Efaw Center Peer Academic Liaison/ Peer Tutor

Illinois State•Normal, IL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Larry and Barbara Efaw Center for Educator Excellence supports education students and alums in their development as excellent educators across the educator lifespan. The Efaw Center provides individualized attention, focused learning communities, and event programming for all education students. It proactively offers a holistic approach to support services to address barriers to academic success and embraces ISU values related to equity, diversity, access and belonging (EDAB), promoting these initiatives through the center and collaborations. Efaw staff work collaboratively with faculty, staff, and students across campus who interact with education students. Peer Academic Liaisons (PALs) provide individual, small-group tutoring, and licensure exam preparation workshops on a weekly basis for upper level education coursework and licensure exam preparation at Illinois State University. The center is seeking tutors in Elementary Education, Early Childhood Education, Bilingual Education, Special Education Middle Level Education, and Mathematics who can support students with lesson planning, interpreting and responding to instructor feedback, and licensure exam preparation. While the main responsibility is direct student support, there will be other tasks as assigned by graduate assistant supervisors and the Director of the Efaw Center for Educator Excellence to support Efaw Center programming. The PAL must exhibit an equity-oriented and inclusive disposition, be friendly and open to addressing students by public pronouns and preferred names, be punctual, desire to be helpful, and must be able to communicate effectively in spoken and written English, generally exhibiting competence and excellence in the Pillars of Professional Excellence. The PAL understands and supports the Efaw Center mission, working well as a member of a team, valuing transparency, open communication, proactive problem-solving, humility, punctuality, and respect for self and others.

Requirements

Overall GPA of at least 3.0
A grade of A or high B is required in the course(s) in which the candidate is applying to tutor.
Proof of eligibility for employment at Illinois State University to perform the required duties.
Have a valid Social Security Number registered with the University at the time of employment and/or as soon after as possible, but no later than 45 days from the start date.
Ability to effectively communicate on a daily basis.

Nice To Haves

A passing score on the ILTS content licensure exam in the candidate’s content area (if exam has been taken).
Proficient in the area in which the student desires to tutor and be able to convey that knowledge clearly via the spoken and written word.
Ability to support students in high demand content areas (e.g., Elementary Education and Mathematics and general Lesson Planning).
Ability to tutor across multiple courses (e.g., Elementary Education and Mathematics).

Responsibilities

Provide individual, small-group tutoring, and licensure exam preparation workshops on a weekly basis for upper level education coursework and licensure exam preparation.
Support students with lesson planning, interpreting and responding to instructor feedback, and licensure exam preparation.
Use Microsoft products (Teams, Outlook email, calendar, Excel), scheduling program, and other technologies required to complete work tasks.
Keep correct notes from tutoring sessions in a secure location.
Gather student feedback, discuss with supervisor, respond in a manner that demonstrates a positive growth mindset.
Attend scheduled meetings.
Exhibit an equity oriented and inclusive disposition, be friendly and open to addressing students by public pronouns and preferred names, be punctual, and desire to be helpful.
Communicate effectively in spoken and written English and generally exhibit competence and excellence in the Pillars of Professional Excellence.
Understand and support the Efaw Center mission.
Work well as a member of a team, value transparency, open communication, pro-active problem solving, humility, punctuality, and respect for self and others as demonstrated through how they present themselves and address their supervisors, co-workers, and students they serve.