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Beyond The Classroom Matters Catalog

Student Success Center Program Assistant / Mentor

Description

Description - Describes how students engage, what they do, reflecting the nature and depth of the program/experience.

Experienced student leaders serve within a specific programmatic area (supplemental instruction, peer tutoring, or peer success consultations), supervise other peer leaders within the same program, and engage in critical office functions to support the department's professional certifications and mission.
Term

Term - The semester in which the activity occurs

Summer 2024
Category

Category - Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education (CAS) category with which this engagement activity is most closely aligned, from the perspective of the student in the activity.

Student Leadership Programsdefinition

Student Leadership Programs - The mission of Student Leadership Programs must be to prepare students to engage in the process of leadership.

Campus Label

Campus Label - Type of purposeful activity, as defined across units

Peer Educator
Division

Division - University organization

Student Affairs & Academic Support
Department

Department - University organization

Student Success
Unit

Unit - University organization

Student Success Center
Special Designation

Special Designation - Engagement has a special designation based on review of educational purpose and intentional design.

GLD-Professional & Civic Engagement
Experiential Learning Opportunity
Time on Task

Time on Task - Amount of time that a student engages in this activity (including orientation/training, supervision/feedback, reflection on learning).

180 - 239 hours
Participation Entry

Participation Entry - Extent to which participation is restricted (e.g., minimum GPA, classification)

Selected through competitive application
Minimum Credit Hours

Minimum Credit Hours - Number of credit hours or years in college required to participate in this activity

30 hours or 1 year completed at USC
Minimum GPA

Minimum GPA - Minimum GPA required to participate in this activity

3.0
Other Requirements

Other Requirements - Additional requirements to participate in this activity

Prior or current participation in related program or activity
Expectations

Expectations - How expectations are communicated to students about how they will engage in this program

Group orientation / class session(s)
Group training / class session(s)
Active Learning

Active Learning - What students do; the nature or type of the engagement, that is expected to contribute to their learning

Leadershipdefinition

Leadership - Leverage the strengths of others to achieve common goals, and/or use interpersonal skills to coach and develop others.


Career readinessdefinition

Career readiness - Attain and develop requisite competencies to broadly prepare for a successful transition into the workplace. (e.g., critical thinking/problem solving, oral/written communications, teamwork/collaboration, leadership, professionalism/work ethic)

Knowledge/Skills

Knowledge/Skills - Knowledge applied and/or skills practiced by students as they engage in this activity

Teamworkdefinition

Teamwork - Contribute to team meetings; facilitate contributions of team members; contribute (individually) outside of team meetings; foster constructive team climate; respond to team conflict


Critical and creative thinkingdefinition

Critical and creative thinking - Comprehensive exploration of issues, ideas, artifacts, events before accepting or formulating opinion or conclusion. Synthesizing existing ideas, images or expertise in original, innovative ways

Interacts With

Interacts With - With whom students directly interact, as they engage in this activity

Student(s) on this campus
Diversity

Diversity - Extent to which student learning about diversity is included in program structure

Included in program structure, not the primary focusdefinition

Included in program structure, not the primary focus - Although not the primary focus of the program/experience, discussion of diversity topics is intentionally included in the structure of the program/experience

Feedback

Feedback - How and from whom students receive feedback on their engagement in this program

Group / class session with professional staff
Group / class session with graduate assistant
Reflection

Reflection - How, and with whom, students engage in reflection on their learning while engaged in this activity

(1-1) session(s) with professional staff
Each student produces written reflection(s)
Program Website

Program Website - For additional information, go to the unit website.

https://sc.edu/about/offices_and_divisions/student_success_center/about/peer-leader-jobs/index.php
Rubric

Rubric - Describes specific expectations for student involvement in the activity

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