Education Department Graduate Fellow

Primary Responsibilities:

The Department of Education Graduate Fellow (GF) assists the faculty with undergraduate teaching, research initiatives, and graduate program recruitment and development. The three areas listed below outline the specific responsibilities.

Student Support

  • The GF may be assigned evaluation/peer-reviewing responsibilities in supporting undergraduate students with writing assignments. 
  • The GF may be assigned teaching responsibilities related to undergraduate courses.
  • The GF may coordinate and facilitate community-building events and co-curricular programs for undergraduate and graduate students.
  • The GF is to schedule and maintain regular office hours.

Faculty Support

  • The GF may assist faculty members with locating and collecting research articles and the data collection and organization process.
  • The GF may assist in processing licensure files.
  • The GF may communicate with prospective graduate students on behalf of program directors.

Department Support

  • The GF may assist with alumni outreach and communication.
  • The GF offers a student perspective on marketing strategies, including internal and external communication, social media, and the college website. The GF will have a specific responsibility of posting on contacting faculty and posting material for the department’s Instagram account. 
  • The GF may assist with the annual department and program-specific assessment initiatives.
  • The GF may represent the education department at recruitment and other admissions events.
  • The GF may be asked to assist with the planning, organizing, and implementing department-sponsored events.

Fellowship Required Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
  • Demonstration of ability to take the initiative and work independently
  • Strong attention to detail
  • Working knowledge and/or willingness to develop working knowledge of the program, departmental, college, and professional association requirements and guidelines.
  • Organizational and administrative skills, such as data collection, data analysis, understanding of APA, and research database usage for location scholarly articles 

Position Requirements:

The Fellow must be a full-time graduate student at Springfield College in good standing and have a field of study related to the fellowship. Valid driver’s license and the ability to obtain driver safety certification.