Verizon Innovative Learning STEM Achievers (VIL) High School Student Volunteer

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Austin Community College is a public two-year institution that serves a multicultural population of approximately 41,000 credit students each Fall and Spring semester.  We embrace our identity as a community college, as reflected in our mission statement.  We promote student success and community development by providing affordable access, through traditional and distance learning modes, to higher education and workforce training, including appropriate applied baccalaureate degrees, in our service area.

As a community college committed to our mission, we seek to recruit and retain a workforce that:

• Values intellectual curiosity and innovative teaching

• Is attracted by the college's mission to promote equitable access to educational opportunities

• Cares about student success and collaborates on strategies to facilitate success for populations including; first generation college students, low-income students, and students from underserved communities.

• Focused on student academic achievement and postgraduate outcomes

• Welcomes difference and models respectful interaction with others

• Engages with the community both within and outside of ACC

Job Posting Title:

Verizon Innovative Learning STEM Achievers (VIL) High School Student Volunteer

Job Description Summary:

This position provides temporary assistance - VIL mentor

Job Description:

General Statement of Volunteer Position
Volunteers play a vital role in transforming our program and the experience of our campers. The
volunteers will be tasked with assisting with the camp and providing classroom support for the
lead instructors, for the Verizon Innovative Learning (VIL) STEM Achievers program. The VIL
STEM Achievers program is a STEM enrichment program for students in grades 6-8. The
program begins with a summer immersion experience and then offers one full workshop day in
the fall and one in the spring for additional STEM learning.

Minimum Qualifications:
● High school student currently in the 9th, 10th, 11th, or 12 grade
● Desire and ability to work with middle students in a STEM camp setting

Description of Duties and Tasks
Essential duties and responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
● Commit to volunteering for the duration of the camp to be eligible for the stipend
● Provide classroom support for the lead instructors
● Demonstrate leadership by participating in program activities to help create a safe and
fun environment
● Encourage respect for personal property, camp equipment, and campus facilities
● Commit to and uphold all camp rules listed in the VILSA Student Code of Conduct
● Work with instructors, program directors, or other staff to meet the needs of the camp
and the students
● Attend program meetings and trainings as assigned

Knowledge
● Intermediate computer skills
● Knowledge of Google suite

Skills
● Maintaining an established work schedule.
● Maintaining confidentiality of students and other work-related information.
● Effectively using interpersonal and communications skills, including tact, patience,
diplomacy, sensitivity, and flexibility as it relates to working with students from varied
socioeconomic backgrounds and learning styles.
● Effectively using organizational and planning skills with attention to detail and
follow-through.
● Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with people of diverse
backgrounds, including students, instructors, and staff.

Technology Skills
● Demonstrated proficiency with standard office software.

Required Work Experience
● None

Required Education
● Must be a high school student currently in the 9th, 10th, 11th, or 12 grade

Other Preferred Qualifications
● None

Physical Requirements
● Work is performed in a classroom environment on campus in an academic setting.
● Subject to standing, walking, sitting, bending, reaching, kneeling, pushing, and pulling
● Occasional lifting of objects up to 20 pounds

Pay Rate
$1,000 Stipend

Number of Openings:
● 6

Number of Openings:

6

Job Posting Close Date:

April 30, 2024
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Disclaimer

The above description is an overview of the job. It is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities of the job, nor is it an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Duties and responsibilities may change with business needs. ACC reserves the right to add, change, amend, or delete portions of this job description at any time, with or without notice. Employees may be required to perform other duties as requested, directed, or assigned. In addition, reasonable accommodations may be made by ACC at its discretion to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions of the job.