What is a Community Director?
The community director (CD) provides leadership, management, supervision and development for a residence hall or apartment community. A community is defined as one large residential facility or several smaller residential facilities (approximately 700-1,100 students). The position provides high level customer service and creates a community that fosters academic excellence and personal growth for its residents. The job also promotes an inclusive living-learning environment and partners with a diverse group of staff, students and faculty to develop and implement the Residential Learning Model and related programs that promote the mission of the university. The CD is responsible for a variety of administrative, operational and conferences functions associated with the management of the residence hall/apartment community.
What is an Assistant Community Director?
The assistant community director (ACD) position is a half-time live-in graduate assistantship within the Department of Residence Education and Housing Services. Assistant community directors are responsible for developing living-learning environments coinciding with the mission and goals of Michigan State University and Residence Education and Housing Services.
The ACD is responsible for the general supervision of the resident-assistant staff and supporting the building community director in the planning, implementation and evaluation of a comprehensive community and student development program for a residential community of 700-1,110 undergraduate and/or graduate students. ACDs assume primary responsibility for assisting undergraduate resident assistants increase the skill level in their job functions. ACDs are responsible for staff supervision and training, student organization advising, individual student development, and administrative and departmental responsibilities. The ACD is supervised by a full-time community director.
