POOL Instructional Assistant ; Writing Center

[POOL] Instructional Assistant 1 (Writing Center) Please see Special Instructions for more details.

Applications submitted to this recruitment pool are reviewed on an as needed basis. Qualified applicants will be contacted when positions become available.

Please complete the online application and upload or attach the following required documents:

• Resume
• Unofficial Academic Transcript (if needed to meet minimum qualifications)

If your transcript is issued in a language other than English, please include a translated copy.

• Title:
  
  [POOL] Instructional Assistant 1 (Writing Center)
• Department:
  Learning Center
• Appointment Type:
  Part-Time Hourly
• FLSA:
  Non-Exempt
• Position Type:
  Classified, Part-Time
• Salary Grade: 14
• Salary Rate: $18.25/hour

This posting is for a pooled position. Application submissions for "[POOL]" positions are accepted on an ongoing basis to ensure a continuous and ready pool of qualified candidates for immediate review when the need arises. If a position becomes available, the College will review applications from this pool, and interview candidates whose qualifications best match the specific opening. Applicants must reapply to the pool annually to maintain their active status in the pool.

• Provides instructional support for faculty across the curriculum by assisting students. Instructs students individually or in small groups working on writing projects to improve their planning, drafting, revising, editing, or presenting skills as well as to effectively use software or online resources to successfully complete writing assignments. Fields faculty questions and concerns in the Coordinator’s absence.
• Provides supplemental instruction to students from any discipline with writing assignments or writing‑related course work. Instructional assistance includes work both with hard‑copy text and with the use of computer resources as a writing, research, and learning tool.
• Encourages students and promotes a supportive learning environment. Assesses student needs. Offers a variety of approaches or methods to help students with their writing, revising, and presenting skills. Promotes students’ self‑reliance, mastery of grammar, composing, revising, editing, and presenting skills. Maintains students’ confidentiality.
• Instructs students one‑on‑one, in small groups, or through the Online Writing Lab in:
  Interpreting and developing strategies for writing assignments. Improving their writing skills and strategies at all stages of writing (prewriting, organizing, drafting, revising, editing, and presenting). Developing strategies involved in writing longer research papers or technical reports, including paraphrasing, summarizing, and quoting skills; avoiding plagiarism; using in‑text citations, and preparing MLA or APA bibliographies. Preparing resumes and applications or scholarship letters.
  
  Using online writing resources (for example, prewriting activities for essay writing or grammar diagnostics or other online sites such as Purdue’s OWL or LB Brief). Responds to OWL submissions and assists with OWL training.
• Captures data by ensuring signing students in and out of Tutor Trac. Instructs students in how to schedule appointments using Tutor Trac.
• Maintains current and adequate supply of comprehensive resources and instructional materials. Develops supplemental materials as needed. Takes initiative in Writing Center problem solving and project management.
• Provides Writing Center tours to introduce students to the writing support services. May work with Writing Center Instructional Specialist Coordinator to conduct classroom visits and present workshops.
• Regularly attends Writing Center meetings. Assists in training new staff, presents training materials at meetings, and provides curriculum development recommendations for tutor training.
• Collaborates with all Writing Center staff to promote a supportive, inspiring, and comfortable learning and tutoring environment. Listens to and supports Peer Mentors.
• Participates in professional development opportunities.

• Education and Experience: AS degree with demonstrated mastery in college composition and rhetoric. Comfort…