Graduate Assistant - Naropa Writing Center SP

Position Title: Graduate Assistant - Naropa Writing Center

# of Openings: 1

Department/Program: Writing Center 45000

Work Location: Hybrid On‑Site/Remote

Campus

Location:

Arapahoe Campus

Reports to: Amy Bobeda, Naropa Writing Center Director

FLSA Classification: Exempt/Salaried

FTE: 7.5 hrs/week

Compensation: $20 per hour and $1,125 scholarship for the academic year

Final date to receive applications: 11/10 or until filled.

The Naropa Writing Center aims to be an effective resource for all members of the Naropa community (student, staff, faculty, alumni) by providing a respectful, collaborative, and engaged learning environment for all writers. The approach includes interactive and asynchronous sessions, writer‑to‑writer feedback and collaborations that foster analytic thinking, reading, and writing. It facilitates a space where writers may practice, experiment, and take risks without judgment.

• Create and maintain a positive team environment and behave professionally with everyone encountered in the course and scope of the job duties.
• Offer instructional support in the Writing Center and in the classroom when available.
• Conduct online and in‑person consulting sessions with writers.
• Conduct async writer‑to‑writer feedback sessions.
• Aid with the day‑to‑day functioning of the Naropa Writing Center.
• Attend program orientation: one full‑day training that occurs during the week preceding the start of the fall semester.
• Attend professional development meetings once a month on Fridays.
• Design one workshop for professional development.
• Support COR classes with workshops.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Must enroll in and successfully pass WRI
  700:
  Writing Pedagogy Seminar with an A- or better. An incomplete does not satisfy this requirement.
• Ability to create and maintain a positive team environment and behave professionally and empathetically with everyone encountered in the scope of the job duties.
• Demonstrate advanced writing ability.
• Demonstrate potential for/compatibility with the NWC’s pedagogy (constructivist, contemplative, experiential, process‑based).
• Possess an interest in the study of writing pedagogy and practice, particularly in a writing center setting.
• Have strong interpersonal, collaborative, and professional work skills, meticulous attention to detail, and an initiative to work independently and collaboratively.
• Have strong technological skills for online consulting sessions and operation of the online platform used by the NWC.
• All candidates must demonstrate an appropriate level of understanding of and appreciation for the values of Naropa University and the capacity to demonstrate an integration and embodiment of these values in work, communication, collaboration styles, and general workplace behaviors.

• Previous experience with writing centers or teaching.
• Previous training in learning disabilities, multilingual speakers, diversity awareness, trauma‑informed pedagogy, research writing, and MLA/APA/CMS.
• Incoming first‑year Jack Kerouac School MFA candidate.

In the classrooms and on campus may experience interruptions, distractions, heat, cold, dust, and/or dampness. As a graduate assistant, you may spend extended periods time with any of the following:

• Reading academic texts and materials, student papers, etc.
• Operating personal computer and audio‑visual equipment.
• Standing or sitting for hours at a time.
• Moving around campus for classes and meetings.

Naropa recognises holiday schedules throughout the year. Health and welfare benefits include medical, dental, vision, FSA, HSA, employer‑paid short‑term and long‑term disability, employer‑paid life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment, an employer‑sponsored pre‑tax retirement savings plan with up to 2.5% employer matching, and a variety of voluntary, employee‑paid supplemental insurance plans. Full‑time employees (≥30 hrs/week) receive a comprehensive benefits package; employees working 20–29 hrs/week receive limited benefits;

and those working fewer than 20 hrs/week are eligible for the retirement plan only. All regular full‑time and part‑time faculty and staff accrue sick leave benefits; full‑time and part‑time staff accrue vacation and personal time. Leave accrual rates vary by position, hours worked, and years of service. Tuition remission opportunities are available for employees and their families.

Naropa University is an equal‑opportunity, non‑discriminatory employer and Title IX is a federal civil rights law that prohibits gender discrimination, sexual harassment, sexual and relationship violence. This law applies to all students, faculty, and staff.