August 28, 2018
Primary Function:
At St. John’s University Writing Across Communities encourages and supports students and faculty who strive to use writing to sustain diverse academic, cultural, civic, and professional communities both across St. John’s and beyond the university. Supervised by the Director of Writing Across Communities, the 2018 - 2019 Writing Coordinators will develop Writing Across Communities at St. John’s with undergraduates, graduate students, faculty and administrators in shared leadership.
In addition to working alongside faculty and fellow undergraduates across academic communities, Writing Coordinators will be encouraged to build and facilitate collaboration between Writing Across Communities and SJU faculty and students' communities."
Qualifications:
Be a full-time, matriculated St. John’s University sophomore, junior, or senior during the current academic year. We strongly encourage any and all majors from all SJU colleges to apply.
Hold and maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.5 or higher.
Willing to question how writing is used in communities as well as to consider the purpose and function of writing within communities.
Curious about writing in higher education communities and invested in helping both faculty and students articulate, understand, and critique the ways writing works in learning and teaching inside St. John’s and beyond campus.
Reflective about your own writing process and interested in learning about the ways writers compose, revise and publish in various communities.
Attentive and committed to issues of equity and inclusion.
Highly-motivated, able to work both independently and as part of a team, and willing to be reflective about this work.
Interested in communicating with a wide range of learners and writers.
Understand the importance of confidentiality in all duties assigned.
Responsibilities:
Work 10 to 17 hours per week in the Writing Across Communities space, including a commitment to a weekly staff meeting and ongoing staff education.
Develop opportunities to support writing and learning of writing with all communities at SJU and beyond (especially the Queens area).
Collaborate as partners with faculty to further the ways faculty use writing for learning and teaching in academic communities. Writing Coordinators will work with and engage with faculty and students in a variety of ways, which may include:
Mentoring faculty on aspects of writing pedagogy from a student perspective, asking faculty how they could improve their assignments, feedback to writers, assessment of writing, etc
Partnering with faculty to support writing in their classrooms, and in this capacity they may simultaneously provide one-to-one mentoring and support to students with their writing
Partnering with faculty to provide insight into how writing is integrated within their course
Co-facilitating reading groups of faculty and writing coordinators discussing writing theory and pedagogy
Collaborate with other program staff and faculty to research writing and writers and consider publishing and/or presenting that research.
Work with Writing Across Communities staff to create a social media presence for the program (this may include developing weekly blog posts, updating social media accounts, creating accessible audio and video content, etc.).
Hourly rate: $13.50 (Work Study or Non-Work Study)
To be considered for this opportunity, please complete the following items and send all materials to Writing Across Communities, at [email protected] with Writing Coordinator in the subject line.
Cover Letter addressed to: Dr. Anne Ellen Geller, Director, Writing Across Communities:
Tell us what you would like us to know about you
Explain your relationship to writing (academic and otherwise)
Discuss why you’re interested in and qualified for this position
Resume
And
One recommendation from a professor, administrator, program coordinator or former supervisor. This can be included with your application materials or the recommender can email your recommendation directly to: [email protected]
*You have access to Career Services at https://www.stjohns.edu/career-services and/or the University Writing Center at https://www.stjohns.edu/academics/provost/institute-university-writing-center for assistance with these documents.
If you are invited to interview for this position, you may be asked to provide and talk from:
Some of your writing
A syllabus from a St. John’s class that you took
Skill Development Areas:
Learn about writing in various communities
Gain research experience related to writing and writers
Enhance interpersonal skills and confidence through learning, teaching, and partnership opportunities
Experience working collaboratively on a team with peers, faculty, administrators, and community members
Curate higher education social media outreach
Equipment Used:
Desktop and/or Laptop PCs, Video and Audio, Telephone, Photocopier, Scanner, Swipe Technology
Unusual Physical Demands:
Ability to travel from building to building with/without the carrying of materials, move lightweight furniture, hang poster-boards/art, etc.