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Neosho County Community College Resident Assistant in Chanute, Kansas
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Neosho County Community College
Upward Bound Summer Program 2024
Resident Assistant Job Description
The Upward Bound Summer Program at NCCC is a free six-week residential college prep program that
simulates the college experience. Participating students will take classes that help with their upcoming high school
curriculum and prepare them for college. Students will also participate in fun activities with community and campus
partners.
The Upward Bound Program seeks 3-4 Summer Resident Assistants (RAs) to provide participants with a
positive living/learning environment. This is a seasonal overnight position beginning May 27 and ending June 27. RAs
will be required to work an end-of-program trip from June 29-July 3. The pay amount is \$2,300. (Optional - \$500
stipend for RA who drives students to/from Driver\'s Ed before their shift (Between 7 am and 2:30 pm).
Resident Assistant Expectations
1. Be a positive role model for UB participants.
2. Discuss problems and concerns with your Head RA.
3. Support fellow RAs and maintain positive relationships/a cohesive team feeling with each other.
4. If you have an outside job, arrangements must be made with your employer to accommodate our required
hours. Our hours may change with little notice and may require RA\'s to be available before or after the below-
mentioned on-duty hours.
5. Have fun and enjoy the activities, encouraging student participation.
6. Demonstrate personal qualities of maturity, self-reliance, motivation, initiative, responsibility, self-esteem, and
integrity. Demonstrate strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
7. Applicants are expected to be college degree-seeking students or have already earned an Associate\'s Degree or
higher. Promotion of higher education to the participants is encouraged.
Resident Assistant Responsibilities
1. Attend resident assistant training online and in person before students move in.
2. RA staff move into the dorms on Monday, May 27, 2024, at 8:00 am. Final checkout is after the last student
leaves on June 27, 2024. RA staff are required to work the end-of-program trip from June 29-July 3, 2024. Staff
cannot remain on campus during the weekend or the break before the trip.
3. Assist with student check-ins and checkouts. Collect car keys and give students dorm room keys at check-in,
return car keys, and collect dorm room keys at checkout.
4. Provide security for students in the residence hall and while away on trips and activities. This includes conducting
rounds, making sure doors are not propped open, making sure side doors of the Res Hall are locked, monitoring
anyone who enters the Res Hall, etc.
5. Conduct room/hall checks periodically throughout the night to ensure all students are in the building and in the
correct room. Each RA will be assigned one night a week to be On-Call. On-Call hours are 10:30 pm to 7:30 am
and will be scheduled by the Head Resident Assistant.
6. Provide security from 10:30 pm to 7:30 am (Note there will be a Security Guard present overnight.) The RA On-
Call each night is expected to remain in a visible area between the boys\' and girls\' halls and conduct hallway
checks and rounds every hour until 3:00 am. After 3 am, the On-Call RA will be able to go to sleep but will be
required to answer any phone calls or situations if anything happens between 3 am and 7 am when full-time staff
arrives.
7. Provide and facilitate evening programs and activities.
8. Assist the Head RA with a Sunday evening educational activity each week.
9. Assist Head RA with keeping a log of attendance for meals, classes, study hall, on/off-campus activities, and field
trips.
10. Ensure that students are not return ing to the dorms during the daytime.
11. Travel with UB staff and students.
12. RA staff must be on duty every day (Monday-Wednesday) from 2:30 pm to 10:30 pm. All RA staff members are
on duty until the last student has left for the weekend on Thursday between 2:30 & 6 pm (the first week check
out is Friday). RAs will report to the college on Sundays at 6 pm and are on duty until 10:30 pm.
13. Assist the Head RA in ensuring every student is awake and attends breakfast each morning.
14. May need to transport students to appointments, Wal-Mart, driver\'s ed, etc.
15. Supervise students during their free time and evening activities.
16. Check students out early if a family member is coming to pick up a student.
17. Work with the UB Staff to provide a quality and successful summer program.
18. Document violations or infractions and maintain current, accurate incident reports. Report to Head RA.
19. Follow all policies outlined in the Upward Bound RA Handbook, the Neosho County Community College catalog
and emergency procedure manual, and the Upward Bound student handbook.
20. RAs must collect and turn in all receipts for