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Job Description
Job Description
Writer’s Studio Coordinator
POSITION SUMMARY
The Writer’s Studio Coordinator helps provide administrative oversight of the daily operations of the Writer’s Studio, including supervising student staff (Peer Learning Coaches). Provide training workshops, performance evaluations, and assessments for Peer Learning Coaches. Disseminate information about the Writer’s Studio to all students, faculty, and staff. Supervise tutoring sessions for all students. Track and report necessary data to both Title III, CAE, and CAS Create and maintain an event programming calendar with goals and objectives that align with the university vision for CAE, The Writer’s Studio, and greater HT community. Organize writing / or literacy related enrichment activities and programs for HT students.
TASKS & RESPONSIBILITIES
- Offer instructional support and professional development opportunities to students, faculty, and staff. Manage the computer lab that is housed within the Writers’ Studio.
- Assist the Director of The Center of Academic Excellence in creation and implantation of training workshops for Peer Learning Coaches.
- Employ technology, such as YouTube, Upswing, Signal Vine, and social media platforms to assist in the instructional support of student writers.
- Provide year-round targeted academic support, which may include subject-specific tutoring, group individual tutoring, student programming initiatives, student orientation programs, and academic workshops.
- Participate in weekly professional development and meetings to discuss student needs and develop skills to provide targeted supports. Meet regularly with the Director of The Center of Academic excellence and participate in regular feedback, including formal and informal observations.
- Attend onboarding and orientation prior to the start of the fall, summer, and spring sessions.
- Challenge students to reach content mastery through homework help and supplemental learning activities.
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KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, & ABILITIES
SUPERVISION
SALARY RANGE
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SETTING
Founded in 1875, Huston-Tillotson University is Austin's first institution of higher education. The University is an independent, liberal arts, church-related, historically black institution located on a 23-acre tree-lined campus near downtown Austin, Texas. The University is affiliated with United Methodist Church, the United Church of Christ, and the United Negro College Fund. Undergraduate, four-year degrees in business, education, the humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences are awarded. Huston-Tillotson University is multi-cultural, multi-ethnic, and multi-faith, and welcomes students of all ages, races, and religions. All faculty are engaged in a range of activities, their primary focus is teaching. The student-teacher ratio is 15 to one, which allows an environment of personalized attention to students.
Salary : $50,000
