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Position Title: Peer Learning Assistant
Department: Physics
Location: Olin Hall
Students Required: 2
Hours per week: 10
Federal Funding: Required
Job Description: The physics department is looking for help working in our classrooms and teaching labs. If you enjoyed your physics class or lab please reach out to the lab manager, or a professor you would like to work with! Job duties are varied, and depend on the position. In the labs you would be asked to help teach the labs with another experienced lab instructor. This includes grading, answering students emails (to a degree) and being a friendly presence in the lab. In the lecture, which would be a different position, the students would work with the professor to help support active learning in the classroom. This includes helping students with problems, explaining physics problems, and being a kind presence in the classroom.
Requirements: Must have taken Physics 1110 or 1111 and Physics 1120 or 1121. Be a friendly presence in the classroom, have the ability to be on time to all meetings, and be comfortable speaking in front of students. It is helpful, but not necessary, to contact one of your physics professors as a reference. It is also helpful, but not necessary to be a physics major or minor or in the student prep program.
Contact Person: Payton Wilkins
Email: plwilkins@wpi.edu
Phone: x000