Current Facilitator | TBD

✍️ Position Summary

This role consists of facilitating the College of Education (CoE) Graduate Writing Group, which meets biweekly throughout each quarter. This writing group was developed for graduate students in the CoE, including Masters, EdD, and PhD students, so that they have a community with which to workshop their writing, share resources, hold each other accountable, and more. You can find more information about the CoE and their graduate programs here and on the DePaul University COE Doctoral Program blog.

✨ Principle Duties & Responsibilities

Facilitate group meetings to support writers (70%)

• Collaborate with writing group co-facilitator (allocated by the College of Education)
• Provide a space to discuss common challenges and strategies for graduate program writing
• Facilitate discussions that center around academic expectations, research design, genre conventions, writing challenges, the graduate community, and so forth
• Collaboratively set an agenda for each meeting based on writers’ needs
• Help foster a constructive dialogue about writers’ work by asking questions and encouraging others to share feedback
• Provide a space for writers to check in with each other and build rapport

Locate and share resources (15%)

• Learn about the types of writing and research writers are working on
• Schedule guest speakers for writing group meetings to share their expertise on relevant resources and writing needs
• Assist participants in navigating the DePaul libraries, databases, and other research outlets
• Provide and demonstrate relevant tools such as reverse-outlining, mind-mapping, and color-coding notes
• Share other resources as necessary and help participants learn where to look for them

Perform other administrative and record-keeping duties (10%)

• Run Zoom logistics and act as hosts for each meeting, using chat, breakout rooms, and other functions as necessary
• Enter participants for each meeting into WCOnline
• Keep track of new participants, recording their emails and creating accounts for them in WCOnline when needed

Perform other leadership duties as needed (5%)

💯 Position Benefits

• Understand the vulnerability of sharing writing and seeking feedback in academic work, especially for writers who may be returning to academia after taking time off
• Learn best practices for working with graduate-level writers and managing small and large group meetings
• Understand and utilize a variety of strategies to effectively lead a team
• Develop and execute practical event-planning and public-speaking skills

🏆 Position Qualifications

• Interest in teaching or academic work
• Experience working with graduate students