PEER MENTOR SUCCESS COACH (graduate student position)

Texas Wesleyan University Portal•Fort Worth, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Reporting to the Faculty Supervisor of the Peer Mentoring Studio, this position facilitates student success and learning through program development, supervision of undergraduate peer mentors, and grant reporting. This position also builds leadership and mentoring skills for the graduate student employee. Mentoring involves active and ongoing relationships between mentors and mentees to promote social and academic development. The peer mentor success coach is a graduate student with a passion for mentoring students holistically, problem-solving academic to non-academic issues that affect academic success. The peer mentor success coach mentors undergraduate students as they navigate the college environment and achieve their academic and personal goals through study skills, commitment, persistence, accountability, innovation, and integrity. The Peer Mentor Success Coach role requires interaction with students inside and outside of the classroom as well as in the studio for consultations. Administrative duties include office management, program goal writing, social media management, undergraduate training, meeting with the faculty supervisor, and data collection for grant reporting.

Requirements

Proficiency in using the Microsoft Suite, presentation tools, and virtual meeting interfaces such as Teams and Zoom.
Be accepted to or enrolled in a graduate program, preferably one that relates to student mentoring, mental health, student success, psychology, sociology, education, communication or related field; have a graduate course schedule that permits staffing hours for campus and student needs; ability to work during student-access-to- campus days; takes initiative in an active and visible role as a student leader on campus.

Responsibilities

Meet with undergraduate employees and assigned students in the Peer Mentoring Studio
Meet with faculty supervisor as needed to plan, implement, and assess engagement strategies.
Design and host student staff meetings in the PM Studio.
Disseminate helpful information to staff and to mentees campuswide and on social media; effectively communicate strategies that foster academic success in oral and written communication.
Serve as a graduate student role model who takes pride in Texas Wesleyan University and the Ramily; maintain knowledge of campus resources and campus events in order to encourage student attendance at events around campus.
Attend training sessions with faculty supervisor and professional development activities related to mentoring and student success.
Facilitate socio-academic experiences and walk-in support sessions.
Assist students in interacting with faculty members and with other audiences to foster college life-skill building.
Complete and submit workshop plans, voiceover presentations, and documents to be used with students in the PM (Peer Mentoring) Studio
Confer with faculty supervisor regarding necessary peer mentoring interventions and outreach.
Attend and participate in all training and staff meetings as required.
Attend the workplace regularly, reports to work punctually and follows a work schedule to keep up with the demands of the worksite, adhering to the advanced notice policy for absences from work.
Develop outreach materials and correspondence with faculty and staff to increase student retention efforts
Deliver presentations promoting peer mentoring in classes to raise awareness of available support.
Practice growing skills in writing goal-oriented action plans for student benefit and progress checks.
Create web content, social media posts, data entry, and documentation in spreadsheets for records of student contact.
Collecting data for grant reporting, as well as attendance data for all peer mentoring consultations, including student names, course title, date, and time of session.