Becoming A Residential Assistant

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Being an RA embodies so many skills like: passion, listening, patience, organization, leadership, communication, problem-solving, creativity, information skills, empathy, teamwork, good work ethic, and so many more. The skills it takes to become an RA are the skills of a peer leader. Through this position I hope to refine my listening, patience, organization, leadership, problem-solving, information skills, empathy, teamwork, good work ethics, and my passion. I also want to develop the skill of creativity and the many other skills it takes to become a great RA. Through many different organizations I have taken on leadership roles in the past and have lots of experiences in various types of leadership roles. I feel by being a Residential Assistant …show more content…

Becoming an RA will require a few skills I will need to develop, like creativity. I really struggle at being a creative person with being a computer science major. I am good at math, organization, and coding a new program but not at being a creative person but it is something I am constantly working on and trying to better myself in this area. I want to be able to have fun activities to help my residents relax and deal with the stress of college and exam weeks. I want to be able to be creative at ways to get my residents more involved with the GVSU community. I think that the role of creativity is a key role in becoming a residential assistant, because finding better, more innovative ways to solve problems, get involved, and even getting to know your residents uses creativity as a huge roll. Another important key quality needed to be a great residential assistant is to be observant. I am generally an observant person, but when I get stressed I can get tunnel vision and only focus on upcoming exams and other school aspects of college. This is something I am also constantly working and getting better at. I think this skill is super important because if an RA is not observant then the RA could miss important issues with their residents. Although, academics come first I have always been someone to put the needs of others over my own; meaning I will always be there for them and they will be able to talk to me at any time in private or public and always in confidence. I know I don’t have every exact skill needed to become the perfect RA, but I would love to challenge myself and develop these skills along with helping my

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