ACE Course Assistant-Ethics of Refugee and Immigrant Education

Northfield, OH - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 4 days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Description

POSITION DESCRIPTION:
ED 346 includes an Academic Civic Engagement (ACE) component which will involve all students doing 10 hours of volunteer service with immigrants and/or order to support the ACE experience there is funding available from the Svoboda Center for Civic Engagement to hire one ACE Course Assistant who will be available in class to assist the professor and support students.

Please upload a resume and unofficial transcript to your application.

TRANSFERRABLE SKILLS:
Communicate digitally and in-person with diverse people and communities
Manage event scheduling and logistics
Facilitate reflection among and with peers

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Coordinate Sites: As directed working with Alyssa Melby Svoboda Center Director and course instructor Prof. Noelle Roubinek contact host teachers in early February to 1) confirm that they still are interested in having students volunteer in their classrooms and how many what times and days what kind of population and tasks. 2) Update list of options accordingly. 3) Confirm name email and physical address of host teachers. 3) Manage Google sheet with sign-up options 4) Manage Google sheet with log of hours and description of tasks
Coordinate Student transportation to/from placements including 1) Send out google doc to find drivers including days times sites 2) Reserve vans as needed using ACE budget code
Answer any questions about the ACE hours log/ issues during placement including 1) choosing placements that are the best fit- in and out of class 2) Communicate with students to ensure they sign up by the due date. Students MUST stay with the same placement and MUST attend at the time and day they sign up for every week. No changing hours days times etc. without instructor approval; 3) how to log their hours 4) talking through issues that might arise during ACE placement and offering guidance

Total Hours for Semester: 13-15 hours (1-2 hour/week on average) before the end of the term but largely focused on the months of February March and April.

The ACE Course Assistant will be required to create a Google doc in which you log your hours for ACE Course Assistant work & share with Noelle Roubinek and Alyssa Melby. Keep updated as work is conducted.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Education: Student in academic good standing. Must have completed a 200-level Education course.

Experience: Students should have experience working in professional businesses and organizations preferably nonprofit settings. Student should have a strong sense of service and strongly committed to refugee/immigrant education

Skills: Ideal candidate would have skills in the following:
Detail-oriented speedy technical skills with Google Docs Spreadsheets Forms
Excellent oral and written communication skills including quick & appropriate response to emails and tactful communication with host teachers
Ability to proactively anticipate issues and trouble-shoot with students and instructor

Letter of recommendation provided upon successful completion if desired.

Wage Range: $12.25

DISCLAIMER: This job description is for general information purposes. It is not intended to list all duties and responsibilities of the position. This job description is subject to change at any time by St. Olaf College with or without prior notice.

Required Experience:

Junior IC

DescriptionPOSITION DESCRIPTION: ED 346 includes an Academic Civic Engagement (ACE) component which will involve all students doing 10 hours of volunteer service with immigrants and/or order to support the ACE experience there is funding available from the Svoboda Center for Civic Engagement to hir...