Archived Jobs at CSTW
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The Center for the Study and Teaching of Writing (CSTW) hires exceptional graduate and undergraduate students to work in a variety of capacities. Please see the postings below for 2009-2010, beginning autumn quarter 2009. The Outreach program hires for its summer 2009 program. Applications are due Friday, April 3, 2009. You must submit your application and cover letter via this form. Please do not include any confidential information, such as social security number, university ID, grades, etc.
Writing Across the Curriculum Consultant
(25% and 50% positions)The Writing-Across-the-Curriculum (WAC) program gives consultants experience collaborating with instructors to help them help their students use writing as a tool for learning and for communicating discipline-specific knowledge. While doing so, consultants gain practical experience in teacher training and pedagogy with various departments across the university.
Writing-Across-the-Curriculum consultants work one-on-one with Ohio State instructors who wish to strengthen their teaching of writing and the use of writing in their courses. WAC consultants also advise departmental coordinators who are responsible for training instructors about teaching writing. Consultants develop print, Web-based, and other materials for instructors and students, design and facilitate workshops for faculty, staff, and GTAs, and collaborate with other university centers interested in writing instruction. Consultants also have opportunities to conduct research at WAC, joining the scholarly conversations in the field. Other projects as assigned.
Qualifications: Graduate student with two years of experience in teaching writing and familiarity with scholarship on writing pedagogy and WAC (see WAC for references). Experience working in a WAC program preferred.
Minor in Professional Writing Program Graduate Associate
(25% position)The Minor in Professional Writing graduate associate will assist with the administration of this program and its promotion to multiple audiences both within and beyond the university, including undergraduates, faculty and advisors, and partnering organizations who host our student interns.
The associate will make classroom presentations, meet with students about the program and assist them with the development of work-world-ready writing portfolios, manage record keeping, and perform other tasks as assigned. The graduate associate will develop print and Web-based materials for students and partners, and will assist with the design and implementation of workshops and training modules for the Writing Minor's various audiences.
Qualifications: Graduate student must have good, demonstrable writing ability. Experience in tutoring and teaching writing is required. Skills in professional writing and workshop development are highly desirable. Strong administrative skills are also highly desirable.
Student Technology Consultant, Assistant Coordinator
(25% position, 4 quarters)The Student Technology Consultant (STC) Assistant Coordinator gains experience working with a group of technology savvy undergraduate (and occasionally graduate) students who then work with teachers (faculty, teaching staff, and graduate GTAs) from across the College of Humanities (COH) on integrating technologies into their classes. One-on-one, small group, in-class, multiple seminars experiences are provided for STC clients. Other work opportunities for the Assistant Coordinator and STCs include lab and on and off-campus support. The STC Assistant Coordinator works with Dr. Richard (Dickie) Selfe to recruit, train, and deploy STCs throughout the college. S/he will also help develop online STC materials, recruit teachers who need help, and assess the support provided by our consultants.
Qualifications: Graduate student applicants must have some communication and media expertise but also a willingness to learn new instructional technologies. During the year the Assistant Coordinator will also be involved in a good deal of seminar planning as well as supervisory and administrative work. Formal or informal technology support (one-on-one) or experience with small group technology instruction is required. Technology-rich teaching experience in the COH is preferred.
Writing Center Assistant Coordinators
(25% or 50% positions)Assistant Coordinators work in collaboration with the Writing Center Coordinator to supervise the daily operations of the Writing Center. Assistant Coordinators plan and implement writing consultant (tutor) orientation and staff meetings, manage tutors' schedules, attend and present at university-wide orientations, and design and facilitate other projects associated with the Writing Center. Assistant coordinators will supervise the Online Writing Center as necessary. Duties also include staff development, mentoring, evaluation, hiring, and some tutoring. Must be available to start summer quarter.
Qualifications: At least two quarters of tutoring experience in the Writing Center at CSTW. Prefer knowledge of research and theory on the composing process and on writing centers.
