Learning Center - Instructional Student Assistant; Academic Year 2025-26

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Work type: Instructional Student Assistant
Location: Humboldt
Categories: Unit 11 - UAW - California Alliance of Academic Student Workers, Temporary, Time Varies

Position Type: Instructional Student Assistant

Term of Appointment: Academic Year 2025/2026 (Fall or Spring, or both)

Hours of Appointment: up to 20 hours per week

Pay Rate: $17.86/hour

Positions Available: Multiple

Department: The Learning Center

Under supervision, Instructional Student Assistants (ISAs) in this classification perform teaching, grading and/or tutoring duties for the majority of work hours in a given appointment in a given academic department or equivalent administrative unit over the course of an academic term. The work may be performed on-campus or at an off-campus public agency or private non-profit organization under an agreement with a campus in the CSU system.

Students applying for ISA positions must be admitted or registered as a CSU student. Academic Student Employees may not concurrently hold a faculty or staff position. Students with assignments in more than one student classification (i.e., Teaching Associate, Graduate Assistant, and Student Assistant) are restricted to working a maximum of 20 hours per week during the academic year and up to full-time during academic break periods.

The 20 hour per week maximum includes hours worked in all positions.

Provide academic coaching to Cal Poly Humboldt students on an individual basis to address topics including goal setting, time management, planning, encouraging student/faculty relationships, study strategies, and navigating campus resources. Assist coordinator with outreach initiatives, presentations, and creating program materials. Additionally, academic coaches may mentor new coaches. Other duties include greeting students, scheduling, data entry, writing session notes, conducting outreach campaigns, and informing the supervisor of shift changes or other problems encountered.

Regular, paid meetings are mandatory. All academic coaches must attend Learning Center-wide trainings. Academic coaches will be evaluated through supervisor observations. Coaching sessions may be audio/video recorded for training and/or program assessment purposes.

Instructional Student Assistants (ISAs) will serve as Writing Consultants and will work primarily in the Writing Studio. They will work one-to-one, in small groups, and/or online with students on academic writing, revising and editing in any subject area. ISAs work with students to identify areas of a piece of writing that would benefit from revision, and assist the student's efforts to strengthen the overall paper, rather than proof-reading or making changes for the student.

ISAs may also be assigned to present writing workshops to peers and/or perform classroom outreaches. They may mentor new ISAs. New and returning consultants are required to attend and complete asynchronous, Zoom, and/or in-person training both before the semester begins and during the semester. Other ISA responsibilities include greeting students, scheduling, data entry, straightening up, opening/closing down Studio, writing post-session notes, and informing supervisor of shift changes or any problems encountered.

Duties that enhance the operations of the Studio may also be assigned. They may work in the Learning Center lab when the Writing Studio is closed. Regular, paid meetings are mandatory. ISAs will be evaluated through supervisor observations and evaluation as well as Writing Studio user feedback forms. Writing Studio sessions may be audio/video recorded for training and/or program assessment purposes.

Supplemental Instruction (SI) Leaders will lead a minimum of two, 50 minute peer-facilitated sessions per week for the assigned course designed to help participants develop course specific academic and study skills. They will share strategies to be successful in the course; answer questions about lecture and reading topics; conduct review activities; give practice quizzes; keep track of attendance and produce attendance reports.

Responsibilities include writing lesson plans for each session that use active learning strategies and posting these plans to SI share drive, and regularly communication with the designated faculty. Attend 1-3 days of pre-semester training and 7-9 meetings/trainings during the semester. SI leaders will schedule follow-up meetings with supervisor after observations, observe another leader leading their session, conduct review sessions-2 of which are open to the whole class.

Leaders will meet with supervisor to discuss performance and returning leaders will "showcase" a successful activity in pre-semester training. There may be 1-3 hours of required reading on effective pedagogical strategies. Embedded Math/Stats SI Leaders attend the core class 2x a week, do an activity 1x a week in class and hold 2 hours of study/tutoring sessions.

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