VIL College Mentor Verizon Grant (Hourly) 1

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Austin Community College is a public two-year institution that serves a multicultural population of approximately 41000 credit students each Fall and Spring semester. We embrace our identity as a community college as reflected in our mission statement. We promote student success and community development by providing affordable access through traditional and distance learning modes to higher education and workforce training including appropriate applied baccalaureate degrees in our service area.

As a community college committed to our mission we seek to recruit and retain a workforce that:

• Values intellectual curiosity and innovative teaching

• Is attracted by the colleges mission to promote equitable access to educational opportunities

• Cares about student success and collaborates on strategies to facilitate success for populations including; first generation college students low-income students and students from underserved communities.

• Focused on student academic achievement and postgraduate outcomes

• Welcomes difference and models respectful interaction with others

• Engages with the community both within and outside of ACC

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VIL College Mentor: Verizon Grant

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General Statement of Job

The College mentors serve as the primary lead in all mentoring activities. The mentors are tasked with facilitating the mentoring curriculum throughout the summer camp to the middle school students. During the summer camp mentors will also be tasked with assisting with the camp and act as an IA for the instructor of record.

Description of Duties and Tasks

Essential duties and responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Takes accountability for the responsibilities of the summer camp mentoring activities as stated in the curriculum.

• Takes the lead in small group discussions.

• Provides classroom support for the lead instructor.

• Prepare classroom equipment and instructional materials for lessons.

• Utilizes best practices concerning classroom management to foster student persistence and success.

• Collaborates closely with program personnel to maximize academic benefits for each student.

• Help maintain up-to-date student progress attendance and behavior records.

• Attends program meetings and training as assigned.

• Assists with additional program duties as assigned.

Knowledge

Must possess the required knowledge and be able to explain and demonstrate with or without reasonable accommodations that the essential functions of the job can be performed.

• Knowledge of mentorship experience and/or willingness to be challenged to build skills and set and pursue career academic personal social and cultural development goals.

• Knowledge of various effective teaching techniques.

• Effective classroom management and interpersonal communication methods.

Skills

Must possess required skills and be able to explain and demonstrate with or without reasonable accommodations that the essential functions of the job can be performed.

• Maintaining an established work schedule.

• Maintaining confidentiality of students and other work-related information.

• Effectively using interpersonal and communications skills including tact patience diplomacy sensitivity and flexibility as it relates to working with students from varied socioeconomic backgrounds and learning styles.

• Effectively using organizational and planning skills with attention to detail and follow-through.

• Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with people of multicultural backgrounds including students instructors tutors and staff.

• Ability to apply knowledge of current education and instructional theories methodologies techniques and principles.

• Ability to apply knowledge of the subject area.

Technology Skills

• Demonstrate proficiency using computer applications online resources and other technologies for the classroom.

• Demonstrate proficiency using an online learning management system such as Canvas or Blackboard to develop and build course content and perform administrative duties.

Required Work Experience

• 1-year related work experience Preferred Work Experience

• Recent formal and informal classroom experience coursework or other activity with students at the specified grade levels.

• Knowledge of current instructional strategies appropriate for students at the specified grade levels.

• Has a desire to learn more about STEM.

• Experience delivering lessons and/or leading discussions

Required Education

• Must be current College Student

Other Preferred Qualifications

• Valid Texas Drivers License and reliable transportation for travel within the ACC service area.

Physical Requirements

• Work is performed in a classroom environment on campus in an academic setting. Subject to standing walking sitting bending reaching kneeling pushing and pulling. Occasional lifting of objects up to 20 pounds.

$3000 stipend (2 positions)

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Clery Act

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Austin Community College produces an Annual Security Report as required by the Clery Act. This report includes statistics from the previous three years concerning reported crime that occurred on campus; public property adjacent to and accessible from campus; and in certain non-campus buildings/property owned or controlled by ACC. The report includes institutional policies concerning campus security and other safety information.

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Disclaimer

The above description is an overview of the job. It is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities of the job nor is it an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Duties and responsibilities may change with business needs. ACC reserves the right to add change amend or delete portions of this job description at any time with or without notice. Employees may be required to perform other duties as requested directed or addition reasonable accommodations may be made by ACC at its discretion to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions of the job.