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Student Worker NYS HEOP (TIER1)
- Dobbs Ferry, NY, New York, United States
- Student worker
- $17.00
HEOP Peer-Tutor Counselors
Summer Program: 25 hours per week for 5 weeks
Qualifications: Peer tutor-counselors are upper class students with a demonstrated capacity for academic success. They will be selected to work with HEOP based on a grade point average of 3.0 or better, demonstrated leadership abilities, and oral and written communication skills. Although peer tutor-counselor will be selected from the entire student body, preference will be given to current HEOP juniors and seniors who have already exhibited their ability to confront and overcome problems that HEOP first-year students and sophomores face.
Job Description
- Participate in ongoing training sessions conducted by the Project Director and Assistant Director prior to the beginning of the summer program or academic year
- Attend classes and eat lunch with HEOP students to develop trust and rapport
- Serve as role models for HEOP students
- Provide one-on-one or small group tutoring to students
- Assist the summer program faculty in the classroom
- Meet with faculty and HEOP professional counselors to discuss academic problems that individual students may have
- Participate in select HEOP staff meetings
- Provide written reports of student progress and submit these to the Associate Director
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Mercy University is a dynamic, independent, coeducational New York City area university that offers more than 100 undergraduate and graduate degree and certificate programs in six schools: Business, Education, Health and Natural Sciences, Liberal Arts, Nursing, and Social and Behavioral Sciences.
Mercy is the region's largest private, nonprofit, Minority-Serving Institution, proud to serve a student body that is highly diverse. As a federally designated Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI), Mercy University, has been ranked nationally among top colleges in the country for Hispanics by the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) and by Excelencia in Education, earning their prestigious Seal of Excelencia for intentionally serving Latino students.
Mercy University was further recognized by HACU as a national leader in awarding bachelor's degrees to Hispanics in several disciplines, including Psychology, Sociology, and Business. Westchester Magazine has also named Mercy the Best College in Westchester County in 2019, 2020, and 2022.
Mercy is committed to offering an inclusive learning environment to help a diverse student body set a course for their future. To support its student body, Mercy has been awarded a number of federal grants which enable us to better develop and deliver education to our students.
Mercy’s student body reflects the rich diversity of the New York metropolitan area. Enrollment, including full-time and part-time undergraduates and graduates, is approximately 8,800. Mercy students learn on campuses in Dobbs Ferry, the Bronx, and Manhattan as well as online.
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Mercy University is committed to providing motivated students the opportunity to transform their lives through higher education by offering liberal arts and professional programs in personalized and high-quality learning environments, thus preparing students to embark on rewarding careers, to continue learning throughout their lives and to act ethically and responsibly in a changing world.
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Mercy University strives to provide employees and their families with a comprehensive and valuable benefits package. We offer high-quality health care plans, retirement benefits, tuition discounts, flexible spending, and much more.
EEO Statement
Mercy University is an equal opportunity employer. Mercy University actively engages in recruiting a diverse workforce and student body that includes members of historically underrepresented groups and strives to build and sustain a welcoming and supportive campus community. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, national origin, ethnicity, creed, religion, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, pregnancy, height, weight, genetic information, disability, or protected veteran status.
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