Graduate Assistant A.L.L.I.E.D.

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1 full-Time Position (20 Hours a Week)

Primary Purpose

Providing Academic Support and Advising

Students who come to A.L.L.I.E.D. use the space to talk about their academic successes and struggles, and to seek guidance from faculty advisors and from their peers. In the class meetings, we talk about study skills, course planning, strategies for approaching faculty, and ways to build competence and confidence as a college student. In collaboration with existing support spaces across campus, this course provides habits of mind that help students persist toward graduation. Each semester, several of our students make the Dean’s List.

Developing a Sense of Belonging

Beyond the nuts and bolts that A.L.L.I.E.D. students need to help them become successful college students, these students need a place to feel at home, a place where they feel safe to speak about themselves as people from underrepresented groups on a predominantly white (and otherwise dominant) campus. They find allies and friends in this group who help them feel more connected to RIC, to the FSEHD, and to themselves. We have already seen that this is an essential retention tool. Students use our lunch meetings and our group texting app to find support and community.

Work Schedule

The Graduate Assistant will work 20 hours per week.

  • Supervisor Meetings: (+/- 2 hours per week)
  • ALLIED Sessions: (+/- 3 hours per week, Wednesdays from 11:30-2:30)
  • Office Hours/Study Hall: (+/-6 hours per week)
  • Weekly Social Media: (+/-2 hours per week)
  • Research, Data Collection, and Curriculum Planning (+/-6 hours per week)
  • Recruiting New Students: (+/-1 hour per week)

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Co-facilitate A.L.L.I.E.D. sessions every Wednesday from 12:15-1:45
  • Meet with students for academic and other issues of support
  • Keep records and collect data on our students
  • Maintaining A.L.L.I.E.D. internal social media spaces
  • Conduct research on student persistence and higher education attainment in order to ensure that the group is rooted in current best practices
  • Work with faculty advisors and FSEHD course faculty in the School of Education to recruit new A.L.L.I.E.D. students

Qualifications

  • Knowledge and comfort with issues of privilege, diversity and social justice
  • Interest in student success and the retention of students from underrepresented groups in higher education
  • Strong organizational skills including use of technology
  • Interpersonal skills for working with faculty, staff and students
  • Strong ability to initiate new systems, initiatives, and structures to support student success
  • Experience with or interest in learning about qualitative (and some quantitative) data collection

How to Apply

Please complete the Graduate Assistant Application, along with resume, a letter of interest, and documentation to corroborate related experience, and send them to Dr. Lesley Bogad.