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Assistant Hall Coordinator Goals from UNI Bender Hall

50 GOALS TO A SUCCESSFUL BENDER HALL ASSISTANT HALL COORINATOR
by Brian Steinberg

1. Attend all required AHC training and regular meetings, and always be on time.

2. Help advise Bender Hall’s Programming Board, and work closely with VP Laura Berger.

3. Help Bender Hall’s Programming Board become a “Hall of the Month” at least once during the 1997-1998 school year, preferably twice (once each semester). Also work with RIB by having RIB representatives putting on a program in Bender Hall which explains and describes how RIB awards are voted on and judged (i.e. Hall and house of the month/year).

4. Make door decks/ and or signs for all 11 Bender Hall RA’s, 4 DA’s, 5 Custodians, 7 Hall Executive Officers, 2 Hall Coordinators and Secretary.

5. Co-advise Bender Hall Senate (with HC-Bob Reason), and possibly help revise Bender Hall Constitution.

6. Provide on-going leadership training for student government officers, and help coordinate a student government retreat twice a year.

7. Recruit and select the desk assistant staff for Bender Hall next year.

8. Develop and implement a comprehensive annual evaluation of the four Bender Hall Desk Assistants.

9. Track, record, and maintain all RA and other Bender Hall programs (sharing sheets).

10. Challenge RA’s and Bender Hall Programming Board to set programming goals.

11. Provide information to the Hall Coordinator for staff evaluations.

12. Have a good working honest relationship with the Bender Hall Secretary (Andrea Stallman) and the Bender Hall Coordinator (Bob Reason).

13. Assist the Bender Hall Coordinator in the area of programming.

14. Put on at least two programs (hall wide) per month in Bender Hall (one by the AHC and one by Bender Hall Programming Board.

15. Create, maintain, distribute, and post weekly Bender Hall “Things to do this week” lists.

16. Serve on two departmental committees (RAISE and Fall 1998 Workshop).

17. Make weekly rounds around Bender Hall (floors 2-12) to visit with RA’s and observe passive programming, as well as making myself visible to Bender Hall residents.

18. Coordinate and create Bender Hall Desk Assistant Shirts.

19. Coordinate and organize Bender Hall DA meetings BI-weekly and make the Bender Hall Desk Staff feel like they are part of the Bender Hall staff team.

20. Help Bender Hall Desk Staff work well with Bender Hall RA’s and vice versa.

21. Possibly help Wes Heiar with the first floor quiet lifestyle residents by helping making door decks and help with lower Stone House programming.

22. Attend at least one program that each RA puts on.

23. To become a great role model for Bender Hall Staff (RA’s and DA’s).

24. Help advise RA’s in having a good working relationship with their House Presidents and vice versa.

25. Create a Bender Hall Recognition Committee that will recognize the outstanding contributions from all Bender Hall Staff and Residents (i.e. DA of the month, RA of the month, custodian of the month, resident of the Month, passive program of the month/best bulletin board, and programs of the month.

26. The ability to accept constructive criticism from supervisors and staff as well as give it honestly.

27. Assist the Bender Hall Coordinator in every way possible to create an educational, culturally diverse, and extremely social Resident Hall atmosphere.

28. Attend a few RAISEN sessions.

29. Put on at least one RAISE session per semester.

30. Be able to stay both mentally and physically strong by taking time off when needed (i.e. leave campus/Bender Hall at least one weekend a month).

31. Help the Bender Hall Coordinator in training RA’s by offering helpful advice during training and help organizing two topics during training (programming goals and advising).

32. Attend all RA staff meetings, and providing helpful and encouraging ideas and feedback.

33. Attend both Leadership Learnshops (both Fall 1997 and Spring 1998 semesters), and bringing back useful information back to Bender Hall Staff and Residents.

34. Put on a program at the Spring 1998 Leadership Learnshop.

35. Attend at least one RA conference at another university in the upper Midwest, and bring back helpful information and ideas to implement here at UNI.

36. Always keep consistent scheduled office hours, and keep my door open to all Bender Hall Staff and Residents.

37. Always look at both sides of an issue, and keep an open mind in every single situation that I encounter at Bender Hall.

38. Meet with the Bender Hall Coordinator and Secretary at least once a week to discuss important issues.

39. Develop an open communicative relationship with the Bender Hall Custodians.

40. Attend the first house meetings of all 11 houses with the Bender Hall Coordinator and Bender all President (introductions), as well as attend a few randomly selected scheduled House Meetings.

41. Help the Department of Residence create and maintain their Homepage on the WWW, as well as help each of the 10 Residence Halls and 99 Houses create their very own Homepages. This will involve working with Robert Hartman, Nancy Lindgard, Hall Senates, and RA’s.

42. Help Bender and Dancer Hall Senates and Programming Boards come together and have a helpful programming relationship throughout the year. Discourage damaging Bender versus Dancer rivalry, and encourage a more helpful friendly relationship between the two halls. This part of campus should be viewed as the “Towers”.

43. Fill out an accurate Bender Hall Assistant Hall Coordinator Apartment inventory and condition report.

44. Help Bender Hall Coordinator order needed office supplies.

45. Help Hall Coordinator and RA’s plan staff retreat.

46. Help bring UNI Faculty into the Residence Hall atmosphere (i.e. promote invite a UNI faculty to lunch program in each hall).

47. Help encourage each Bender Hall House Secretary’s to play an active role in being a liaison between the Towers Dinning Center and the Towers Residence Halls (encourage them to attend Diners Club).

48. Try to take as many pictures of Bender Hall activities, programs, staff, etc. (possibly creating a Bender Hall photography committee).

49. Create weekly little slips for RA’s to put all over their houses (i.e. This week’s Bender Hall’s pride spirit word of the week is SUCCESS, next week will be INVOLVED etc.).

50. And finally, realize that I may not achieve every goal on this list, but if I know deep down that I at least tried and gave it my all, I still succeeded at my goals!

The content on these pages was originally provided by Brian C. Steinberg, the founder of http://www.theallygroup.org and http://www.safezoneforall.com (Creater of the previous: http://www.residentassistant.com/reslifepro)