The FSY Residential Counselor is responsible for advising and counseling a small group of students. Counselors oversee the welfare of each of their students and are the first point of contact when students have questions or problems. Counselors work under close supervision of a Residential Director and FSY Program staff with whom they meet weekly for reporting and planning. Throughout the summer, Counselors participate in community duties and curriculum work, helping to organize events and activities and to ensure the program runs smoothly.
FSY may adjust the activities and/or responsibilities associated with these positions in response to guidance on COVID-19 from state, local, and university authorities. Any changes will not affect compensation for this position. Counselors are not responsible for enforcing public-health guidelines, although they may serve in an educational function for the FSY community.
Any currently enrolled Yale undergraduate or graduate student in good academic standing or any Yale alumnus is eligible to apply. While no single formula can describe the sort of person who would make the most effective counselor, applicants should be mature students who enjoy working with others and who feel committed to the intellectual and social values of residential college life. The job also requires excellent communication skills, resourcefulness, integrity, good judgment, and energy.
FSY Counselors will be paid a stipend of $2,250. Please note that the stipend may be contingent on other Yale funding received.
FSY Counselors are given free room and board for the orientation period and the ten weeks of YSS, plus a tuition reduction for the equivalent of one summer course credit. We recommend that counselors who choose to take advantage of their free course credit take the course in Session A. Counselors who would like to take a course during Session B should note this on their application as they will need to obtain permission from FSY staff to ensure that the course will not conflict with their counselor responsibilities. If an FSY Counselor decides not to enroll in a summer course, this tuition reduction cannot be converted into an additional stipend.
The Counselor position requires a significant commitment during summer. Counselors may undertake limited part-time employment and other activities only if these extra commitments do not conflict with their scheduled counselor responsibilities.
FSY Counselors are entitled to housing on campus beginning on May 23, 2024, and they may move into their rooms on May 23, 2024, at the same time as the YSS staff. Counselors who elect to move into housing later, must notify the FSY staff of their move in plans by April 28. FSY Counselors must be on campus no later than 4:00 p.m., Thursday, June 20, 2024. Counselors will be required to attend mandatory training sessions beginning on Thursday evening and all day on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, ending with the first move-in of counselees on Monday. This training cannot be missed, made up, or sacrificed due to conflicts with other programs’ commitments or training sessions. Inability to make the training sessions will result in the forfeiture of the counselor position. Counselor duties continue through Sunday, August 4, 2024. The Residential Life Staff is expected to participate in the end-of-summer staff event.
To be effective in their work, counselors should be familiar with the academic, dormitory, and dining hall regulations of Yale Summer Session. The counselors pledge to uphold these regulations and ensure that FSY students comply with them as well. This obligation is especially strong with regard to monitoring the protection of personal and university property, the residents’ right to safety and quiet, and the legal control of alcohol and other drugs. Counselors must conduct themselves in a way that models the behavior expected of the students in the college.
Please note that Yale student health insurance coverage ends July 31 for graduated students. This position does not provide extended health benefits beyond July 31.
Yale Summer Session is an academic community dedicated to the advancement of learning and abides by the guidelines detailed by Yale College’s Undergraduate Regulations as follow: 1) All staff and students should be committed to protecting free expression and peaceful dissent and to preserving mutual respect and charitable relations among all members of the Summer Session community. 2) Physical restriction, coercion, or intimidation of any member of the YSS community is contrary to the basic principles of the University. 3) Violations of these principles may result in immediate and permanent separation from Yale Summer Session.