2014-2015 Returning Residence Life Application

Office of the Dean of Students

Please save and email your application to housing@bates.edu by your deadline: JA apps due at noon on Feb. 3, RC & RCTL apps due at 4pm on Feb. 7.

1. Please type or print the following:

Which position are you applying for?

Name: ___________________________________ Class Year ____________________

Major _________________________________ Student ID# _____________________

Campus residence/room number: __________________________ Box #: ___________

E-mail: ______________________________ Phone number: _____________________

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2. Please list all Residence Halls/Houses lived in at Bates:

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3. RC/THRC/RCTL Applicants ONLY: Please list your top six housing preferences. Note that RC Team Leaders live in first year buildings with a group of JAs. In the 2013-2014 year, RCTLs lived in: 280 College, Page, Parker, Rand, and Smith. If selected, you will be housed based on your strengths and abilities as displayed in your application and your interview. We will certainly take your preferences into consideration, but cannot guarantee them. It is our goal to hire the best candidates and place them in the most successful positions. Please note that it is the expectation of the Office of the Dean of Students that you will accept the position regardless of placement.

1. ____________________________ 4. _____________________________

2. ____________________________ 5. _____________________________

3. ____________________________ 6. _____________________________

4. THRC and RCTL Applicants: Given previous numbers of qualified candidates for this position, would you also be interested in the Residence Coordinator position?

RCTL candidates please list your top three choices of non-FY residences. Please note that this will not detract from your candidacy as a Residence Coordinator Team Leader.

1. __________________________	2. _________________________

3.___________________________

5. List all work experiences, campus officer or leadership positions, and other significant extracurricular activities in which you have participated during your time at Bates.

6. What do you feel were your three best programs? Please briefly describe them and explain why.

7. References: List here the names of a faculty or staff members who has agreed to write references for you:

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List here the name of one past or current JA or RC who has agreed to write a reference for you:

1. ___________________________

8. Essays

Junior Advisor applicants: Please write a personal statement (approximately 1 page) in which you discuss the following topics:

What do you feel are the most important challenges facing incoming first-year students?

How were you able to help first-years to face those challenges?

What have you learned in your year(s) as a Junior Advisor?

Based on what you have learned, what would you do differently next year? Please use specific examples.

Residence Coordinator applicants: The RC serves as a resource who is responsible for helping students achieve their educational, personal, and social goals within the residential context. They will build community and coordinate activities within the hall or house. The RC recognizes the need for harmony as well as diversity within the residential system and strives to ensure a high quality environment for all students. Lastly, they must also balance the desires of student residents with college and state rules, laws and regulations.

If you are a Former JA: Please attach a concise statement (approximately one page) explaining your reasons for applying for the RC position. Please reflect on your past year as a JA and discuss things you learned from this year that will inform your experience as an RC if re-hired.

If you are a Former RC: Please attach a concise statement (approximately one page) explaining your reasons for re-applying for the RC position. Please reflect on your past year as an RC and discuss things you learned from this year and how you will improve for next year if re-hired.

Theme House Residence Coordinator Applicants: The THRC serves as a resource that is responsible for helping students achieve their educational, personal, and social goals within the residential context. They will build community and coordinate activities within the hall or house. They will also work with the respective Theme House Representatives to ensure that programming is strong in those residences. The THRC recognizes the need for harmony as well as diversity within the residential system and strives to ensure a high quality environment for all students. Lastly, they must also balance the desires of student residents with college and state rules, laws and regulations.

If you are a Former JA: Please attach a concise statement (not more than one typewritten page) explaining your reasons for applying for the THRC position. Please reflect on your past year as a JA and discuss things you learned from this year that will inform your experience as the THRC if re-hired.

If you are a Former RC: Please attach a concise statement (not more than one typewritten page) explaining your reasons for re-applying for the THRC position. Please reflect on your past year as an RC and discuss things you learned from this year and how you will use this in your role as the TCRC if re-hired.

Residence Coordinator Team Leader applicants: The RCTL serves as a resource who is responsible for helping students achieve their educational, personal, and social goals within the residential context. The RCTL is primarily responsible for supporting the JAs in their building to be successful in their position. They will also work to build community and coordinate activities within the hall or house. The RC Team Leader recognizes the need for harmony as well as diversity within the residential system and strives to ensure a high quality environment for all students. Lastly, the RCTL must also balance the desires of student residents with college and state rules, laws and regulations.

Please attach a concise statement (not more than one to two typewritten page) explaining your reasons for applying for the RCTL position. Please give careful consideration to the goals stated above in writing your essay. How would you contribute to the realization of these goals? Please pay particular attention in your response to the ways in which you feel you’d be able to support the JAs that you’d be working with and the qualities that you posses that would make you a good fit for that type of support role.

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Essay:

8. Interview. Each candidate will be interviewed. Please check all times below when you would be available. You will be scheduled for one of these times, so please ensure that you will be able to attend all times that you check. You will be notified by e-mail to confirm your date and time. Interviews will take approximately 20 minutes.

JA Applicants:

Monday, Feb 10 Tuesday, Feb 11 Wednesday, Feb 12 Thursday, Feb 13

RC/THRC/RCTL Applicants:

Monday, Feb. 24	Tuesday, Feb. 25	Wednesday, Feb. 26	Thursday, Feb. 27

Please save as a PDF and email your application to housing@bates.edu by your deadline: JA apps due at noon on Feb. 3, RC & RCTL apps due at 4pm on Feb. 7.