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Peer Academic Coach

#45806
Academic Success

Details:

  • Category: On-Campus
  • Position Type: Student Hourly
  • Posted on: March 22, 2024
  • Open until: filled
  • Work Hours: 8-12 hours per week
  • Wage: $10.50 - $11.50
  • Location: Cedar City, UT

Description:

THE COMPASS PROGRAM is seeking Peer Academic Coaches (PACs) to support cohorts of approximately 35 first-year students who are provisionally admitted. As a PAC, you meet with students during bi-weekly 30-minute coaching sessions and serve as a teaching assistant for face-to-face SUU 1050: College Student Success classes.

THE ACADEMIC RECOVERY PROGRAM is seeking Peer Academic Coaches (PACs) to support cohorts of approximately 35 students on Academic Probation. As a PAC, you meet with students during monthly individual coaching sessions and serve as a teaching assistant for face-to-face or online SUU 1060: Academic Wellness classes.

PACs assist students as they develop and strengthen skills that promote resilience, confidence, and self-directed learning. Such skills include:

  • Clarifying academic goals and practical steps towards achieving these goals

  • Building motivation, self-confidence, and accountability

  • Implementing routines for organization and time management

  • Strengthening study skills (i.e. reading comprehension, note-taking, review, and test-taking strategies)

  • Accessing resources

  • Adapting to new challenges.

Start Date: August 23, 2024

**TO APPLY, SUBMIT THESE THREE ITEMS on this Google form https://forms.gle/Yg6kDPvK6qUuTUN17

  1. Your contact information,

  2. A letter of interest tailored to this position, and

  3. A resume (in PDF format)

FIRST CONSIDERATION of applicants will be Thursday, April 4th; positions will remain open until filled. Invitations to interview will be sent by email.

Qualifications:

  • Sophomore status or higher

  • 3.00 GPA or higher

  • Full-time student at SUU

  • Minimum of one semester completed at SUU prior to Fall 2024

  • FERPA training and certification required upon hire

***For more information: https://www.suu.edu/academicsuccess/academicrecovery/

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