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Spring Teaching Assistantship Available in SOM Financial Literacy Project

Filed under SOM News and Events
Posted by , January 04, 2008
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Description:

Patricia Clarke, SOM Assistant Professor, is seeking an MBA student for the Spring semester to assist with her ongoing financial literacy service-learning project. Each semester, Mgmt 260: Principles of Finance students develop materials for a Personal Finance Information Workshop for English as a Second Language (ESL) adult learners. The ESL students are taking classes at the International Learning Center, which is located at the central YMCA on Huntington Avenue. Topics for the workshop include uses of both short- and long-term borrowing, such as credit cards and higher education, as well as short- and long-term savings, including retirement. The teaching assistantship will support this project; the primary responsibility is working with the ESL students. Assessment of student learning outcomes may also be included.

Commitment and Compensation:

Spring Semester: Approximately 25 hours over the course of the semester; some flexibility in days/times; $13.00 per hour

To Apply:

If interested in applying, please submit current resume and cover letter to Patricia Clarke, SOM Assistant Professor, Main College Building (MCB), E208, or patricia.clarke@simmons.edu.

In your cover letter, include responses to the following questions:

1. What interests you about this position?

2. What skills and experience would qualify you for this position?

3. Describe briefly, if applicable, your service learning, community service, and/or non-profit experience(s) and what you have learned from doing this work.

4. What do you hope to learn and/or gain from this assistantship?

For more information on the mission and funding for the Financial Literacy Project, please visit:

http://www.simmons.edu/som/news/archives/2005/12/patricia_clarke.shtml.