HCCP: Community Engaged Learning Teaching Associate (S99994)
Summary, Scope, and Responsibilities
The Harward Center for Community Partnerships seeks applications for a new student position, the Community-Engaged Learning Teaching Associate (CELTA). The CELTA will contribute to the college’s nationally-distinctive community-engaged learning program by working in consultation with participating faculty and Harward Center staff to assist students doing community work as a required component of their coursework. Specific responsibilities of the position include: arranging initial meetings and orientations for community-engaged learning (CEL) students at their community sites (involves coordinating student and community partner schedules with Doodle or other online scheduling software, and connecting students to transportation options as needed); working with Harward Center staff to troubleshoot and constructively address problems that may arise during the semester (e.g., communication, scheduling, or transportation challenges); conducting periodic check-ins and site visits to ensure student accountability and maintain positive college-community relations; monitoring the timely delivery to community partners of any promised student deliverables (e.g., research reports, curricula or other materials from student-designed programs); sharing feedback from community partners with Harward Center staff; keeping accurate records of work undertaken and of associated questions, challenges, successes, learnings, and ideas for improvement; and other tasks as assigned.