CA Of The Strip

The CA She Never Had



                    "I became a CA because I want to be the CA I never had" said by Emily Henderson. She wanted to have relationships and be engaged with her residents. She also commented "fun but professional" that means she can be fun, but when its time to do her job she was serious about it. "Its hard but my planner helps through out the year, and its important to know when to say no." after she explained how she handle being a student and being a CA. She is not a regular CA, she takes this job with a lot of excitement and joy. 

                               

                                                 Emily Henderson is from Lords Valley, PA. She is 5'4 and wear glasses. "She has that mom voice, you know her voice from a far" words from a resident on her floor. She loves to have conversations with her residents or do activities with them. "I believe I can talk to her about college stuff or some personal stuff." said by another resident on her floor. 
   
                         Emily didn't know she was going to be a CA when she was coming into college. Her CA wasn't what she thought she would be. She found that out by asking her CA about her roommate, "me and my roommate had problems, and my CA didn't help or care" said by her with a very mad face. That made her think about becoming a CA just because of that moment of her life. So when she became one, she said she would be better and more caring for her residents. 

                           http://reslife.bloomu.edu/employment-ca.php
                                                         
                                          "The overall goal of a Community Assistant is to serve as a peer educator and helper while facilitating the personal and academic growth and development of residential students. CAs are chosen on the basis of leadership experiences, interpersonal skills, interest in working with students to develop a positive floor/hall/apartment community, and willingness to be actively involved in their own personal growth and development." this is what you need to become a CA. "More requirements for CA's are you have to be a undergraduate student, good academic standing with at least a 2.40 cumulative GPA, good judicial standing with no current disciplinary sanctions".

                             The CA's got to build relationships with their residents. "Has to plan events for a her residents, so they connect with each other. Some responsibilities they have are attend all training and staff development activities assist with all openings/closings weekly staff meetings". They also have to gain trust from their residents, so they would have conversations with them. They also have to be a responsible CA at all times on campus.

The Good And Bad Of This Job

                            The good of being CA; first the room fee get waived. Another good thing is they get to meet the freshman's and have conversations with them. They get to hear stories of people college experiences and tell experiences. Another good part of being a CA is seeing your residents around campus. Lastly CA can build bonds with their residents.


The bad of being CA; first is time, not being able to be with friends all the time. Second is remembering that you are a CA, and you can’t do what other students do. It’s not a lot of bad points of being a CA. Also, Emily didn’t mention much about the bad of being a CA. “I have limitations on what I can do and can’t do, and certain weekends we can’t go out” she said with a slight frown on face. That’s the only thing Emily said bad about her job.

              

How Emily Life Changed After Being A CA            

                                    
First, “sit down with adviser, and schedule her classes by her goals” was the first thing Emily did to schedule her classes with her CA job. She had to limit her time with her friends, most of her time was school and being a CA. She had to make time to plan activities for her residents or time to have a conversation with them. On her free time, she tries to meet new people in her hall or campus.

              Emily believes she is doing a good job with being a CA. She connects with her residents, shows respects and gets respect in return. Her resident thinks highly of her, no bad things said about Emily. When she’s in her dorm, her door is open for her resident to come and conversation. “we call Elwell 4^th floor east the strip” words from Emily with a big smile on her face.