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JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

The Global Learning Associate (GL Associate) serves as a key implementation coordinator for the academic engagement of Global Learning at Penn State.  Reporting to the Associate Director for Global Academic Engagement (AD GAE), the GL Associate assists with work in assessment, faculty outreach, curricular integration of global learning activity, credential tracking, and event planning. This is a core position liaising with many different constituents, both within and external to Penn State Global. The GL Associate works seamlessly among the Global Engagement, Education Abroad, EDGE, and Faculty Fulbright teams to support our mission, assess our impact, and drive global learning initiatives for Penn State students, faculty and staff.

Specifically, the global learning associate will have responsibility for the following functions:

Assessment of Impact

• Liaise with and learn about assessment needs of various GL teams (Education Abroad, Global Engagement, Faculty Fulbright, EDGE, Global Academic Engagement), and their stakeholders

• Assist various GL teams in impact assessment of activity

• Stay abreast of academic trends in Global Learning and assist Associate Director with strategy implementation

• Collate, analyze, and organize data from assessment activity (data collection and analysis)

• Produce annual report on global learning impact and outcomes (summary of GL activity teams)

• Work with other PSG teams (MarComm and Strategic Planning) to report and represent data on GL activity

Faculty Outreach and Engagement

• Develop and deploy faculty outreach and training programs under the direction of the AD for Global Academic Engagement

• Support faculty efforts in assessment by linking them with resources from SITE, the Libraries, TLT, and other institution-specific and external resources, etc.

• Coordinate retrieval and analysis of assessment data from faculty who are using PSG or other instruments to measure impact of their efforts on global learning

Curricular Integration Outreach

• In cooperation with and under the direction of the AD for Global Academic Engagement, work with academic units to integrate GL activity into their degree program either as curricular or co-curricular engagement

• Assist the AD for Global Acad