Job Information
Mid Michigan College Mid College Assistant - Tuscola Tech Center in Caro, Michigan
Mid College Assistant - Tuscola Tech Center
Job ID: 2024-2348
Category: Education
Type: Hourly (Part-time) Pay/Salary (Min) USD $15.00/Hr.
EDUStaff Position: Individuals hired into this position will be employed by EDUStaff and assigned to Mid Michigan College.
Overview
Mid Michigan College seeks individuals who: value collegiality and mutual respect; use data in decision making; are innovative; are service minded; are goal oriented; strive to continually improve themselves and their work processes; are willing to collaborate and seek to add value in every interaction.
Mid College Assistants (MCA) are individuals who should have completed historically difficult college-level coursework (same course or related course) and possess the ability to promote student learning and success. These assistants attend class lectures and facilitate optional study and review sessions for students enrolled in these targeted courses. The MCA is responsible for identifying challenging content and developing session activities to help students learn, process, and apply course material. They encourage peer-to-peer interactions and collaboration, integrating "how to learn" strategies into their sessions. The MCA is also responsible for ensuring classroom technology (Zoom) is operational each class meeting period, as well as troubleshooting any other related classroom startup issues.
These are courses being offered at the Tuscola Technical Center in Caro, MI with a projected start date of October 7, 2024. Mid seeks an MCA who can assist one or more of the following courses:
COM.257.V02C T,TH 3:00-4:20 PM
ENG.111.V04C M,W 3:00-4:20 PM
MAT.212.V01C T,TH 4:30-5:50 PM
PSY.101.V03C M,W 4:30-5:50 PM
Additionally, supervision will be needed on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays for the fall 2024 semester from 8:30 AM - 11:00 AM (2.5 hours) and 12:00 PM - 2:30 PM (2.5 hours). The position shall not exceed 29 hours per week.
Responsibilities
- Attend all lectures for the selected course, take notes, review homework, and read assigned materials.
- Facilitate weekly learning and study and review sessions, promoting peer-to-peer interactions and integrating a variety of "how to learn" strategies into sessions.
- Develop study and review session plans and upload them to Moodle or Google Drive (as directed by supervisor).
- Create handouts or other activities to encourage collaboration, learning, and problem-solving.
- Communicate with course instructor throughout the term to identify difficult content to process, practice, or review in study sessions.
- Meet with supervisor to discuss collaborative activities, learning/study strategies, or potential problems or challenges.
- Assist with study and review outreach activities and communicate session content and availability to students.
- Maintain accurate and detailed records of study and review sessions for participants and protect student confidentiality as required by FERPA laws.
- Participate in required training workshops, continued professional development sessions, and departmental meetings.
- Ensure Zoom connectivity is operational and assist with troubleshooting technical problems when necessary.
- Create a peer atmosphere and encourage students to reflect on and develop their learning, study, research, and problem-solving strategies for academic success. Facilitate student insights and promote independence in learning.
- Support and serve as a role model for our mission, vision, strategic and service initiatives. Adhere to the organization's policies & procedures, and compliance guidelines.
- Assist with exam proctoring as needed.
- Perform other duties as assigned to further departmental goals.
Qualifications
Knowledge, Ski