Student Staff Application

The Director of Student Staff achieves their job by:

Crafting a cohesive academic-year vision parallel to the work of the professional staff and faculty.

Fostering a healthy, positive culture for all student staff members through mental and physical health advocacy.

Continually collaborates with professional staff, faculty, the Board of Advocates, and the team leads to help manage annual projects, programming, change initiatives, and strategic direction of the program.

Facilitating goal setting and change implementation through the format of "small extraordinary steps."

Providing skill and emotional support, encourages success, mobilizes both individuals and teams towards achievement of small extraordinary steps, as well as larger, year-end goals.

Planning and implementing Student Staff Training week.

Delivering staff enrichment through weekly seminars/workshops, as well as guest lectures from leaders across campus.

Serving as an intermediary between professional staff and Student Staff, ensuring effective communication and continuous program improvement in all aspects.

Serving as the head of the Catalyst team, and collaborates with student Board Seats to establish and maintain a beneficial relationship with the Board of Advocates.

Devoting significant investment in the personal, professional, and leadership development of all Staff members including real-time feedback and peer led development.

Demonstrating a strong sense of community, appreciation for the strengths and weaknesses of PLC, creativity, growth mindset, and humility. 

(Pay Rate - $5,000/Academic Year)

The Bridge Team accomplishes this stated job purpose by:

Connecting PLC with new and established leadership entities both on and off campus, and in Colorado.

Act as the feedback arm of the program; facilitating program improvement

Collecting and interpreting program feedback through the Data Project.

Planning and executing opportunities for PLCers to interact with student leaders of neighboring universities and collegiate leadership programs, through Student Swaps.

Initiating and revising PLC’s engagement with the Colorado Leadership Alliance, the Boettcher Foundation, and Denver Metro Chamber Leadership Foundation.

Running the multi-campus student group that helps to plan and execute the annual CLA Student Summit.

Running the student multi-campus student group that initiative for statewide student leaders to connect and problem-solve through the CLA Student Summit.

Planning and organizing PLC Interview days for prospective PLCers,

Creating and delivering the second point of entry focused presentation at Admitted Students Day.

Attend weekly staff meetings, weekly hour-long Bridge Team meetings, meetings with Jessie, and effectively communicate.

(Pay Rate =  $3,000/AY)

The Professional Development/Industry Night Coordinator accomplishes this stated purpose by:

Collaborating with alumni and industry partners to expand networking and learning opportunities.

Meeting individually with PLC members to assess professional goals and career development needs.

Connecting PLC students to relevant alumni/individuals in their respective industries to support career goals.

Maintaining strong alumni connections to facilitate healthy relationships between current students and alumni.

The Alumni Data and Outreach Coordinator accomplishes this stated purpose by:

• Mining LinkedIn, outreach campaigns to find updated emails, mining other resources
• Utilizing WebExpress to maintain consistent alumni engagement - Webexpress training and access

Bolstering the Forever Buffs initiative to develop a sustainable alumni platform for the PLC Community.

Develop marketing materials for introducing ForeverBuffs to Student Staff, alumni, and current students.

Outreach to alumni to increase engagement in the ForeverBuffs platform.

Draft Alumni Newsletters (quarterly) for alumni to keep them posted on events, activities, opportunities, and stories within PLC and the PLC alumni communities.

Coordinate with the PLC Writing Coach for editing and proof-reading of Alumni Newsletter.

Coordinate with EComm provisioned administrator to deliver the Alumni Newsletter.

Conduct interviews with PLC alumni and highlight their stories and leadership through the alumni newsletter.

Connect students and alumni alike for various purposes including connection, networking, and advice.

• Supporting CAs the Delivery of PLC Instruction
  • Providing ongoing mentorship and coaching to CAs to support their professional and leadership development.
  • Planning, scheduling, and conducting recitation observations for each CA.
  • Facilitating debrief conversations with CAs to review feedback, build instructional capacity, and engage in reflective practices.
  • Serving as a resource to fill-in and otherwise support PLC academics (examples could include: guest facilitation, covering recitations, assisting with lesson plan development/delivery).
• Positively Shaping the Culture and Operating Efficiencies of the Academic Team
  • Supporting the goals, needs, and forward momentum of the Academic Team.
  • Fostering a sense of community among members of the Academic Team.
  • Collaborating with the Academic Team Lead to provide the needed support, communication, and leadership to promote a high-functioning Academic Team.
  • Attending weekly staff meetings, Academic and CA Team meetings as needed, meetings with DSM.
• Contributing to the Continuous Improvement of PLC Academics
  • Working with DSM to review and iterate curricular components of the PLC academic experience as needed/requested by DSM.
  • Demonstrating initiative in service and leadership to elevate the Academic Team and by extension, the PLC Academic pillar.

The Writing Coach accomplishes this stated purpose by:

Attends weekly Student Staff meetings, attends Academic Team meetings, may meet with Dr. JulieMarie Shepherd Macklin to plan curriculum, writing workshops, stay current on assignments and how to best support students in any given unit.

(Pay Rate: $2000/AY)

The COCO team accomplishes this stated purpose by:

High school, teacher, and organizational contact building and relationship management.

Email campaigns to the above parties and interested students.

On-campus relationship building to attract second-point-of-entry students. 

Creating promotional materials for PLC.

