Call for Applications: Fall 2014 LINC Project Managers For Graduate Students and Advanced Undergraduate Students Consider this significant opportunity to acquire training and experience in project management and classroom facilitation while leading a real project of importance to a nonprofit community partner! There are many positions available to co-manage a LINC-Learning in Community course (ENG 315) with interdisciplinary projects related to social and environmental issues, engineering and technical problems, education, community health, international development, and more! Project Managers earn 4 credit hours for ENG 598: Applied Project Management and facilitate the regularly scheduled ENG 315 sessions for one of the projects. They manage the project, participate in a weekly professional development course, coordinate communications with the partner, and assess student work. Project Managers will receive preparation for their roles during a pre-semester training on August 20-22. [Note: ENG 598 counts as an elective for the Leadership Studies Minor.] Project Managers will gain/learn • Knowledge, skills, and experience in applied project management. • Knowledge, skills, and experience in teaching techniques. • Enhanced skills in communication, professional writing, leading multi-disciplinary teams, problem-solving, conflict resolution, evaluation, organizing and prioritizing tasks, and time management. • Experience working with diverse students and project stakeholders in authentic, community-based contexts. • Satisfaction in guiding students to be socially responsible citizens. • A sense of accomplishment in making a meaningful impact in the community and in the lives of students. Apply ASAP for equal consideration (preferably by April 1). Applications and interviews are rolling and will continue until positions are filled. For more information and to join the LINC team, see linc.illinois.edu/information-project-managers and view our introductory video, What is LINC? posted at youtu.be/f7s3aniu_40. For questions, contact Shikhank Sharma ([email protected]).
Posted on: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 12:40:13 +0000
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