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hermionesviolinWe have a house meeting this Sunday. Someone (who misspelled my last name, but really who doesn't?) nominated me for SAA. I'm flattered. But do i want to do this?
STUDENT ACADEMIC ADVISERS’ JOB DESCRIPTION
Student Academic Advisers are responsible for helping entering students with their transition to academic life at Smith. As a Student Academic Adviser you will be working directly with new students and assisting pre-major advisers during orientation and registration. This includes holding house meetings and being available for advice during orientation. You are expected to return early for SAA training which begins Monday, August 25, 2003.
Your responsibilities as an SAA do not end when orientation is over. During the academic year, you are expected to provide advice and guidance on academic matters, to discuss the possibility and advisability of schedule changes, and to help with any other academic concerns the other students in your house may have. You should be able to act as an information resource on academic policies, deadlines, the Honor Code, the Jacobson Center, and the libraries. Throughout the year you will be expected to make or post announcements about academic deadlines, Catalogue updates and other memos from the administration, and assist in the distribution of ASPECTS forms and books. You are also responsible for any duties assigned to you by your House Constitution.
If you have any questions about the SAA position, please contact Tom Riddell, Associate Dean of the College and Dean of the First-Year Class, or Anne Miller ’03, current Head of SAA’s.
STUDENT ACADEMIC ADVISERS’ JOB DESCRIPTION
Student Academic Advisers are responsible for helping entering students with their transition to academic life at Smith. As a Student Academic Adviser you will be working directly with new students and assisting pre-major advisers during orientation and registration. This includes holding house meetings and being available for advice during orientation. You are expected to return early for SAA training which begins Monday, August 25, 2003.
Your responsibilities as an SAA do not end when orientation is over. During the academic year, you are expected to provide advice and guidance on academic matters, to discuss the possibility and advisability of schedule changes, and to help with any other academic concerns the other students in your house may have. You should be able to act as an information resource on academic policies, deadlines, the Honor Code, the Jacobson Center, and the libraries. Throughout the year you will be expected to make or post announcements about academic deadlines, Catalogue updates and other memos from the administration, and assist in the distribution of ASPECTS forms and books. You are also responsible for any duties assigned to you by your House Constitution.
If you have any questions about the SAA position, please contact Tom Riddell, Associate Dean of the College and Dean of the First-Year Class, or Anne Miller ’03, current Head of SAA’s.
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Date: 2003-03-26 08:29 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-03-27 06:34 am (UTC)People who think seriously about the job and its implication on their lives and the lives of others are exactly the kind of people that you want to do it. You would be very good at it because of your ability to look at different sides of things without being instantly judgmental or putting your own agenda on the table first.
If you feel it is going to detract from your education or experience, you should not do it.
Having said that, I am a little bitter than in my years of college only one person, a professor, ever expressed any concern about how I was doing as a person. I never felt that anyone made themselves available to me if I had a problem. Being an SSA would put you in a position to be helpful to many, and perhaps very helpful to a few. If you approach it with the attitude of being of service to others, it could be an enriching personal experience.
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Date: 2003-03-26 08:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-03-26 08:40 pm (UTC)if you want to do it, do it. if you don't, don't. but it does give you an excuse to come back early and move in. and you get to meet the firsties and transfers, which is nifty.
[and i don'tknow why i started this comment using proper capitalization and then stopped, but i don't feel like going back and changing it to make it consistent.]
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Date: 2003-03-27 06:59 am (UTC)