WTP-ME - Residential Assistant Application Form
WTP-ME Track Coordinator: Barbara Hughey bhughey@mit.edu
If you are a current female MIT undergraduate student at MIT, and want to be a WTP Residential Assistant please complete
this Application Form and send by email along with a copy of your Resume to: wtp-me@mit.edu Interviews will be
scheduled as applications are received.
Be sure to carefully read the “WTP-ME Residential Assistant Job Description” preceding this Application Form.
Name:
MIT Student ID#:
Email address:
Phone #:
WTP staff must be 18 or older. On June 13, 2016 will you be:
__ 18 __ 19 __ 20 __ 21 __ older than 21?
MIT Department Major:
Current Year at MIT:
Frosh
Soph
list anticipated, if Freshman
Will you be a continuing MIT student next fall?
If not, why?
Current MIT Advisor:
Which track of WTP did you attend?
EECS
ME
What year?
List the MIT courses you took in the Fall 2015 Semester:
What will you do during IAP January 2016?
What Spring 2016 courses do you expect to take?
Activity
Experience with and Interest in Activity, Ideas for doing this activity during WTP
Cooking/Baking
Arts/Crafts
Organizing Events
Digital Photography
Video Editing
Website Editing
Monthbook Design
Have you ever worked as a:
TA
Tutor
Teacher
Please describe you responsibilities and feelings about the experience:
or
Camp Counselor?
Other jobs you have held (please also attach a Resume):
Outside interests (musical instruments, dance, sports, artistic, cooking, community, other):
What kinds of evening and weekend activities would you enjoy leading for the WTP students?
Do you speak any languages other than English?
If yes, which one(s)?
Please briefly describe your experience at WTP. Were you homesick? Did you feel the RA was a helpful presence in
the dorm? What, if anything, would you like to do the same or different as your RA?
Please talk about how your experiences both at WTP and since coming to MIT will enable you to help WTP students
who may be having difficulties adjusting to being away from home and the heavy workload.
Why do you want to be a WTP Residential Assistant?
Have you read the “WTP-ME Residential Assistant Job Description” attached to this Application Form?
YOU MUST NOT HOLD ANOTHER JOB DURING THE 7 SUMMER WEEKS YOU WORK FOR WTP !
Please email:
 this completed Application Form
 your Resume
to: wtp-me@mit.edu as soon as possible
Interviews will be scheduled as applications are received and we anticipate making an offer in late February. If you have
problems with this timeline, please contact us and we will try to accommodate your schedule. Even if you are unsure of your
summer plans, please apply now. If we decide to extend you an offer we will discuss the date by which you would need to
commit to WTP.
WTP-ME Residential Assistant Job Description
This is a paid full-time position for 7 weeks, plus MIT dorm housing and free food. Residential Assistants may not have
any other jobs, classes, or responsibilities during the 7 weeks of WTP: Monday, June 13 through Friday, July 29,
2016.
June 13 Move-in day: you may move into dorm after 3pm. WTP will reserve (and pay for) dorm Housing for Residential
Assts. from 6/13-7/29. Please note: WTP cannot provide housing for the weeks before or after WTP- it is up to the Tutor to
make her own arrangements.
June 14-24 Staff Training: meetings and class preparations M-F 9:30am – 5:30pm.
June 25 - July 23: WTP is In Session: Make the dorm your primary residence; sleep there unless it is your assigned night
off. During staff training you will receive your schedule of days/evenings off.
July 23 – 24: Planned WTP-ME 10th Reunion Activities: be available to participate and help as needed
July 25 - 29: Cleanup, hours 9:30am – 5:30pm, we will most likely finish on Thursday. Move out no later than 11 AM on Fri
July 29, 2016.
The Residential Assistant may not have any other jobs, classes, or responsibilities during the 7 weeks of WTP.
The Residential Assistant (WTP alumna who just finished her freshman year at MIT) will be helped in the dorm by 6
Residential Tutors who also help the 3 WTP-ME Instructors in the classroom.
The WTP-ME Residential Assistant has the following responsibilities:
 Be a mature influence and role model; provide the WTP students with emotional support and encouragement and work to
ensure their safety and well-being. Follow and enforce all WTP and MIT rules and behavior expectations. Monitor that
students sign out when leaving the dorm so we know where they are, especially if they are leaving campus. Know the
WTP emergency procedures and when to contact Campus Police or MIT Medical.
 Initiate and lead activities and entertainment in the dorm (such as movies, cooking, crafts, games) and communicate
information about these activities to students. When appropriate, email the EECS Track Coordinator several days in
advance to invite WTP-EECS students and staff to these events in order to promote interaction between the two
curriculum tracks.
 Especially at the beginning of the program, help students who are homesick or having trouble adjusting to WTP. Provide
the students with emotional support and encouragement; work to ensure their safety and well-being.
 Throughout the program plan evening “de-stressing” activities for the students, making sure to check with Instructors and
Tutors about the expected homework load for that evening.
 Organize cooking nights in the dorm. Help students and staff keep the floor kitchens organized and stocked with
community food and other supplies.
 Coordinate the creation of the WTP-ME Monthbook, assisting students with planning and production.
 Plan and accompany students on field trips and on other group trips on or away from campus.
 Socialize and dine with the students evenings and weekends and talk with them about MIT, prospective majors, and
college life, and be a person they feel they can approach with problems or concerns.
 Help the WTP-ME Track Coordinator with organizational details to keep the program running smoothly, including:
ordering and overseeing delivery of food for group dinners and lunch talks; updating schedule information on the WTPME website/wiki; taking photographs throughout the program and uploading them so that parents can view them on line.
 Attend scheduled daily staff meetings (Monday through Friday) when on duty with the WTP-ME staff.
 On arrival day greet WTP students arriving at MIT by car with their parents; assist WTP students arriving at Logan Airport
or South Station by meeting them at the baggage claim and helping them into the chartered bus or cabs to MIT. Help all
students get settled into their rooms and welcomed to the program.
 During the 4 weeks when the WTP students are at WTP, you must make McCormick your primary residence and spend
nights in your assigned WTP dorm room unless it is a scheduled off-duty night. No overnight guests (of either gender) are
ever allowed to stay in the Residential Staff or WTP student dorm rooms.
 Do everything you can to make the WTP experience fun, educational, and safe for our students!
The Residential Assistant will be provided with McCormick housing for all 7 weeks of WTP and do not need to reserve or pay
for their McCormick dorm housing--WTP will make their housing arrangements..
The Residential Assistants must sign and abide by the MIT Code of Conduct for Programs Involving Minors. You will also be
asked to undergo a routine background check before you are hired for the position. Residential Assistants are friendly to the
WTP high school students, but they are also figures of authority and responsibility who must enforce WTP rules and policies.
It is very important that Residential Assistant report anything that might require counseling, medical attention, or judicial
follow up as soon as possible to the WTP Track Coordinators to ensure the safety of the WTP students.
This is a time-consuming position that takes up days, nights, and weekends.
The job requires true commitment and dedication, but it is also lots of fun and very rewarding!