• Lead Residential Life Team for one (of two) YYGS residential colleges or lead Student Experience projects in large scale events or participant wellness.  

• Empower staff to work independently and together. Support their needs, monitor their work ethics and quality of work, manage their schedules, and provide constructive feedback.  

• Be responsible for the daily operations of our Residential College, including Program Offices and ensure all residential needs of participants and residential staff are met (facilities and accommodations, etc.) and report any concerns.  

• Participants visit the Program Office for all of their non-academic residential needs such as lost keys, roommate conflicts, access to music/prayer rooms, maintenance issues, and participant sign in/out of game equipment.  

• Instructors visit the Program Office to check out supplies that might be needed for their lessons.  

• Support Wellness of students in coordination with the Yale Health Center 

• Assist with management of participant check-in/check-out procedures. Residential College Lead’s responsibilities include ensuring that all participants successfully arrive at the program (and reporting students who are not accounted for to the ADRL) and overseeing prox card, nametag, room key distribution. Check-out procedures include facilitating room inspections and managing the return of prox cards, and room keys.  

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• Work collaboratively as a team to ensure all 650 participants are accounted for in every academic class session (lecture, breakout sessions, capstone project groups, and seminars), residential activity, and all other scheduled events. Actively seek out participants who are unaccounted for these sessions.  

• Mentor participants and enforce program rules which include respect for the property of the residential college and all individuals in the vicinity, including Yale affiliates who share the space with YYGS.  

• Collaborate with leadership to make sure all participants understand and respect the evening curfew and program boundaries while being approachable, so participants are comfortable reaching out when in need. 

• Host opening day Welcome & Orientation presentation by residential college. 

• Host Residential Events by residential college. 

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• YYGS Speaker Series I & II, this event is a Ted Talk style of opportunity in which participants are invited to share on a special interest topic (can be academic or non-academic) to their peers. 

• Talent Show, this event is for participants to showcase their hidden skills in front of their respective residential college.  

• Last Night Party, this event is the celebration marking the end of the participants' time at YYGS. Staff will chaperone this event to ensure participant safety. 

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• Helps students when they get locked out by keeping an accurate key inventory and encouraging good residential habits through educational conversations to support college readiness.  

• Adhere to and implement strategies as set forth by ADRL for disciplinary action of YYGS participants and staff alike, including proper documentation of all interactions (disciplinary, academic, or interpersonal in nature).  

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• Be the primary point of contact during the sessions for participants including carrying and answering the program's cell phone during the day and overnight (when on shift).  

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• This may include speaking to concerned parents, going to hospital with injured students, or assisting students who are locked out of their rooms. 

• Communicate any concerns about participants to the ADRL in an appropriate and timely fashion.  

• By the end of summer programming, submit recommendations for edits to overall residential experience.  

This is due prior to ADRL at least 2 days prior to the end of the program. 

• Perform other related functions at the direction of the Leadership Team.