Position Introduction:

The Dodge Family College of Arts and Sciences (DFCAS) First Year Experience (FYE) Unit seeks Undergraduate Teaching Scholars (UTS) for the college’s CAS 1583 - Gateway to the Health Disciplines course. Undergraduate Teaching Scholars will be assigned to each section of the course per semester/term, according to class offerings and availability. Selected applicants will work closely with the primary course instructor to contribute to the students’ intellectual and personal growth. CAS 1583 fulfills the First Year Experience General Education – Core V requirement and is designed to give in-coming freshmen an orientation to Health Disciplines. Each section will have an enrollment cap of 35 students and will focus on engagement activities, in class exercises, student participation, and peer support. Undergraduate Teaching Scholars will work, on average, approximately 7- 10 hours per week. They are required to spend 3 - 6 hrs/week attending all meetings of their assigned sections. Outside of class-time, they will spend approximately 4 - 7hrs/week assisting the professor with the course, primarily by:

• Meeting with students individually or in groups, to help them understand course materials, ideas covered in the course, and course assignments.
• Contributing to weekly engagement activities, in class exercises, and student participation in person and online at the Canvas Course page.
• Monitoring, answering, and directing incoming student email as directed by the primary course instructor.
• Completing other course-related tasks as assigned by the primary course instructor.
• The precise schedule of work and tasks to be done will be worked out between the Undergraduate
• Teaching Scholar and the primary course instructor, taking into consideration the needs of the course and the scholar’s own academic and personal schedule.
• Scholars will receive required training sessions to successfully carry out these duties.
• In addition, Scholars will receive training to serve as peer mentors for students in their section.
• Peer mentoring is a peer-to-peer professional relationship centered around support and guidance.
• Peer mentorship programs provide timely access to resources, cultivate a sense of community, and create meaningful student leadership development opportunities.

Required Education:

Must be currently enrolled in the Spring Term as an undergraduate student in good standing at the University of Oklahoma.

Hiring contingent upon verification of current student status.

Applicants must be available to attend all meetings of the section of CAS 1583 to which they are assigned.

Hiring is contingent on there being an open section for which applicants are available.

Required Attachments:

• Resume
• Class Schedule
• Writing Sample

Skills:

• Applicants must be academically motivated, well-organized, and committed to helping younger students flourish.
• Applicants must have a professional attitude and accept responsibility for completing the tasks the professor assigns them in an accurate and timely way.
• Applicants must have, and be able to convey to others, the general skills of a successful student, including:
  
  • ability to understand a course schedule and requirements.
  • ability to seek clarification of assignments.
  • openness to respectfully engaging with course materials and other students’ ideas; and
  • readiness to revise written work on the basis of feedback.
  • ability to identify and direct students to various campus resources and opportunities.

Department Preferences:

• Sophomore or higher standing in Spring (30 hours completed)
• Minimum 3.0 GPA
• Open to all DFCAS majors with preference given to health-related majors.
• Prior experience with tutoring or other instructional work