be a peer leader for our next engr101 in the fall!

[John Harrison]

We talked about this idea last semester and now it is happening: you have the opportunity to work with the next group of engr101 students in the fall!

Here's how it works: starting next fall WSU is grouping all the intro courses into the same family and renaming them all to WSU*101. The * denotes the field the intro is in so in our case of engineering we have been renamed from ENGR101 to  WSUE101. Get it? E? Engineering? Ok. Now that we have that...

All WSU*101 classes are hiring peer leaders --- students who wish to help out, make a connection with the WSU*101 students etc. So you could be a peer leader for WSUE101 if you wanted to continue to work with me or you could be a peer leader for a WSU*101 in some other discipline if you wish instead.

Our WSUE101 will share some course work and classes with the larger WSU*101 family: ten or so WSU*101 classes will all meet at the same time in a large lecture hall 1x/week. That's called a "supersection." The rest of the time each of the sections meet on their own as we have always done. That's when our WSUE101 will do our engineering-specific projects and our introductions to the various fields of engineering. There's also some sort of online component in place of a class meeting for some of the WSU*101 courses. I'm not expecting that WSUE101 will participate fully in that part of the larger course design.

Now that you get what's going on, here's the official description and call for Peer Leaders from the powers that be:

Peer Leaders will co-facilitate a one-hour 25-student section meeting, attend a one-hour “supersection” meeting (ten sections meet together for one hour) and participate in the online portion of the course.  Peer Leaders will also meet individually and in small groups with the 25 students in their section once per month.  Peer Leaders will receive extensive training (at a mandatory workshop in August) about how to assist freshmen in making the transition to college, and will also be eligible to take a 3-hour course on leadership that is not available to any other students on campus.  The pay is $10 per hour, and the workload is about 10 hours per week for 16 weeks.  If you are interested, send a cover letter, résumé and a one-page statement about why you would make a good peer leader to of...@wichita.edu. Applications will be accepted until the positions are filled, but the priority date for consideration is April 25, 2011.

You should state in your cover letter if you wish to be considered for WSUE101, the more general WSU*101 courses, or both. If both, state what you would prefer.

I'm glad to review any of your application materials if you wish. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask.

-John

[John Harrison]

The peer leader positions for fall are still not filled. It's a 10 hour/week commitment at $10/hour this fall semester. There are applicants and I'm being asked to make a decision within the next day or so. I'd like to work with people who completed ENGR101 with me. Email me immediately if interested: john.h...@wichita.edu.

-John

[Darren Douglas Dawdy]

I am interested in being a peer leader!

 

Darren Dawdy

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