A Glow-Up For RA Trainings & Staff Meetings

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Blank stares. Awkward transitions. Forced ice breakers. A general air of dread. If that sounds like your training sessions or staff meetings, you’re probably not alone. Every year, thousands of residence life professionals roll into a new academic cycle with PowerPoints, printouts, and prayers as they facilitate these. While some chaos is to be expected,... Continue Reading →

Behind Closed Doors: Training or Trauma-Bonding?

an open door and a closed door

It’s seemingly a tried-and-true Housing and Residence Life tradition for departments across the country – Behind Closed Doors – the part of student staff training that new Resident Assistants tend to dread, returners – who sometimes get more into the acting than learning – tend to love. This tradition leaves professionals feeling drained, and usually... Continue Reading →

Live, Laugh, Loathe (August) Res Life

Live Laugh in text

A few years ago, I was chatting with my supervisor about Residence Life Student Staff Training. I was in the planning stages of drafting everything for July and August and she was gushing about how it was her favorite time of the year. I remember looking at her deadpan in the face and saying, “Really,... Continue Reading →

Enhancing ResLife Student Staff Training through Experiential Learning

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As student populations evolve and the expectations of residential education shift, the need for impactful, engaging, and responsive training for student staff has become increasingly evident. Many institutions are moving beyond traditional lecture-based training models to embrace experiential learning as a core methodology. This approach emphasizes "learning by doing" and offers residence life teams more... Continue Reading →

RA Training: Here We Go! [Webinar Recording]

Resident Assistant training coordination can be a daunting task as there is unlimited content, range of experiences, and very little time to teach. Join Amanda Perrin and the UMR-ACUHO Professional Development committee as we delve deeper into the research behind developing Student Staff training to provide a positive, productive learning experience.

Behind Closed Doors Resources: A Model For Open, Inclusive, And Engaging Experiential Training For RAs

BCDs

A special guest post from Rose Waples, Ed.D. Based on her dissertation, "A Program Evaluation of Crisis and Conflict Management Training for Resident Advisors at the University of Rochester." Available upon request.  Previously on the blog, Natasha Monteith posted an article entitled Should We Even Be Doing Behind Closed Doors? This engaging post brought up... Continue Reading →

ResEdChat Ep 46: Designing Effective Behind Closed Doors (BCDs)

ResEdChat Episode 46 - BCDs

In this episode of Roompact's ResEdChat, we chat with Dr. Rose Waples, who did research on RAs and crisis and emergency response, specifically looking at the experiential training experience known as Behind Closed Doors (BCDs). Many campuses have a BCDs session in their training schedule, but there are certain concepts to keep in mind when designing it to make it the most effective learning experience possible. Dr. Rose Waples is here to give us research-backed tips!

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