Housing Curriculum Assessment Internship

Job Description

For students who have an interest or tied academically to education and/or marketing, this role will be able to allow students to:

  1. Get hands-on practice assessing and contributing to an existing curriculum to benefit their own education, as well as advance their real-life application of the subject
  2. Gain experience in collecting, assessing and reporting data, as well as provide valuable insight to promote changes in the department and its practices

Year 1
Responsibility/Function

  • Synthesizing assessment data of curriculum initiatives for all 8 residence halls
    • Floor Meetings (August, November, January & April)
    • Educational Initiatives (September, October, November, February, March & April)
    • Intentional Conversations (September, November, March & May)
  • Reporting data for the department and making visual charts denoting trends and important information
  • Managing the Residence Life & Housing alumni program
    • Communicating with alumni to gather information and make connections
    • Pairing current RAs with alumni mentors
    • Assessing benefits and potential areas of growth within the program

Year 2
Responsibility/Function

  • Synthesizing assessment data of curriculum initiatives for all 8 residence halls
    • Floor Meetings (August, November, January & April)
    • Educational Initiatives (September, October, November, February, March & April
    • Intentional Conversations (September, November, March & May)
  • Reporting data for the department and making visual charts denoting trends and important information
  • Attend Curriculum workgroup meetings
  • Use Qualtrics to create surveys for student staff and assess data
  • Managing the Residence Life & Housing Alumni Program
    • Communicating with alumni to gather information and make connections
    • Pairing current RAs with alumni mentors
    • Assessing benefits and potential areas of growth within the program

Year 3
Responsibility/Function

  • Synthesizing assessment data of curriculum initiatives for all 8 residence halls
    • Floor Meetings (August, November, January & April)
    • Educational Initiatives (September, October, November, February, March & April
    • Intentional Conversations (September, November, March & May)
  • Reporting data for the department and making visual charts denoting trends and important information
  • Attend Curriculum workgroup meetings
    • Facilitate focus groups of residential students to assess curriculum improvements
  • Use Qualtrics to create surveys for student staff and assess data
    • Assess data from RA training initiatives
  • Managing the Residence Life & Housing alumni program
    • Communicating with alumni to gather information and make connections
    • Pairing current RAs with alumni mentors
    • Assessing benefits and potential areas of growth within the program

*Students are prohibited from driving during work-study employment with the limited exception of authorized work-study driver positions.

Starting Date

Department Information

Contact Name

Tracey Mallory

Department

Residence Life & Housing

Phone Number

401-254-3161

Email

tmallory@rwu.edu