Work Where You Learn: Build Experience, Grow Skills, and Contribute to Your University Community. This position is available only to enrolled American University students.
Department: School of International Service
Time Type: Part time
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
Summary
The Program Leader will serve as a student facilitator for the section of Encounters I for the AU-Ritsumeikan Sakura Scholars Program.
Program Leaders for Encounters I have various responsibilities, including updating their students about campus events and activities, hosting office hours, encouraging student engagement, and coordinating on course planning, facilitation, and classroom management/logistics. Encounters I sections will meet every other week, and Program Leaders are expected to attend all bi-weekly Encounters I classes for their assigned sections and assist the Instructor by offering their unique perspective as an AU student. Program Leaders may also assist with in-person events and lectures related to the course.
Essential Functions
- Participate in Program Leader training and meetings throughout the semester (dates TBA).
- Fulfill additional Move-In/All-American Welcome Week responsibilities as needed (for fall hires).
- Attend Encounters I classes as assigned.
- Coordinate and communicate with your assigned Instructor.
- Contribute to facilitating classroom dialogues.
- Hold office hours.
- Meet and/or communicate regularly with your assigned Senior Program Leader.
- Provide mentorship to students who are becoming academically/personally oriented to AU.
- Assist with in-person events and lectures related to the course as needed.
Position Type/Expected Hours of Work
- Part-time.
- 5 hours per week.
Salary Range
$18.40 - $18.50 per hour.
Required Education and Experience
- Undergraduate student with sophomore standing or in their second year at AU with a minimum of 30 credits completed.
- Completion of both AUx1 (CORE-100/101/196) and AUx2 or AU Encounters (CORE-200/201), unless it was not a requirement for you.
- At least a 3.00 cumulative grade point average.
- Good judicial standing.
- Demonstrated leadership in the American University community.
- Resident Assistants and Complex Problems Program Leaders are eligible to apply.
Preferred Education and Experience
- Encounter AU is a course that explores what it means to be part of a university, not just a collection of buildings and rules, but a living community of people, ideas, and transformation. The Peer Leader for the Sakura Scholars section of Encounters I should have an interest in orienting students to the education systems of both the United States and Japan.
- Current students in the AU-Ritsumeikan Sakura Scholars program are preferred.
Additional Eligibility Qualifications
- Final hiring is contingent on the Encounters Program’s ability to assign you to the Sakura Scholars section based on the availability you provide.
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