Roles & Responsibilities
We want you to get the most out of your Binghamton experience, so your supervisor will work with you to make sure you find things that challenge and interest you. One of the exciting things about working in Residential Life at Binghamton is that that no two days are ever the same. But to give you an idea of how you can anticipate spending your time, the following are some of the time commitments inherent to the RD, CD and AD positions:
Resident Directors
Day-time commitments:
- One-on-one meetings with student staff members
- Adjudicate policy violations
- Maintain a minimum of 3 hours/day open office hours
- Participate on a departmental committee
- Attend weekly professional staff meetings
- Attend bi-weekly departmental meetings
- Participate in a professional development opportunity such as serving on a University committee
Evening commitments:
- Facilitate weekly building staff meetings
- Work with hall/area government members and attend meetings
- Attend building/area programs
- Participate in duty rotation
Once you've acclimated to the department and university, some of the additional professional development opportunities that may be available include:
- Participate in a collateral assignment by working 10 hours/week in another office such as the Career Development Center, Campus Life, etc
- Instructing a First-Year or Senior-Year Experience course
- Serving as a judicial hearing board chair
- Co-chairing a departmental committee
Community Directors
Day-time commitments:
- One-on-one meetings with student staff members
- Adjudicate policy violations
- Serve as a judicial hearing board chair
- Oversee day-to-day operations of area office
- Participate on a departmental committee
- Attend weekly professional staff meetings
- Attend bi-weekly departmental meetings
- Participate in a professional development opportunity such as serving on a University committee, working at the Career Development Center, etc.
Evening commitments:
- Facilitate weekly building staff meetings
- Work with area government members and attend meetings
- Attend area programs
- Participate in duty rotation
Once you've acclimated to the department and university, some of the additional professional development opportunities that may be available include:
- Instructing a First-Year or Senior-Year Experience course
- Co-chairing a departmental committee
Assistant Directors
Day-time commitments:
- Facilitate weekly professional staff meetings
- One-on-one meetings with professional staff members
- Review, disseminate and oversee judicial case load for residential area
- Serve as a judicial hearing board chair
- Mentor departmental committee members
- Oversee day-to-day operations of area office
- Attend weekly management team meetings
- Attend weekly AD meetings
- Attend bi-weekly departmental meetings
- Plan and implement professional staff training
- Participate in student staff training
Evening commitments:
- Work with area government leaders and attend meetings
- Attend monthly in-service training for student staff
- Attend area-wide programs
- Participate in AD duty rotation
Once you've acclimated to the department and university, some of the additional professional development opportunities that may be available include:
- Instructing a First-Year or Senior-Year Experience course
- Serving as the Residential Life representative on University committees
- Propose and implement a departmental initiative or other project
