From zbetancourt at usf.edu Mon Oct 2 08:26:02 2017 From: zbetancourt at usf.edu (Betancourt, Zoraya) Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2017 12:26:02 +0000 Subject: [FCLCA] NCLCA Emergency Relief Grant: Help Spread the Word Message-ID: Just 5 minutes of your time is needed We need your help to spread the word NCLCA Emergency Relief Grant (N.E.R.G. - Energy!) Recognizing that our members may suffer due to natural disasters, and lose much of the gathered material used in supporting student success, the NCLCA has established this grant aimed to help replace material quickly. Affected institutions where an established learning center exists are welcome to apply for this grant of between $500-$1000. The funds will be disbursed to an individual leading tutoring/academic support, rather than the institution, shortly after the application is assessed and approved using either Paypal or check. A final report identifying what the grant funds were used to replace is expected within one month of disbursement, maximum one page, submitted electronically to the Treasurer. Contact David Reedy, NCLCA Treasurer (dreedy at ncu.edu) for more information. UPDATE: Having received monetary donations prior to and during conference, over $2500 has been raised to support this activity. Ongoing donations are accepted (tax-deductible) through www.squareup.com/store/nclca Would you please use 5 minutes to reach out to the leaders of learning centers you know and ask them to spread the word about the grant availability? With your help we can reach the centers who have been impacted and deserve this financial support. Thanks much! 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URL: From cbarry at admin.fsu.edu Mon Oct 9 11:58:16 2017 From: cbarry at admin.fsu.edu (Courtney Barry) Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2017 15:58:16 +0000 Subject: [FCLCA] Position Announcements at Florida State University's Academic Center for Excellence Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, The Academic Center for Excellence (ACE) faculty and staff at Florida State University are currently seeking qualified candidates to apply for 3 new faculty positions: 1) Job Opening #42393 - Teaching Faculty I (SLS) Academic Center for Excellence The Teaching Faculty I position is a full-time specialized faculty (non-tenure track) position that will work with campus partners within and beyond the Division of Undergraduate Studies to develop and teach an academic success (SLS) course and provide a complement of services to support the academic success of transfer students. The focus of the SLS course, which will be mandated for transfer students in academic difficulty, is on the development and application of academic strategies for upper division course work with emphasis on self-regulated learning, time management skills, critical reading, exam preparation, personal success strategies, and knowledge of the research university and its resources. 2) Job Opening #42395 - Instructional Specialist I - Early Alert (ACE) The Instructional Specialist I position is a full-time specialized faculty (non-tenure track) position that will develop and provide day-to-day leadership and supervision of a new Early Alert program for undergraduate students. The Early Alert program is being established as an academic support initiative to increase the retention and academic performance of undergraduate students by connecting struggling students to a range of campus resources - including undergraduate peer mentors who will be trained to help students to develop deep-level learning strategies and self-regulation skills. 3) Job Opening #42394 - Instructional Specialist I - Supplemental Instruction (ACE) The Instructional Specialist I position is a full-time specialized faculty (non-tenure track) position that will provide leadership and day-to-day supervision of the Peer Assisted Study Sessions (PASS) program at the ACE Learning Studio. PASS is an academic support program that offers regularly scheduled, out-of-class, peer-facilitated study sessions for undergraduate students enrolled in traditionally difficult academic courses. To apply for these positions please access this link: http://hr.fsu.edu/ and select "Job Opportunities." We also greatly appreciate your help in sharing these positions with colleagues who may be interested in applying as well. Thank you, Courtney Courtney Barry, Ph.D. Director, Academic Center for Excellence Florida State University G050 William Johnston Building Tallahassee, FL 32306-2463 (850) 645-9361 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rjohnson at fau.edu Tue Oct 24 13:12:19 2017 From: rjohnson at fau.edu (Ronald Johnson) Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2017 17:12:19 +0000 Subject: [FCLCA] Hiring Academic Support Team Members Message-ID: Hello Learning Center Professionals! I hope you are having amazing synergy in your academic support centers this fall! As we are in the midst of hiring for spring 2018, there was an inquiry that came about and we are interested in your thoughts. A student recently completed an application for a position on our spring 2018 academic support team. After the application closed, a phone called was received through a phone relay system (for the hearing impaired). The student stated that they applied for a position and would need an interpreter for the interview portion of the process. The interpreter will be hired for the interview, but we were interested in knowing your experiences. In working with very diverse populations, have any of you hired a student that is hearing impaired as an academic support team member? If so, how did you structure the tutoring sessions (small group, one-on-one, etc.)? How were the interactions with student(s) to tutor/interpreter? Thank you for your time/attention and I look forward to your responses. Ronald Romances Johnson Associate Director, Center for Learning And Student Success (CLASS) Director, Academic Support Services Florida Atlantic University 777 Glades Road, GS(2), Room 223 Boca Raton, FL 33431 Phone 561.297.0945 [cid:FA4D5F25-0759-458F-85B2-133F015015EF] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image003.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 2201 bytes Desc: image003.jpg URL: From wcooke at ufl.edu Tue Oct 24 13:55:25 2017 From: wcooke at ufl.edu (Cooke,Winifred B) Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2017 17:55:25 +0000 Subject: [FCLCA] Hiring Academic Support Team Members In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Greetings Ronald, Several years ago, a student who was Oral deaf volunteered to tutor chemistry in our center so that he could practice speaking. I had to listen closely to understand him myself, and students had to look directly at him when they spoke to him because he had to read their lips. I decided to assign him a few hours of "drop-in" tutoring but wondered if students would visit the center during his shift. Much to our pleasure, we soon placed him on our payroll and he bloomed into one of our most sought out tutors. After graduation he was hired by a large chemical company; however, he chose to return to college the next year and changed majors. While he was great at research, he wanted more social interaction. Regards, Winnie Winifred B. Cooke, Ph.D. Teaching Center Director University of Florida 680 Broward Drive P.O. Box 115150 Gainesville, FL 32611-5150 wcooke at ufl.edu 352.392.2010 voice 352.392.3958 FAX From: FCLCA [mailto:fclca-bounces at lists.fsu.edu] On Behalf Of Ronald Johnson Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2017 1:12 PM To: fclca at lists.fsu.edu Subject: [FCLCA] Hiring Academic Support Team Members Hello Learning Center Professionals! I hope you are having amazing synergy in your academic support centers this fall! As we are in the midst of hiring for spring 2018, there was an inquiry that came about and we are interested in your thoughts. A student recently completed an application for a position on our spring 2018 academic support team. After the application closed, a phone called was received through a phone relay system (for the hearing impaired). The student stated that they applied for a position and would need an interpreter for the interview portion of the process. The interpreter will be hired for the interview, but we were interested in knowing your experiences. In working with very diverse populations, have any of you hired a student that is hearing impaired as an academic support team member? If so, how did you structure the tutoring sessions (small group, one-on-one, etc.)? How were the interactions with student(s) to tutor/interpreter? Thank you for your time/attention and I look forward to your responses. Ronald Romances Johnson Associate Director, Center for Learning And Student Success (CLASS) Director, Academic Support Services Florida Atlantic University 777 Glades Road, GS(2), Room 223 Boca Raton, FL 33431 Phone 561.297.0945 [cid:FA4D5F25-0759-458F-85B2-133F015015EF] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 2201 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: