Type:
Graduate Assistantship
Description:
TRIO Student Support Services (SSS) Overview
This graduate position is a campus-based leadership position for the TRIO SSS program which supports low-income, first generation college students as they complete their undergraduate degrees. To learn more visit our website https://studentsuccess.appstate.edu/community-designated-student-programs/trio-student-support-services.
Position Overview
This 20-hour a week leadership position will serve as an Academic Coach for referred upperclassmen TRIO SSS students and will also be an individual mentor for first year TRIO SSS students. The balance of coaching and mentoring means each Academic Coach will spend a max of 15 hours per week working directly supporting students. Additionally, as a community coordinator the Academic Coaches will assist with planning and leading small student support-focused workshops.
Additional hours will be reserved for time spent in training, administrative tasks (note taking, logging attendance, etc), consulting with campus partners, and receiving supervision support from advisors in the program. Ideal candidates will take initiative and have strong leadership, communication, organization and time management skills.
Qualifications:
- Enrolled in a graduate program at Appalachian. Preference for graduate studies related to education, counseling, or student development, but students from all disciplines are welcome to apply and have been very successful in this role
- Evidence of academic excellence
- Desire to get to know and support incoming and continuing undergraduate students
- Creativity, enthusiasm, and flexibility
- Ability to take initiative in planning events
- Ability to keep organized records
- Excellent communication skills
- Good managerial skills
- Strong interpersonal and intrapersonal skills
Compensation and Hours:
20 hours/per week
Position pays ~$16.67/hr ($5,000 per semester; $10,000 per year) and runs
August 2026-May 2027
Link for Full Job Description:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1K32p2pI5lTj1dJezIH0qkFld5AhYUpQzbSiDj3DCiGI/edit?tab=t.0
Link to apply: https://forms.gle/MjAui4UqXtmHRLw88
For more information or questions, please contact Allyson Murphy, Assistant Director of TRIO SSS, at murphyag2@appstate.edu
Contact Name:
Allyson Murphy
Contact Email:
Expiration Date:
Friday, May 15, 2026