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RAs and Second Jobs

Colleagues,

I am gathering information for a proposal about RA's/CA's having a 2nd job.

1. Do you allow RA's/CA's to hold another job?

2. If yes, are their restriction as to where (off campus, on
campus, either)

3. Do you restrict the number of hours?

4. Other restrictions/expectations imposed.

Thank you in advance for your assistance.

Herb Jones
Hamilton/Whitten Hall Coordinator
Illinois State University
Normal, IL 61761
(309) 436-1716

Herb-

Here are the responses for Simpson...

steve anderson

1. Do you allow RA's/CA's to hold another job?

yes.

2. If yes, are their restriction as to where (off campus, on campus, either)

no restrictions, except no more than ten hours. We tend to be more lenient with
on-campus jobs then off.

3. Do you restrict the number of hours?

yes, 10 per week.

4. Other restrictions/expectations imposed.

just keep doing their job, and if the work begins to impact their position then to
address that with the RA individually.

Regarding second jobs for staff:

Please keep in mind that you can tell RA's what they are to do during the
time they work for you, but you have no right to tell them what to do with
their own time. I have always tried to concentrate on the expectations of
the RA job rather than the time outside the job.

________________________________________________________
Tony Esposito Bridgewater State College
Assistant Dean Office for Student Affairs
Residence Life and Bridgewater, MA 02325
Campus Judicial Programs Fax:(508)531-6107
Telephone:(508)531-1276

Answers below

1. Do you allow RA's/CA's to hold another job?

Yes

2. If yes, are their restriction as to where (off campus, on campus, either)

No restrictions other than hours.

3. Do you restrict the number of hours?

5 hours off campus, 10 hours on campus

4. Other restrictions/expectations imposed.

None

As to Tony's comment about being able to control what RA's do during the
time that they are not actually working for you, we take the approach that
any outside committments effect the way an RA does his or her "job". Since
the RAs are technically 20 hr employees, and rarely do 20 structured hours
in a week, we place an expectation on them that they spend unstructured time
in their living areas "building community" The restriction on hours spent
at other jobs is usually tied to their ability to do this "community
building" time. The reality is that the restrictions are only enforced if
we see an RA's other job actually interfereing with his or her RA
responsibilities, so many RAs do work more than the allowed number of hours,
and most managed their schedules with no problem.

Hope this helps,

Steve Eubanks
Associate Director of Housing
Azusa Pacific University

Herb Jones
Hamilton/Whitten Hall Coordinator
Illinois State University
Normal, IL 61761
(309) 436-1716

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