ASUA - Graduate Assistant ; GA Pool

Position: ASUA - Graduate Assistant Monthly (GA) Pool
Graduate Assistant language consultants provide language support to students, faculty, and staff from all disciplines for academic writing, listening, and speaking; second language reading and vocabulary; pronunciation; assistance with lectures and note-taking; plagiarism and textual borrowing conventions; and technology/software that allows students to work independently and with consultants.

California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB) is a preeminent center of intellectual and cultural activity in the Inland Empire region of Southern California. Opened in 1965 and set at the foothills of the beautiful San Bernardino mountains, the university serves approximately 19,000 students. CSUSB is a federally recognized minority-serving and Hispanic-serving institution that reflects the dynamic diversity of the region and has the most diverse student population of any university in the Inland Empire: 74 percent of its students are members of underrepresented groups, 80 percent are first-generation, and 56 percent are Pell eligible.

For more information on the campus, please visit the CSUSB website .

CSUSB employs 467 full-time faculty and offers 48 undergraduate, 35 graduate, and one doctoral degree programs and 14 academic programs with national accreditation. At CSUSB, diversity, equity and inclusion are values central to our mission. We recognize that diversity and inclusion in all its forms are necessary for our institutional success. By fully leveraging our diverse experiences, backgrounds and insights, we inspire innovation, challenge the status quo and create better outcomes for our students and community.

As part of CSUSB's commitment to hire, develop and retain a diverse faculty, we offer a variety of networking, mentoring and development programs for our junior faculty. We are committed to building and sustaining a CSUSB community that is supportive and inclusive of all individuals. Qualified applicants with experience in ethnically diverse settings and/or who demonstrate a commitment to serving diverse student populations are strongly encouraged to apply.

JOB SUMMARY

Graduate Assistant language consultants provide language support to students, faculty, and staff from all disciplines for academic writing, listening, and speaking; second language reading and vocabulary; pronunciation; assistance with lectures and note taking; plagiarism and textual borrowing conventions; and technology/software that allows students to work independently and with consultants.

Graduate assistant language consultants conduct support conferences with undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff from all disciplines providing tutoring that requires knowledge and background beyond that generally possessed by undergraduate consultants. They serve as the primary writing center resources for multilingual graduate students including work with graduate student writers on culminating experiences such as theses, projects, and dissertations. They develop and conduct in-class writing, citation, and peer review workshops.

They also develop and present Writing Center/English Language Support and writing process informational workshops for writing classes across disciplines, in addition to presenting workshops and presentations for other campus programs as requested. Graduate student assistant language consultants may also consult with faculty members on assignment design, conduct online as well as face-to-face conferences, conduct ESL/multilingual conversation groups, or contribute to other Writing Center and English Language Support-related projects as opportunities arise.

They assist with center research and assessment efforts, collect and analyze data, and develop proposals for conference presentations. In addition to their consulting roles, all consultants keep detailed daily records of their consultations, which are aggregated into the Writing Center's database, they attend professional development meetings, and they assist students with scheduling appointments and with using the technology needed for working collaboratively with tutors via Zoom or by accessing asynchronous feedback.

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