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campus job," Tumbarello says.
"Most RA compensation is in room
and board, so this gives them some
spending money. I wanted to protect
that 10 hours." When he examined
the RA position, he aimed to keep
it to 15, or preferably 14, hours per
week. Georgia Southern, on the other
hand, does not allow their CLs to hold
another position. This reduces their
pool of candidates, as some students
will choose to work elsewhere on or off
campus and earn more cash instead of
receiving part of their compensation in
the form of room and board.
Tracking hours and duties also
changes the nature of the position.
"It's changing how students view the
job," Watts says. "Their motivation
changes, and that's sad to me." The
CLs were more likely to take on
volunteer work in the past, while now
they are reluctant to do so because
it "doesn't count." "If you can only
work 25 hours a week and 12 of that
is duty, then that's a significant drop
in what else you can do for the week,"
Watts says. RAs who don't have
duty hours that week wind up in the
reverse situation: "Students who are
on duty have no problem getting to
20, but if they don't have a duty night
it's harder to get to 20. It's changing
how students view the job." Tracking
can also leave less time for creative
projects, such as door decorations and
bulletin boards. "These are little things
that impact community," Watts notes.
Department administrative assistants
and other student employees can pick
up some of that work, but not all of it.
Tumbarello says that tracking has also
led to less autonomy in the position.
Before, University of WisconsinWhitewater RAs could work on
creative projects whenever they liked,
but now they must do door decorations
and bulletin boards during duty hours
for maximum efficiency.
As the effects of ACA and the
changes to the Fair Labor Standards
Act - which will raise the limit for the
white collar exemption to overtime
to $47,476 - become fully realized,
the RA position and other live-in/
on positions will adjust. Evinger says
that Clemson is preparing: "We're
talking to community directors and
their supervisors on their positions to
see about redesigning their roles," she
says. While this isn't the RA - or RD
or CD - role we are used to, this is an
opportunity to rethink these positions
and the core values of student
housing. "Let's not do 5,000 things
poorly," says Evinger. "Let's do a few
things really well. You have to think
about priorities."
Emily Glenn is the corporate librarian for
ACUHO-I.
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Talking Stick - July/August 2016
Contents
Vision
Just In
Calendar
Your ACUHO-I
Transitions
Res Life
Special Focus
Regroup
ACUHO-I Awards
Thinking Ahead
Working Overtime
Conversations
First Takes
Around Student Affairs
New Members
Snapshot
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Talking Stick - July/August 2016 - Cover2
Talking Stick - July/August 2016 - 1
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Talking Stick - July/August 2016 - Contents
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Talking Stick - July/August 2016 - Vision
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Talking Stick - July/August 2016 - Just In
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Talking Stick - July/August 2016 - Calendar
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Talking Stick - July/August 2016 - Your ACUHO-I
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Talking Stick - July/August 2016 - Transitions
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Talking Stick - July/August 2016 - Res Life
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Talking Stick - July/August 2016 - 27
Talking Stick - July/August 2016 - Special Focus
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Talking Stick - July/August 2016 - Regroup
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Talking Stick - July/August 2016 - First Takes
Talking Stick - July/August 2016 - Around Student Affairs
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