Position Title:
Student Assistant
Required Schedule Flexibility
(1-5 scale with 5 as most flexible): 4
Job Description:
The student assigned to the Speech Department will assist the professors in the Speech Department by performing secretarial and other office duties.
Primary duties and responsibilities:
File department materials,
Photocopy materials for professors in the department,
Organize and file department materials.
Secondary duties and responsibilities:
Grade tests and keeping a grade book,
Daily mail runs,
Forward files and requests for work to the appropriate offices.
Basic Qualifications:
Ability to be discreet and keep confidential information confidential,
The ability to complete assigned work tasks.
Desirable Qualifications:
None
Learning Objectives:
The student will:
Learn how to assist the faculty by making photocopies and handouts, setting up classrooms, grading of objective portions of tests and quizzes, and making of videos of students giving speeches,
Learn the importance of confidentiality in maintaining division, department, and student records,
Learn how to objectively critique presentations in order to give feedback for student learners,
Learn how to take the initiative in keeping the department clean and tidy,
Learn how to maintain and keep a work space clean and organized.