Student Employment and Programming

Mentoring Responsibilities  

• Aid in connecting students with campus resources.  
• Help to identify individual student barriers when accessing campus resources and work with students to develop positive skills to appropriately address these barriers.  
• Assist students in successfully transitioning to college.
• Prepare students for spring registration and meetings with faculty.  
• Problem-solve and help students navigate concerns.  
• Assist in learning about employment opportunities on campus.  
• Provide guidance on living on campus and working with others.  
• Assist students in navigating student platforms (Canvas, ESIS, etc.) .
• Work with students to develop effective study habits.  
• Assist students in understanding the accommodation process.  
• Provide mentoring to students during the campus-wide bridge program in August. 

Training  

• Mentors are required to attend two days of mentor training.
• Mentors will be required to work during the week of Jump Start Program.
• Mentors will meet for a monthly meeting with other mentors and the program adviser to review progress and identify any concerns.
• Mentors will have an option to check-in regularly with their advisor for ongoing support and coaching.

Schedule and Payment

• Mentors will work approximately 5-7 hours per week, depending on the number of assigned mentees.
• Mentors will be paid $10.00 per hour.

Responsibilities  

• Campus Resource Fairs:  
  • Campus resource fairs are primarily for prospective and incoming students. They happen periodically throughout the semester. These fairs consist of many offices on campus where they each have a table to provide students and families with information and answer any questions they may have. The student ambassador who works at these events must be knowledgeable about the academic, ESA and housing intake processes.  
  • They will be familiar with academic accommodations and how they work in the higher education environment.
  • They will be familiar with the DRC Online application process.
• Current Student Chat Sessions:  
  • The current student chat sessions are where student ambassadors sit in the University Center 1-3 times a month to provide information to students who have questions from how to get connected with the office to how to use their accommodations and problem-solving simple questions.  
  • The student ambassador will serve as a student contact point for connecting students with professional staff or other offices on campus that can assist them with their situation. Furthermore, they may make appointments with professional DRC staff when students need more support.  
  • The student ambassador who works at these sessions must be knowledgeable about the academic, ESA and housing intake processes.  
    • They will be familiar with academic accommodations and how they work in the higher education environment.  
    • They will be familiar with the DRC Online application process.  
    • They will be familiar with how to sign up for tests, how to make an appointment on DRC Connect and other common procedures.
  • The students who take on this position must be able to work together to cover most of the campus resource fairs and the current student chat sessions that happen during the semester.

Training for the Position:  

• The student ambassador must attend a training session that will focus on knowledge of the office (academic, housing and ESA accommodations), maintaining confidentiality, administrative work, advocacy, outreach and the student demographics of students with disabilities.  
• DRC professional staff will be assisting the student ambassador with the first resources fair.  
• DRC professional staff will provide one-on-one advising/support/guidance to the student ambassador regularly.

Schedule and Payment:  

• Pay Rate: $10.00 per hour

Average Hours Per Semester:

• Up to four Resource Fairs (five hours).
  • Occurs on mostly Saturday mornings and some happen on weekdays (Around the beginning of each semester, you will know what days you will have to work).
• Up to four Chat sessions (six hours).
  • Occurs every other week during the day (we will work with your class schedule). 

Responsibilities

• Greeting office visitors
• Answering/directing phones
• Preparing/returning tests
• Proctoring tests
• Electronic filing
• Creating E-Books
• Scheduling appointments with DRC advisers
• Document scanning/copying/filing
• General office upkeep

Training

Front desk workers begin paid training on their first scheduled day of work in the office. Training is both hands on with pro staff and read through the detailed student worker front desk manual. Students must also complete any university required training (Title 9 and Information Security Information).  

Schedule and Payment

Students will have a schedule set for each semester before it starts. Students will work 4-10 hours per week on average. (Exceptions made for finals week if agreed upon by the student worker.) DRC payment is made bi-weekly.