Nonprofit
Residential Teaching Assistant (RTA)
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Description
Residential Teaching Assistants (RTAs) supervise and support one group of 10-14 residents in the residence hall. As role models, RTAs build a safe, nurturing and fun environment for students. They promote the academic and social success of students by running activities, leading study sessions, and supervising on-campus and off-campus events. Auxiliary Residential Teaching Assistants (ARTAs) supervise the arrival and departure of students on the airport shuttle on opening and closing days. ARTAs support students when RTAs are scheduled for time off. All residential staff complete student supervision duties to support the residential program, including breakfast, lunch, and dinner supervision. RTAs live among their residents and have rotating overnight responsibilities.
Please visit our Job Opportunities page to review residential leadership positions!
Residential Teaching Assistants (RTAs) supervise and support one group of 10-14 residents in the residence hall. As role models, RTAs build a safe, nurturing and fun environment for students. They promote the academic and social success of students by running activities, leading study sessions, and supervising on-campus and off-campus events. Auxiliary Residential Teaching Assistants (ARTAs) supervise the arrival and departure of students on the airport shuttle on opening and closing days. ARTAs support students when RTAs are scheduled for time off. All residential staff complete student supervision duties to support the residential program, including breakfast, lunch, and dinner supervision. RTAs live among their residents and have rotating overnight responsibilities.
Please visit our Job Opportunities page to review residential leadership positions!
Benefits
Gain summer conference experience in an academic summer camp setting.
- Provide direct supervision to bright students, ages 10-18.
- Develop students’ social-emotional skills such as openness to new experiences and the ability to plan.
- Promote inclusive, safe, positive, and fun community among students in your group.
- Lead residential activities and weekend excursions for students ages 10-18.
- Learn and practice conflict mediation techniques.
- Practice vertical and lateral communication skills.
- Gain 24-7 on-call & crisis response experience.
- Host two or three sets of move-in and move-out days, assisting up to 300 students and their families.
- Network with residence life professionals at Northwestern University.
Gain summer conference experience in an academic summer camp setting.
- Provide direct supervision to bright students, ages 10-18.
- Develop students’ social-emotional skills such as openness to new experiences and the ability to plan.
- Promote inclusive, safe, positive, and fun community among students in your group.
- Lead residential activities and weekend excursions for students ages 10-18.
- Learn and practice conflict mediation techniques.
- Practice vertical and lateral communication skills.
- Gain 24-7 on-call & crisis response experience.
- Host two or three sets of move-in and move-out days, assisting up to 300 students and their families.
- Network with residence life professionals at Northwestern University.
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How to Apply
The next step in our hiring process is for you to complete a job application through Human Resources at Northwestern. Feel free to stay in touch with any questions along the way.
- Navigate to: https://careers.northwestern.edu
- Sign-in or create a new user account.
- Search by “CTD," “Grades 6-12,” or "PreK-Grade 5" and the job title, (ex: CTD Teaching Assistant or CTD Residential Teaching Assistant)
- Select "Apply for this Job," and you are off and running.
If you have any trouble with the NUHR application, please call the office of Human Resources at 847-491-4700. Alternatively, you can email at askHR@northwestern.edu (We can’t troubleshoot with HR’s system.).
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The next step in our hiring process is for you to complete a job application through Human Resources at Northwestern. Feel free to stay in touch with any questions along the way…
