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Writing and Math Partners (WAMP) Coordinator

Champaign, Illinois · Part-time

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 20 days ago

ExcelLeadershipCommunicationProblem SolvingMentoringMicrosoft Office

About the role

The Education Justice Project, a unit of the College of Education, offers educational programs to individuals incarcerated at Danville Correctional Center, a medium-security state prison about 35 miles east of campus.
As such, we foster an environment in which writing, reading, communicating, and thinking are closely intertwined.

Manage and support WAMP tutors to adequately staff WAMP sessions each week; provide ongoing support of tutors; organize occasional gatherings to promote problem-solving and idea- sharing;
Track and update WAMP-related files such as program applications, records of attendance at WAMP sessions, and documents pertaining to WAMP recruitment, training, policy, and letters of commitment;
Nurturing: guiding, mentoring, and supporting EJP members in the program. This includes identifying people who are in particular need of nurturing or mentoring and developing a nurturing culture within the program.
Decision-making: exercising leadership and taking initiative. This could include making bold decisions regarding programming or operations, and developing themselves as leaders ( e.g. through workshops or readings).
Maintain a working knowledge of software for basic business contexts, including Google applications (Calendar), and Microsoft Office (Word and Excel)

This includes collecting information to learn how things are going within the WAMP program and making use of that information to make changes to the program as required.
Hold a Bachelor's degree

Hold an advanced degree
Have experience in coordinating staff or volunteers
Be familiar with multiple approaches to teaching and tutoring writing and/or math
This position requires between 5 - 10 hour s/ wee k.
Some of this time is spent on general coordinator duties, such as attending monthly coordinator meetings and other EJP events.
Unfortunately, this is beyond our control.

EJP coordinators receive a $ 31/hour.
Manage and support WAMP tutors to adequately staff WAMP sessions each week; provide ongoing support of tutors; organize occasional gatherings to promote problem-solving and idea- sharing;
Oversee the development and implementation of WAMP tutor onboarding and training;
Track and update WAMP-related files such as program applications, records of attendance at WAMP sessions, and documents pertaining to WAMP recruitment, training, policy, and letters of commitment;
Attend and participate in monthly EJP coordinator meetings as well as yearly EJP coordinator retreat and other EJP leadership activities.
In addition, all EJP coordinators are asked to regularly evaluate their performance with respect to the following:

Maintain an active awareness of best practices regarding community learning centers, writing centers, and other allied forms of learning spaces;

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