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I appreciated how my supervisor was a great supporter—trustworthy, honest, and caring. She showed the same concern for her team that a mother would have for her children, in a respectful and supportive way. Before taking any action, she always seeks clarification on potential mistakes or misunderstandings. I am at a loss for words to describe how great a person she is, on the professional and personal levels. I learned lots of new things in that place, especially working with the assistive technology and supporting the students with their accommodations. I had a passion for utilizing technology to meet the students' needs. The workplace culture was in ups and downs, but again, without my supervisor's and the director's support, I would not have made it here. I believe the hardest part of the work here is to have the passion to work with the students with disabilities and meet their needs; therefore, if you find yourself having the patience and passion to work with them, you will definitely flourish in this position. The most enjoyable part of this position was working with technology; it is my passion to explore how to utilize technology to its maximum potential with both students and myself. Oh, by the way, I forgot about golf cart driving; it was one of my passions, too, to transport some of our students by the golf cart.

This campus has continued to grow exponentially over the past 10 years.  If you work in an areas that directly works with the students you probably have a good position.  However, if you have a position that is not directly working with students you are probably understaffed and grossly underpaid.  Such was the situation I found myself for the almost nine years of employment in management.  The job became more and more demanding and there was no additional staffing given to handle the extra demands or resources of any kind.  We were told by the new president that the goal was going to be to double our student population again and those departments who directly worked with the students would see additional funding and resources.  However, those of us who indirectly supported the campus were just tough out of luck as we labored away at our same old jobs having more work and no additional pay or resources given to us.  I was on this job for nearly 5 years before I even got my first .25 cent raise.  I was told such is the life in a State institution.  While you watch management and Professors get thousands added to their payroll, or you see others get declassed into a new position just so they can get a higher salary, including your on bosses to the tune of $10,000 and $20,000 more per year.

This was a great opportunity learn a little about different disciplines at the university. Though I was an English major, I learned quite a bit about Geo sciences, Computer Science, administration, as well as experience in technical writing, my own discipline.
A typical day's activities depended on what projects the GIS Center was taking on. At the beginning of my internship, I managed web content, posted blog entries to the website, or browsed search terms related to the GIS Center to help boost search relevance. Later in the internship, I began working with the mobile application the center developed. With two other coworkers, I helped write and design a Power Point and Microsoft Word document reviewing the benefits and changes to the mobile application.
The hardest part of the job was also the most enjoyable part. Translating highly technical information about disaster mitigation and finer points of how the mobile application was designed and functions became a bit of a puzzle.

While I was a student at Austin Peay State University, I worked at the school library during the year of 2007-2008 as part of the Federal Work-Study Program.  A typical day usually included either working at the front desk, checking out books for customers, or sorting returned books on the shelves and making sure books were in the correct order.  While employed at the library, I learned important organizational and interpersonal skills.  The majority of the work was unsupervised, so I also developed my sense of responsibility.  I got along well with my co-workers.  The hardest part of the job occurred during the busier parts of the semester, when I would have more tests and school work.  However, during these times, my employer would allow me to call in absent if I needed the extra time to focus on my studies.  The most enjoyable part of the job was when I would sort books or make sure books were in order.  It gave me freedom to be by myself and think while I focused on my task.

Arrived at University early, given three quarters of English 101 and 102 to teach, which is about 75 students per semester. Grading 75 essay every week and a half. On occasion had to discuss with several students who are not reaching full potential. Adjunct faculty are not part of the established full time professor meetings. Workshops were given once a quarter to share ideas and concerns. The enjoyable part of the job was seeing college freshman embracing college culture and taking interest in their chosen field of study. The hardest task was reading essays with continual grammar and organizational mistakes that was missed during lecture time and from lessons given throughout Middle and High School.

The students are great. It's never the students' faults. I would teach their group again if I could. Management was terrible. The program had no direction and the manager squandered her time on meaningless tasks that were helpful to no one. Manager also spoke poorly of her boss quite often and complained way too much about expectations that are pretty standard for working in higher education. Manager had meetings that were way too long (6 hrs for things that could be condensed into an email!!!) and expected instructors to write shorter times (1-2 hrs) on their time card, and if we didn't do it, she manually adjusted it for us. If you can avoid working here, do it. It's just a constant disappointment and frustration. 

A great place to work, the children are amazing and there are plenty of parent involved activities. Because it is connected through the school and many of us were students and our boss works with our schedules, and we were not penalized for being late. We have "circle time" everyday where our kids learn to read and write. Also read stories where they learn about how to deal with their emotions, the difference between right and wrong, people from different cultures, as well as different ages. We also had foster grandparents for those children whom did not have grandparents and also to teach children about the elderly.

Ensure campus rules are followed in order for the residents to be safe. Develop programs that fit the multi-cultural needs of the campus residents. Be available to the residents and staff as needed. Walk the grounds of the resident’s hall to ensure the facility is secure and no damages to report. Attend programs that are being presented for the residents. Weekly staff meetings, to ensure the staff is aware of the needs of the residents and building maintenance, along with any updates on programs, training, etc. On call for the campus and respond if needed.

I have worked as a writing tutor for the Academic Support Center at Austin Peay State University for two years and have found that the Academic Support Center grants its employees the opportunity to practice more than simple tutoring and editing of writing styles. During my employment, I have learned to use different computer programs as well as to adopt various teaching styles for classroom environments in order to progress through obstacle my position presents. Furthermore, working for the Academic Support Center has made me more confident in teaching others as well as in my technical writing skills.

There are some people who are a delight to work with & around. However, about 80% of the employees are some of the laziest ones I have ever met. They work harder at getting out of work than just doing the task. There is no team effort to complete jobs and will lie or do easy work orders instead of outdated difficult one because of the physical labor involved to complete them. Will take extent breaks and complain about others who do the same. Always concerned about what others are doing than just doing their job for fear of getting over on each other. I'm sure this isn't the only place that has these issues. 

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Director 4 salaries reported	$65,625 per year
Assistant professor 4 salaries reported	$64,500 per year
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Student worker 3 salaries reported	$13.00 per hour
Instructor 3 salaries reported	$44,153 per year

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