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Jeff
>
>Joe,
>
>Here's the "ad."  Send it to s-l@csf.colorado.edu,
>ic-faculty@csf.colorado.edu (this is the membership for the Invisible
>College, a service-learning network), as well as through Campus Compact's
>web page at www.compact.org
>
>Jeff
>
>
>
>                EDWARD GINSBERG CENTER FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE AND LEARNING
>                        UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, ANN ARBOR
>
>
>The University of Michigan seeks qualified candidates for Associate
>Director of Project Community.
>
>Project Community (PC), a 40 year-old service-learning course enrolling 500
>students per year, is a collaboration between the Sociology Department and
>the Ginsberg Center, and it is one of the oldest service-learning courses
>in the nation,
>
>Project Community is one of a number of service-learning programs available
>to students at the Ginsberg Center.  The Ginsberg Center's mission is to
>engage students, faculty, and community members in learning together
>through community service and civic participation in a diverse democratic
>society.  The recent endowment from the Ginsberg family precipitated a
>strategic plan enabling the Center to strengthen existing and initiate new
>cutting edge programs.
>
>JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
>
>* strengthen student learning and leadership through community service,
>civic participation and academic study
>
>* in collaboration with faculty and graduate student instructors, develop
>and implement orientation, training and support for undergraduate seminar
>facilitators
>
>* design and facilitate undergraduate seminars on various topics, including
>leadership for social change, intercultural competence, and mentoring
>
>* develop educational initiatives for students to learn specific skills
>related to their service
>
>* provide ongoing opportunities for educational reflection on community work
>
>* build University-community partnerships which improve the quality of life
>and enhance the educational process
>
>* initiate and build relationships with community partners and agencies
>linked to PC courses and other Center initiatives
>
>* oversee student placements at sites and serve as the PC liaison for
>program/agency concerns and issues
>
>* consult with faculty and university staff on building campus-community
>educational partnerships
>
>* build coalitions between PC, University units, and community partners to
>develop service-learning opportunities for students throughout campus
>
>* prepare and implement administrative and operational plans for PC and
>related Center initiatives
>
>* advise and support students in course selection and registration
>
>* develop PC and Center publicity and recruitment efforts
>
>* serve as a Center representative for promotional events on campus
>
>* manage PC purchases and submit reconciliation reports
>
>* write grants and develop funds for PC and Center initiatives
>
>* develop transportation system for student travel to sites
>
>* reserve and assign space (and equipment) for PC courses and training
>
>* exercise functional and administrative supervision over support staff
>
>* select, supervise, and evaluate graduate student interns working on
>special projects for PC as well as for the Center
>
>* oversee an administrative assistant who implements the transporation
>system, responds to PC inquiries, and assists with the overall program
>functioning in the Center.
>
>DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS
>
>Master's degree with a background in service-learning.
>
>MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
>
>* ability to work with undergraduate students in academic and community
>settings
>
>* at least one year experience in program administration
>
>* Bachelor's degree
>
>Posting No: T-01-16573-YL
>Salary Grade: 07
>Department: Ginsberg Center for Community Service and Learning
>Close Date: 05/04/2001
>Job Class: 16217
>Hours: 40.00
>
>Questions regarding the application process for this position can be
>e-mailed to
>employment.services@umich.edu
>
>For more information, see the job posting at:
>
>        http://www.umich.edu/~jobs/current/postings/T-01-16573-YL.html
>
>
>
>Jeffrey Howard
>Assistant Director - Academic Service-Learning
>Editor - Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning
>Edward Ginsberg Center for Community Service and Learning
>University of Michigan
>1024 Hill Street
>Ann Arbor, MI 48109-3310
>734-647-7402 (phone)
>734-647-7464 (fax)
>jphoward@umich.edu
>

Jeffrey Howard
Assistant Director - Academic Service-Learning
Editor - Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning
Edward Ginsberg Center for Community Service and Learning
University of Michigan
1024 Hill Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-3310
734-647-7402 (phone)
734-647-7464 (fax)
jphoward@umich.edu