Further developing PLC’s public reputation.

Application question creation and evaluation.

Training, management, mobilization of peers to aid in the recruitment effort.

Interviews and cohort selection.

Collaboration with other staff teams to integrate recruitment opportunities across programming.

Host events that offer leadership opportunities to prospective students.  

Develop innovative leadership curriculum and facilitate leadership skills workshops.

(Pay rate = $3500/academic year)

The Socials Coordinator accomplishes this stated purpose by:

Manage PLC social media handles

• Instagram (alumni & standard), PLC Linktree

Oversee and manage PLC Student Community Canvas page.

Co-editor of PLC weekly program newsletter – PLC Connection.

Engage and highlight program participants via social media features.

• First Year Features

• Senior Spotlights

• Event recaps

Advertise program activities to current and interested members.

Utilize platforms to highlight events for all followers

Contribute to PLC Alumni group on LinkedIn

Attending weekly staff meetings, community meetings, personal office hours, team lead meetings, and weekly one-on-ones with PLC professional staff.

(Pay Rate = $3000/AY)

The CCs accomplish this stated purpose by:

Plan community events for all of PLC to attend:

• Examples: House Hop, Community Dinner, Fall Retreat, PLC Formal, Senior Send-Off

Create, plan, and execute catering, venues, dates, times, music, coordination, transportation, and budgeting for these events.

Outreach to PLC cohorts through email, social media, and other specified outlets.

Create events that foster connection and bridge gaps between different groups of people within PLC that wouldn’t normally have opportunities to communicate.

Be a foundation for connection within PLC by going above and beyond to informally connect with peers and other members of PLC.

Communicate with PLC about what events interest them and collect feedback to implement in future events.

Attend weekly staff meetings and community meetings, along with personal office hours.

Attend planned events to ensure they run smoothly and adjust as needed.

(Pay Rate= $3000/AY)

The Family Tree team accomplishes this stated purpose by:

Assign incoming First-Year PLC students to existing families

Introduce Family Tree to all incoming students over the summer before they come to CU campus

Welcome all First Year students at Fall Retreat, announce family assignments, introduce them to family group

Plan and execute monthly activities to foster connection within family groups:

• Examples: Monthly bingos, family tree one-off activities

Consistently communicate with family leads and family members to assist with inter-family relationships.

Plan activities for all-PLC events to enable family bonding.

Allocate incoming students to pre-existing families.

Address challenges and dynamics within family groups.

Plan and organize systems to enable friendly competition between families.

• Example: PLChampionship

Collaborate copiously with other student staff teams to plan events and activities.

Attend weekly staff meetings and community meetings, along with personal office hours and biweekly meetings with PLC professional staff.

(Pay Rate = $2500/AY)

The Wellness Experience Coordinators accomplish this stated purpose by:

Planning and executing the annual traditional events: PLC Camping Trip, Sunset  & Cheese, PLSki Weekend.

Plan two or more PLC led, outdoor-related activities per semester in additional to the annual traditions.

Creating and delivering a wellness series of presentations for both student staff and PLC peers.

Publicizing wellness-related events that CU and the community offer through PLC communication channels – PLC Connection, PLC Community canvas page, PLC Instagram

Persistently updated on and aware of mental health resources and in order to provide guidance and direction to PLC students in need of help.

Providing organizational and peer support for As You Are Coordinator(s) and the pilot program between As You Are (Renee Crown Institute) and PLC.

Collaborating to plan AYA guest lectures, AYA Deep Dives, AYA Seminars, AYA service opportunities

(Pay Rate = $2500/AY)

Deep Dive Coordinators accomplish this stated purpose by:

Identifying relevant, intersectional, socially divisive Deep Dive topics in Colorado.

Planning 2-3 Deep Dives per semester (includes identifying, contacting, and organizing speakers and interactive site-visits).

Ensuring a cohesive collaboration between the academic and experiential programs, and delivering high-quality, well-organized, innovative events and speakers.

Ensuring appropriate contact and follow-through (e.g. thank you cards) with experiential program providers such as weekend hosts and speakers.

Developing briefing materials for students to use in preparation for program activities - readings, questions, post-trip reflections.

Tracking and reviewing attendance and post-trip assignments.

Working with professional staff to track experiential programming-related expenditures.

Holding weekly office hours with your staff counterpart (~4 hours/week).

Attending weekly student staff meetings - PRLC 2930 (Tuesdays 8-9:15am).

Performing other duties as assigned, including staff support for orientation activities, off-campus programs, and admissions programming.

(Pay Rate = $3500/AY)

The Service Team accomplishes this stated purpose by:

Establishing new relationships with nonprofits such as Boulder County, SAME Cafe, and ENGin.

Maintain existing relationships with outside organizations such as PB n' Luvin and Garden to Table.

Organizing events with our partner organizations to enable PLCers access to transformational service events.

Consistently evaluating and restructuring the makeup of service events to ensure service remains a priority for the PLC community and is a transformational experience.

Facilitating volunteer events for PLCers to earn their public service and experiential hours.

Develop robust verification system to accept service hours outside of PLC and PLC partners.

Submit "Service Standout" entries to PLC Socials Coordinator for weekly PLC Connection.

Provide notice of current and available service opportunities for all PLC students.

(Pay Rate = $3000/AY)