Summer Institute | 2009 Residential Mentor Position

Employment Opportunity

• Program Description
  • The Summer Academy for Gifted & Talented Scholars is an intensive three-week residential program for 75 academically ambitious students completing the 8th and 9th grades. The office of Pre-College Programs seeks approximately 10 energetic student leaders to live and work with Summer Institute attendees as residential mentors. As role models and enforcers of program policy, residential mentors will work as a team to maintain a safe living and learning environment in which to guide and engage with students.
    
• Time commitment:
  
  • June 29, 2009 -- July 25, 2009
  • Includes one week of training
  • This schedule allows time to take summer classes or study abroad suring summer session 1 and have time off before fall semester begins!
• Compensation: $1250 plus room & board.

Restrictions

• These are resident positions. You will live on campus with the students.
• Mentors cannot be enrolled in classes during the employment period.
• No outside employment is permitted.

Qualifications

Applicants must have successfully completed at least 30 hours of college credit by June 2009, be in good academic standing, possess leadership experience & ability, and have a lot of energy and a strong sense of responsibility. Preferred: Succcessful completion of 60 hours of college credit, experience facilitating student groups and residential life experience.

Expectations & Responsibilities

The live-in summer residential staff serves as a group of role models and mentors while enforcing program policies to student participants. It is crucial for the staff to function effectively as a team in creating a living/learning environment through support of academics and facilitation of educational, cultural, and social activities for program participants. Mentor positions are busy and fast-paced, highly demanding of time, energy and enthusiasm. Good candidates will meet or exceed our basic and preferred qualifications; successful candidates will demonstrate a keen sense of responsibility; enjoy interacting with a wide range of people; always keep the students' best interests foremost in mind; and look forward to challenging students to question, learn and grow.

Residential mentors must be able to: supervise youth in a consistent, equitable manner in a variety of structured and unstructured environments; assist in the development and facilitation of afternoon academic activities; attend all meals, activities and outings; complete documentation and reports as assigned; demonstrate a positive attitude and motivation; function well in a structured, fast-paced environment; and work excitedly and effectively with a diverse group of students and staff.