Division C
Graduate Students
Call for
Applications
Due February
25, 2013
The
Division C Graduate Student Committee is currently accepting applications for
the Committee Junior Co-Chair position.
The
Graduate Student Committee is a five member graduate student team dedicated to
serving Division C graduate students and representing Division C within the
larger AERA organization.
Positions available
The
Division C Committee Junior Co-Chair is responsible for working with the Senior
Co-Chair/s in preparing articles for Division C’s online journal, in addition
to coordinating graduate student seminars at the Annual AERA Meeting. The
Junior Co-Chair is the direct link with all campus liaisons and is expected to
send monthly newsletters to campus liaisons for distribution. The Junior
Co-Chair also recruits campus liaisons and should plan to communicate regularly
with university faculty and graduate students. Further duties include
coordination with the Division C President and assisting Committee members in preparing
newsletter articles as necessary.
The
Division C Junior Co-Chair is also responsible for identifying potential
speakers for the Division C Fireside Chat held at the Annual Meeting, and also
assists the Committee members with preparing Division C Graduate Student
Seminars at the annual meeting. The
Junior Co-Chair will work with the Senior Co-Chair to prepare a “Division C”
poster for the annual meeting, and work with other Graduate Student Council
members from across AERA divisions to host the resource center during the
annual meeting. The Junior Co-Chair is
also responsible for working with the Senior Representative in preparing
articles for the Graduate Student Council’s online newsletter, Connections, as well as the Graduate
Student Report to both the general Division C audience and the AERA Graduate
Student Council during the annual meeting.
Commitment Time: If you want to serve as a Junior Co-Chair you must be able to serve for two years.
Skills Needed: To serve Division C, in a
graduate student leadership capacity, you must be able to work well under
strict timelines, and with little guidance beyond the Senior Co-Chair. Strong
writing skills are a plus, and a willingness to happily serve others is a
necessity. Passion for the advancement of Division C initiatives and research,
and for the success of graduate students in the division is absolutely vital.
**Prior
involvement in student governance or AERA is NOT required.**
Applications: You will need to submit a letter of interest,
vita, and two letters of references. In your letter of interest, please explain
why you would be a good fit. If you have any questions, please feel free to
email any Division C Graduate Student Council member.
Send: All materials as attachments including, (1)
your letter of interest, (2) vita, (3) and two letters of reference to Ariana
Crowther, Co-Chair, Graduate Student Committee, and Benjamin Heddy, Co-Chair,
Graduate Student Committee (acrowther@utexas.edu
AND heddy@usc.edu).
Responsibilities of the Junior
Co-Chair
Junior
Co-Chair
1.
Distribute
information pertinent to Division C graduate students via Division C listserv
on a regular basis. This includes drafting newsletters with relevant
information for graduate students that will be distributed to campus liaisons
2.
Act
as a liaison for Division C graduate students with other Division C committees
and the Vice-President. This includes contacting campus liaisons to determine
how Division C can best support its members and maintaining and facilitating
open communication lines between Division C GSC officers, Division C officers,
and Division C members.
3.
Explore
possible means to improve communication with Division C graduate student
members
4.
Manage
the list of campus liaisons
5.
Recruit
new campus liaisons to the committee
6.
Contact
institutions lacking campus liaisons to encourage graduate students to take
this role and/or ask faculty to suggest possible candidates for campus liaisons
at their institution
7.
Update
the Facebook page as needed
8.
Co-plan
the New Directions session with Division C officers
9.
Attend
the AERA Conference.
a.
Chair
the New Directions session and any additional sessions allocated to the
Graduate Student Council
b.
Chair
the Division C Fireside Chat
c.
Attend
the graduate student social
d.
Attend/present
at the Division C Business meeting
e.
Attend/present
at the Division C Closed Executive Committee meeting
f.
the Annual Meeting Orientation Session
g.
GSC Reception
h.
Closed Business Meeting
i.
Open Business Meeting
10. Interact with
other graduate students (at AERA’s annual meeting, national conferences, and
through other means (i.e., Facebook, emails, etc.)) to encourage them to become
involved in Division C by becoming a member and/or becoming a campus liaison
11. Act
as liaison between graduate students in their respective divisions and GSC
12. Work
with Senior Chair to submit an article to each of issue of the Graduate Student
Newsletter
13. Co-plan
a Fireside Chat for the AERA Annual Meeting. Co-Chair the session
14. Meet
with Senior Co-Chair at AERA to discuss transition materials
15. Prepare
an Annual Report on activities for the year and submit to Senior Co-Chair
16. Serve
as co-host in the GSC Graduate Student Resource Center
17. Co-create
a Divisional display board to place in the GSRC at the annual meeting
18. Write articles
for winter and spring Division C online newsletters
Both the Senior and Junior Co-Chairs
normally receive approximately $700 each to help defray travel expenses to the
Annual Meeting; however, this item is budgeted by the Division Vice-President
and is not guaranteed.
