Facilitators
Become a Facilitator
RIT 365, our first-year experiential course, is looking for dynamic, community focused leaders. Support our first-year students as they launch their RIT journey, cultivate relationships, and connect with others across campus.
Facilitator Role
RIT 365 Facilitators are an essential piece to guiding our first-year students in making their RIT journey exceptional. Your primary role as an RIT 365 facilitator, is to guide dialogue conversations in each class. You will also guide first-year students through experiential learning cycles, called Plan-Do-Reflect cycles. By being an RIT 365 Facilitator, you not only help the journey of our first-year students, but participate in your own journey of developing connections, self-awareness, and valuable skills as a professional. RIT 365 Facilitators create the space for our first-year students to:
- Discover themselves as experts in their own values and experiences
- Explore crossroads and challenges as opportunities for growth
- Acknowledge that understanding the diverse experiences of self and others is essential to forming an inclusive community
Supporting First-Year Students
- Co-facilitate a dialogue process through a Plan-Do-Reflect experiential learning cycle for 14 class meetings of 50 minutes, one per week
- Participate in active learning experiences hosted by campus partners
- Provide one-on-one 30 minute coaching sessions with each student in their class section throughout the semester
- Attend, participate, and co-facilitate a community building session during the week prior to the start of classes
- Timely completion of administrative duties including completing coaching appointment notes, grading, early alert reporting, and other administrative communications
- Provide additional administrative and class support as needed
Trainings, Meetings and Administrative Tasks
- Attend 5 training workshops or the equivalent of 18 hours prior to the start of Fall semester classes
- Attend required bi-weekly team meetings during the Fall semester
- Provide support as needed to execute experiential activities within the course
- Meet weekly with your Co-Facilitator to coordinate shared facilitation and administrative duties
- Timely completion of administrative duties including completing coaching appointment notes, grading, early alert reporting, and other administrative communications
Be enthusiastic about participating in a shared learning experience with students and a Co-facilitator in a non-traditional classroom environment
Peer Facilitator
- Minimum 2.6 cumulative GPA
- Be in good standing with Student Conduct and Conflict Resolution
- Full-time registered RIT undergraduate student
- Knowledge of and experience with the RIT community.
*Note for Grad Students: Graduate students interested in applying for the Staff role must already have earned a master’s degree by start of the semester. Students in 4+1 graduate programs are eligible to apply for the Peer role.
Staff/Faculty/Alumni Facilitator
- Master’s degree
- 1-3 years’ experience working with college students
- Knowledge of and experience with the RIT community
- If employed by RIT, must be an exempt employee
Approximately 78 hours per semester, including training. While the semester is in session, you can expect to commit 5 hours per week.