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Undergraduate Studio Assistants

The priority deadline for applications is Monday, April 15th at 11:59 pm.

Contact us at rws@wwu.edu if you have any questions.

How to Apply

  1. Review the position description below.
  2. Chat with us online to ask us about our work or to polish up your resume
  3. WWU students: submit your application by completing the online application form. Log in with your WWU email address and password.
  4. Transfer students: submit your application by completing the online application form and emailing your supporting documents to Gabe Gossett at gossetj2@wwu.edu. If you have any difficulty with the form, please email rws@wwu.edu and we will make sure you can apply in a different way.

Studio Assistant Position Description, 2024-2025

Position Overview

Studio Assistants facilitate innovative, strategy-based learning experiences for visitors in person and online to support growth in research, reading, writing, speaking, listening, and other skills needed to navigate the challenges of student life and beyond. Studio Assistants are not expected to be experts in these skills but are dedicated to continuously developing their own academic and leadership skills over time and contributing to the ongoing development of the Studio’s mission and practices.  

Responsibilities

Facilitate Learning 
  • Justice: Integrate learning & action for equity and social justice into all facets of Studio work  

  • In-Person: Consult with Studio visitors by offering strategies and creating practice opportunities across multiple short interactions  

  • Online: Provide strategy-based support to learners online using methods such as chat, draft paper responses, and Teams meetings  

  • Specialized: Develop additional skills to support a wide range of learning situations, including workshop support, long-term partners, group work, and class-embedded support 

Build a Learning Community 
  • Invitational Learning: Actively greet and get to know all visitors personally, seeking to connect them to new experiences, ideas, and opportunities inside and outside of the Studio

  • Collective Leadership: Actively coordinate, delegate, and reflect on tasks with coworkers 

  • Shift Management: Maintain high awareness of what is happening in the physical and online Studio; quickly mobilize coworkers to respond to visitor needs 

  • Space Management: Maintain welcoming learning space by frequently reorganizing furniture and supplies 

  • Events: Represent the Studio at events for new and returning students

Participate in Ongoing Professional Development 
  • Initial Training: Commit to 2-3 hours of paid training per week during your first two quarters

  • Ongoing Training: Continue to participate in ongoing paid training

  • Reflection on Practice: Engage in a quarterly conference with the Studio Leadership Team to identify strengths and areas of growth in learning support practices.  

Benefits and Compensation

  • Flexible work schedule 
    • First Two Quarters: ~6-8 hours per week (including work shifts and paid training) 
    • Future Quarters: ~4-10 hours per week (flexible depending on preference and specialization)
  • Pay that starts at minimum wage with opportunities for greater responsibility and higher pay over time 
  • Professional development in communication, teaching, and leadership skills highly desired by future employers 
  • A lively, intellectually engaged community of peer and professional coworkers 
  • Your coolness increases by approximately 612.3% (results may vary) 

Qualifications

  • You do not need to be from a certain major, have a certain GPA, or be an upper division student 
  • Communicate well with others; enjoy learning and helping others learn 
  • Be an undergraduate student taking at least 6 credits in fall, winter, and spring quarters next year 
  • Demonstrate willingness to engage with others on issues of equity, diversity, and inclusion 
  • Demonstrate interest and growing skills (but not mastery) in reading, research, writing, speaking, and listening 
  • Demonstrate interest and growing skills (but not mastery) in using online technologies to facilitate learning 
  • We strongly encourage multilingual students to apply