Academic Support Aide II

Please see Special Instructions for more details.

The Highlands Career Services Center, located in the Felix Martinez Building, Room 230, provides assistance with your on-campus job application, cover letter, resume, interviewing strategies, as well as offer suggestions on student jobs that are related to your academic major, career interests, and skills. The Career Center offers free services to all NMHU students and alumni via in-person, online u.edu/career services , or by calling  or emailing career services.

to schedule a phone session or Zoom video conferencing session.

A part-time job on-campus offers a great way for you to earn money to help pay for school as well as to get a jump start on your career track. Student employment allows you to acquire work experience, transferable job skills, self-confidence, and develop a network of professional contacts for your future career. On-campus jobs include departmental, federal/state work‑study, and graduate assistantships (GA) in non‑academic departments.

Keep in mind that each department makes their own hiring decisions, therefore students are not placed in a job or guaranteed a job.

Academic Support Aide

The Language Learning Center ( LLC ) supports New Mexico Highlands University ( NMHU ) students by offering supplemental instruction in both the languages of Spanish and ASL , which are taught in courses at NMHU . The supplemental instruction offered at the LLC by the tutors’ ranges from basic to intermediate. The LLC identifies personal and professional opportunities for students, who are studying those languages.

In addition, the LLC provides a welcoming computer lab atmosphere for use by the campus community. The LLC also sponsors cultural enrichment events and extracurricular activities, online, which are open to the NMHU and Las Vegas community. The main purpose of the LLC is to provide services, to students of the Department of Languages and Culture, but the center welcomes all NMHU students.

In this position, Academic Support Aides are to actively understand and support bilingualism, at all levels, and welcomes everyone to utilize the services at the LLC . ¡Bienvenidos!

Job description may include routine duties with no prior experience needed to be able to perform. May involve a modest degree of responsibility and judgment. Routine data entry;
Answering phones;
Making copies;
Greeting customers;
Taking messages;
Managing confidential information;
Maintain regular attendance; and, Perform other job duties as assigned.

• Tutor and assist Spanish or ASL students in the online environment.
• Provide online supplemental instruction to students on an individual or small-group basis for proactive or remedial purposes.
• Conduct online group conversation sessions in ASL or Spanish.
• Participate actively in and organize the tutoring online environment to promote productivity and learning.
• Organize online presentations and activities, for the students.
• Attend scheduled webinar training and development sessions with the LLC Director, Department Faculty, and the other tutors.
• Become knowledgeable of e-textbooks and websites used for basic and intermediate level Spanish and/or ASL courses.
• Prepare and facilitate online academic support and skills building sessions, and collaborative projects for small groups of students.
• Perform research relevant to the purpose and mission of the LLC
• Recommend textbooks, software, equipment or other learning materials to complement tutoring.
• Review class material with students by discussing text, working out solutions to learning problems, and reviewing worksheets or other assignments.
• Maintain confidentiality of all records…