Supplemental Instructor
WSU Vancouver is looking to hire 5-8 Supplemental Instructors for the Fall 2023 and Spring 2024.
A Supplemental Instructor is a student leader that provides regularly scheduled, weekly review sessions that helps students navigate historically difficult courses by providing students with additional exposure to, and practice with, course material in a group setting. We have lots of evidence that these peer-led sessions help students keep up their grades and help reduce drop rates for these difficult courses.
The courses we are seeking to provide services for are Chemistry105, Chemistry 345, History 105, Physics 101, Physics 201, Computer Science 121, and Biology 106. If you successfully completed any of these courses with an A or A- , this could be a great student job for you!
Position Details:
Working Title: Supplemental Instructor
Pay/Wages: $16.61 per hour
Job Duties:
Duties generally include running weekly homework help sessions and exam reviews. You will have the guidance of the course instructor in setting these up, preparing example problems, etc. but the SI will generally lead the sessions themselves.
Requirements:
To be a Supplemental Instructor, a student must have successfully completed the course at WSUV, able to keep abreast of the course material, able to meet with the professor to gain insight on how to help students succeed in the course.
Received an A or A- in the course
Registered for Fall 2023 classes
Able to commit to 4-5 hours a week
Able to pass a general background check