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Latinx Scholars ARC Academic Support Assistant Position
The Academic Support Assistant (ASA) position is a part-time, live-out student employee who assists the ARC partners in developing residents as active and engaged learners and socially and civically responsible community members. ASA facilitates individual study sessions and facilitates extracurricular involvement associated with the ARC.
Position Responsibilities:
- Commit to position for the 2020-2021 academic year.
- ASA(s) will maintain at least part-time student status for the duration of position.
- ASA will support the ARC recruitment efforts, as needed.
- ASA will plan and facilitate weekly Tarea Time study sessions for students of the ARC (two hours per week, on different days, one in Justice Bean Hall in the ARC pod).
- ASA will adhere to and role model (on and/or off campus) University policies.
- Commit to 6-8 hours per week.
Position Expectations:
- Identify barriers to satisfactory academic success and make appropriate referrals to partners as required.
- Assist residents with questions regarding academics and refer to respective resources.
- Help create safe, welcoming, accessible, and accessible environments that actively include and engage everyone.
- Support conversations around systems of oppression related to identity, including but not limited to: sexism, racism, homophobia, transphobia, and ableism.
- Support student learning about culturally relevant topics.
- Think critically and communicate effectively about issues/topics and encourage ARC Scholars to do so.
- Connect for a 1:1 with Faculty Director on a weekly basis (class prep, feedback from students, etc.).
- Communicate with DJ Kelly-Quattrocchi, Coordinator of Multicultural Education, Engagement, and Student Success, regarding possible participation with the IMPACT program.
- Meet monthly and collaborate with Latinx Scholars ARC RAs to organize and implement at least three programs per term.
- Create, maintain, and share calendar of UO community events of interest to the Latinx ARC Scholars
- Commit to supporting the academic and social success and wellness of scholars.
- Research and identify scholarships and grants and other opportunities that the Latinx Scholars could apply for individually or as a group (UO, local, state-wide, national, etc.)
