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Peer Educator, College of Health Profession/McAuley School of Nursing

Position Type: Federal Work Study or Non Work Study
 
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
 
CORE RESPONSIBILITIES:
 
  • Peer Educators for Targeted Courses will be assigned to a course or to nursing skills lab, and work closely with the instructor to support students in the class.
  • Peer Educators for Tutoring will provide tutoring in major and prerequisite courses in which they earned at least a B. Most Peer Educators perform duties in targeted courses as well as in tutoring.
  • Regardless of the specific assigned responsibilities, the position includes training in group facilitation, tutoring, and mentoring strategies.
  • Peer Educators should have the ability to help students develop a positive self-concept; The skills to identify and address the academic challenges of the students by using their own experience, training, and skills; the capability to establish immediate and continuing rapport with the student; The facility to continually evaluate and improve their expertise by using a variety of methods and the ability to Evaluate and aid in the continuing development of the Peer Educator program.
 
ESSENTIAL DUTIES:
 
  • Facilitate individual and learning activities.
  • Model successful learning behaviors.
  • Display supportive and caring behaviors toward students, faculty, and staff.
  • Document all interactions with students.
  • Notify students of upcoming workshops and events.
  • Attend regular meetings with the Peer Educator team.
  • Meet regularly with collaborating instructor (Peer Educators for Targeted Courses)
  • Plan and run weekly review sessions (Peer Educators for Targeted Courses)
 
Requirements
Minimum Qualifications:

  • Must be enrolled at UDM in the College of Health Professions / McAuley School of Nursing with a minimum of 6 credits. For Summer employment, must be enrolled in at least 6 credits for the Fall semester.
  • Earned a grade of “B+” or higher in most major courses.
  • Maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.4 throughout employment period.
  • Available for 3-10 hours weekly during the Winter and Fall semesters.
  • Attend training days at the start of each semester (which may be scheduled during school breaks and/or weekends)
  • Endorsement letter from faculty member in your major (emailed to kingyv@udmercy.edu) - WAIVED IF STUDENT WAS RECOMMENDED BY FACULTY MEMBER

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

  • Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
  • Strong work ethic, initiative, ability to work independently.
  • Ability to work in groups and to place high value in collaboration.
  • Maintain confidentiality and exercise extreme diligence with confidential information and materials.
  • Enjoy talking about the major subject.
  • Ability to work effectively with faculty, staff and students.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills with a positive attitude.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Prior experience teaching, tutoring, or mentoring.
  • Knowledgeable of (or able to obtain information about) student-relevant dates and policies such as, but not limited to, add/drop dates, financial aid, academic standing, curriculum, etc.
  • Knowledgeable of other student support services available to students at Detroit Mercy (training will be provided to supplement existing knowledge of Detroit Mercy resources).
  
Anticipated Schedule:
 
  • Weekdays/weekends
 
Job Contact: Yvonne King - kingyv@udmercy.edu - (313) 993-1762