PEER MENTOR; Undergraduate Student Position

Position Information

Job Title

Job Title PEER MENTOR (Undergraduate Student Position)

Position Summary

Reporting to the faculty supervisor of the Peer Mentoring Studio, this position facilitates student success and learning through positive peer support. This position also builds leadership and mentoring skills for the student employee. The peer mentor is an undergraduate student who helps peers navigate the college environment and achieve their academic and personal goals through study skills, commitment, persistence, accountability, innovation, and integrity.

The Peer Mentor role requires interaction with students inside and outside of the classroom as well as in the studio for consultations. Mentoring involves active and ongoing relationships between mentors and students being mentored to promote social and academic development.

• Meet with assigned students outside of class and in the Peer Mentoring Studio
• Meet with faculty supervisor as needed to plan, implement, and assess engagement strategies.
• Design and host study groups in the PM Studio.
• Disseminate helpful information to peers;
  Effectively communicate strategies that foster academic success in oral and written communication.
• Serve as a 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. Proficiency in using the Microsoft Suite, presentation tools, and virtual meeting interfaces such as Teams and Zoom.
• Collect attendance data for every peer mentoring consultation, including student names, course title, date, and time of session.
• Have a class 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.

Education, Certifications and/or Licenses

• Current enrollment as a student in good standing at the university with a cumulative GPA near 3.0 or above.

Experience

• Completion of at least 15 credit hours at Texas Wesleyan University; faculty recommendation for social and communication skills and capacity to mentor peers with compassion and ethics; additional subject matter expertise in a student major preferred but not required.

• Previous experience in tutoring, mentoring, coaching, or assisting peers is preferred.
• Experienc…