Writing Center Consultants
(25% or 50% positions)Consultants work one-on-one with students, staff, and faculty from all disciplines on a variety of writing issues in order to help individual writers grow, not just to improve specific pieces of writing. Consultants work with writers on a variety of texts, including research papers, lab reports, dissertations, administrative documents, proposals, resumes and other application materials, and articles or book manuscripts. Consultants also participate in and contribute to weekly staff meetings and work on a range of Writing Center projects such as developing workshops and seminars on writing, creating online and print resources, and working on research projects related to writing centers. Consultants also participate in and contribute to weekly staff meetings and work on a range of Writing Center projects, such as creating online and print resources, developing workshops and seminars on writing, and working on research projects related to writing centers.
Qualifications: Prefer one year of teaching or tutoring writing at the college level.
Technology Consultant
(25% position)The technology consultant maintains, expands, and redesigns (as needed) the CSTW databases and report design/documentation; handles updates to the CSTW Web site; implements, and supports technology-related program activities. Translates technological jargon to end users. Proactively suggests innovative technological solutions. Coordinates with various university technology offices such as Humanities Information Systems and Office of Information Technology to maintain current office technology and develop new technology protocols, and advises CSTW on technology concerns and new initiatives. Works on other projects as assigned.
Qualifications: Graduate student with significant experience and proficiency with Microsoft Office data applications, along with SQL and VB/VBA code in conjunction with Microsoft Access module creation and interface design. Good writing skills and background in the humanities are desirable.
Outreach Consultants
(25% or 50% positions)CSTW Outreach consultants work in partnership with clients outside the university to improve writing and/or the teaching of writing in a variety of settings. Consultants must be skilled at listening to our clients and partnering with them to design programs that meet their stated and perceived needs. Current projects focus on extending our partnerships with Ohio's schools (from pre-school through high school) and community-based organizations. They include facilitating 3rd through 5th grade after school literacy tutoring program, working in area high schools conducting in-school "writing-to-learn," content-specific, and teacher professional development workshops, and conducting writing workshops in an adult literacy program. Partnering organizations include Columbus Africentric Early College Elementary; Linden McKinley, Whetstone, and Brookhaven High Schools; The Columbus Literacy Council; and the Godman Guild Association. We seek talented, self-motivated individuals with an interest in continuing our present efforts and creating new outreach opportunities. If you are interested in joining our outreach team, please see our Web site and be prepared to tell us how you see yourself fitting in to the exciting programming at CSTW-Outreach as a "teacher of writing."
Qualifications: Graduate student must have good, demonstrable experience in all or most of these areas: communication, writing ability, classroom instruction, workshop facilitation, and working with K-12 students and adults on their writing. Experience with a range of community institutions is a plus. Experience in tutoring, teaching writing, or community outreach is required. Skills in K-12 literacy curriculum design, workshop development, grant writing, and professional writing are highly desirable. Strong administrative and project management skills are also desired. We seek multi-talented, self-motivated individuals from diverse discipline areas.
Summer 2009 Outreach Consultants
(Multiple positions, salary $1,200)OSU-Africentric Middle Literacy Partnership: e-Newswriting Camp 2009
CSTW Outreach summer consultants will work with 25 middle-school students (grades 6-8) on a school e-newswriting project onsite at Africentric Early College Middle School (300 East Livingston Avenue/Grant Avenue). Consultants will work with CSTW Assistance Director to help students write articles for five issues of the electronic school newspaper called The Nubians Info. The newspaper theme is "Self-Affirmations Through Hip Hop and Creative Journalism." Consultants will help students with drafting text, digital composing, revising articles, peer reviews, research for news articles, and using Word software on the laptop. Consultants will be responsible for layout and design of the weekly newspaper using Publisher software. Consultants will also chaperone students on two field trips to the Ohio State campus to visit the Frank W. Hale, Jr., Cultural Center (Hale Hall) and The Kermit L. Hall Videoconference Center (Hagerty Hall) for a videoconference with a school abroad. Two project planning meetings will be held on June 17 and June 18, 2009. The e-Newswriting Camp begins June 22 through July 22, 2009, on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays 9:00 am-1:00 pm Catered lunch will be provided daily.
Time Commitment:
- Wednesday, June 17 and Thursday, June 18: two 90-minute planning and preparation meetings in Mendenhall Lab
- June 22-July 22, 2009 (every Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday) 8:30 am- 1:00 pm on site at Africentric.
