Department: Academic Success
Supervisor: Rachel Kennedy
Email: rachel.kennedy@betheluniversity.edu
Hiring for Fall 2024 semester
Between six to ten coaches of each gender will be hired. Preference will be given to returning coaches, who do not need to re-apply.
Job Summary:
A Peer Academic Coach acts as a guide to all things academic: meeting weekly, one-to-one with his/her assigned freshman, during the fall semester, to assist in developing self-management skills in the following areas:
- Understanding & following a syllabus
- Using a calendar system to track assignments (electronic or paper)
- Helping with time management and organizational systems
- Setting academic goals
- Helping the student learn to communicate with professors
- Checking for effective note-taking and teaching this skill if needed
- Monitoring Canvas with the student to ensure assignments are current
- Introducing student to effective study techniques and test preparation
- Pointing student toward resources (tutoring, disability services, counseling, etc)
Peer Coaches will meet with assigned students one-on-one weekly for an hour per student during the fall semester. Each coach will have 3-5 students assigned to them (typically of the same gender). Peer coaches are required to attend a half-day training at the beginning of the school year, as well as monthly meetings during the semester. The monthly meetings are primarily a time of collaborative trouble-shooting.
Qualifications:
- GPA of 2.5 or greater (recent grades are more important than initial grades; a student who struggled academically his/her first semester, but overcame that is uniquely equipped to be a Peer Coach and encouraged to apply)
- Will have attended Bethel as a full-time student for at least two semesters prior to employment
- Has completed a minimum of 24 college credits
- Follower of Christ Jesus who is comfortable praying with students s/he coaches
- Person of character
- Takes initiative; self-starter
- Has good academic systems in place for self
- Problem-solver, an “idea” person
- Organized
- Friendly and kind
- Compassionate and empathetic
- Responsible and on time