Learning Assistant+ Program Coordinator position at Rochester Institute of Technology
CASTLE is an umbrella organization that encompasses a variety of STEM Education initiatives at RIT, including:
• the Science & Mathematics Education Research Collaborative
• the RIT Learning Assistant (LA) program
• IMPRESS: a program devoted to providing explicit instruction in metacognition and its usage within the sciences to first-generation, deaf/hard-of-hearing and other students
Responsibilities include:
• Manage all LA (Learning Assistant) program operations, including:
• Teaching the 2-credit pedagogy course “STEM Education Research and Practice” to newly hired learning assistants in Fall and Spring semesters
• Manage student and faculty applications to the LA program and, with assistance from a College faculty committee, match students with faculty mentors
• Work with the CASTLE Director on program reports, grant writing, and fundraising efforts
• Continue and expand IMPRESS activities, including:
• Teach 1-2 sections of the 3-credit course “Metacognitive Practice in the Sciences” during the Fall semester
• Work with IMPRESS undergraduate representatives to the Access network, an NSF funded consortium of nine institutions with programs dedicated to fostering student agency, equity and social justice
• Support organization and fundraising/development of related CASTLE activities, e.g.:
• identify and contribute to external grant writing efforts
• collaborate, where appropriate, on scholarly articles, presentations and other dissemination activities
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