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Job Description
for Peer Facilitators
Peer Facilitators are nursing students who have been highly successful completing the difficult courses they will be facilitating. Sophomore, Juniors, Seniors, and Graduate students are eligible to apply. Each Facilitator meets for two hours-weekly sessions with their respective Participants for group study. They assist Participants with routine study activities, emphasizing learning strategies, test-taking skill, and provide information regarding behaviors most appropriate for learning specific course content. Facilitators report directly to the Project Director on Participant activity, not to course Faculty. Facilitators are required to spend an hour a week of preparation time for the study group sessions. Facilitators are compensated for the weekly two hour study group session with participants, weekly meeting time with the Project Director and preparation time.
Excellent communication skills, sensitivity to issues of diversity, commitment to professional development, flexibility, skill in assessment of Participant knowledge and learning, good listening skills and demonstrated success in completion of "difficult" nursing courses are important criteria for being a Facilitator.
Responsibilities
1. Attend orientation and training sessions
2. Contact group members and schedule weekly study group meeting
3. Orient group members and return paperwork to Project Director
4. Ensure that your group meets weekly (frequent, consistent
meetings correlate positively with higher grades for the course)
5. Notify Project Director of actual group membership, meeting dates, time
and location
6. Be prepared for the weekly study group sessions (review
materials, utilize a variety of teaching strategies, encourage
active participation and discussion,)
7. Submit weekly attendance records and time sheets to Project Director
8. Attend three (3) educational enrichment sessions
9. Respond promptly to communications from the Project Director or
group members
10. Maintain communication with the Project Director and project staff,
notify them of your needs, questions or concerns.
11. Submit end of term evaluations to Project Director by the announced
date
The Peer facilitated study Group and Clinical Support
Projects are funded by Abbott Laboratories and State of Michigan:
Dept. of Education, Office of Equity.
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