Northwestern University - Evanston, IL
posted 16 days ago
About the position
CTD Temporary Summer Residential Teaching Assistant (RTA) positions are available at the CTD Academic Summer Camp at Northwestern University. RTAs supervise and support a group of 10-14 residents in the residence hall, acting as role models to create a safe, nurturing, and fun environment for students. They promote academic and social success by running activities, leading study sessions, and supervising events. Auxiliary Residential Teaching Assistants (ARTAs) assist with student arrivals and departures and support RTAs during their time off. All residential staff are responsible for student supervision during meals and other activities. RTAs live among their residents and have rotating overnight responsibilities.
Responsibilities
- Learn, uphold, and reinforce CTD Policies and Procedures, including the CTD Honor Code.
- Maintain CTD's standard of supervision, including off-campus during field trips and weekend excursions.
- Promote student engagement in residential programming, including leading student activities.
- Build a community among residents that is inclusive, positive, safe, and fun.
- Develop social-emotional skills among students, including sense-of-belonging, appreciation of diverse perspectives, risk-taking, time management, listening, self-advocacy, and conflict resolution.
- Facilitate learning activities and documentation of student learning.
- Promote student health regarding diet and exercise, hygiene, sleep, stress management, and any specific health needs indicated by the family.
- Attend to student emotional, physical, and behavioral needs and communicate these needs to CTD staff that require additional attention.
- Meet daily with residential team.
- Promptly document any academic or behavioral issues within 12 hours of any incident.
- Evaluate residential student performance.
- Evaluate Summer Program and Summer Program staff.
- Provide support to any CTD program on the Evanston campus, as needed.
- Assume program related responsibilities as requested by program directors and permanent staff.
Requirements
- Demonstrated academic success in undergraduate degree program; subject-area expertise preferred.
- Demonstrated enthusiasm to serve as a positive and professional role model for students and staff.
- Demonstrated interest in developing academic and social-emotional skills of students.
- Experience supporting student programs in an educational setting.
- Demonstrated problem-solving skills, including flexibility and adaptability in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to traverse distances of at least one mile with or without accommodation.
- Ability to lift and/or maneuver 40lbs.
Benefits
- Stipend: $3,900, plus room and board.
