Graduate Assistant, Orientation (Student)

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This position is available only to enrolled American University students.

 

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Department:

Orientation Programs

Time Type:

Part time

FLSA Status:

Non-Exempt

Job Description:

Summary:

New Student & Family Programs (NSFP), as part of the Division of Student Affairs, is responsible for the development, planning, and implementation of programs that aid new students and their families in their transition to American University and contribute to student success and retention. Reporting to the Associate Director for Orientation, the Graduate Assistant for Orientation will work closely with the Associate Director and the other professional staff members on the team to plan and execute New Student Orientation at the start of each fall and spring semester. This role will also support all other orientation programs and services within NSFP.

Essential Functions:

• Assisting with the logistics, design, and implementation of Orientation Leader training in August to train student leaders on leadership, student transition, and event execution.

• Coordinating outreach for campus partner involvement in Orientation Leader training in August and the summer webinar series, New Eagle Essentials.

• Overseeing the Off-Campus Excursions for New Student Orientation, including ideation, stakeholder outreach and confirmation, and day-of logistics.

• Working with the Orientation Chairs to create an engaging social media presence leading up to New Student Orientation and beyond.

• Maintaining accurate records for Flight Ready!, the pre-orientation Canvas course, including weekly engagement and overall student attendance.

• Spearheading the summer webinar series, New Eagle Essentials, from start to finish, including campus partner outreach, registration oversight, content design, and designing and administering assessment and evaluation efforts.

• Representing the NSFP office at various campus events throughout the calendar year.

• Other duties as assigned.

Competencies:

• Advising and Supporting: Addresses the knowledge, skills, and dispositions related to providing advising and support to individuals and groups through direction, feedback, critique, referral, and guidance. Through developing advising and supporting strategies that take into account self-knowledge and the needs of others, we play critical roles in advancing the holistic wellness of ourselves, our students, and our colleagues.

• Assessment, Evaluation, and Research: The Assessment, Evaluation, and Research competency area focuses on the ability to design, conduct, critique, and use various AER methodologies and the results obtained from them, to utilize AER processes and their results to inform practice, and to shape the political and ethical climate surrounding AER processes and uses in higher education.

• Leadership: The Leadership competency area addresses the knowledge, skills, and dispositions required of a leader, with or without positional authority. Leadership involves both the individual role of a leader and the leadership process of individuals working together to envision, plan, and affect change in organizations and respond to broad-based constituencies and issues. This can include working with students, student affairs colleagues, faculty, and community members.

• Student Learning and Development: The Student Learning and Development competency area addresses the concepts and principles of student development and learning theory. This includes the ability to apply theory to improve and inform student affairs and teaching practice.

• Technology: The Technology competency area focuses on the use of digital tools, resources, and technologies for the advancement of student learning, development, and success as well as the improved performance of student affair