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As the Lead Instructional Tutor, I would tutor students in a variety of subjects and complete the daily paperwork. In addition, I would lead a group of tutors and supervise how they worked, if they completed the paperwork, lead professional developments, and log hours in the office completing Excel documents, completing lesson plans, and so on.
I learned to think quick on my feet, because high schoolers know how to throw any one off course in a matter of mere minutes. I also learned how to lead a group of people and to be more professional with my interactions.
My coworkers came from all walks of life and brought something to the table for students to learn and adapt to. They were fun and genuinely nice people. They wanted nothing more to help their students succeed and were ecstatic when they did.
The hardest part of my job was learning how to lead professional developments. I had never been in such a position. The sessions had to be a certain amount of time but still enjoyable to a certain point; however, I always finished before the time limit. The coordinators liked the fact that I could finish task quickly and understood that I had a hard time making a professional development last two hours. (They had to last a bit of time some the tutors could reach their hours.)
I enjoyed every aspect of the job. I enjoyed the administrative aspects and the interaction with all the different people. I enjoyed helping the students and watching them reach that aha moment when they finally understood a concept. I enjoyed working with the coordinators and helping each other better the program.

My typical day while working included answering phone calls and directing them to the different office staff best suited to assist students, parents and others phone calls. I would schedule appointments for students to meet with academic advisers. I would print, fax, copy and paperwork that needed done. I learned to have patience with people since we saw people of all ages, young college students, to elders coming for work meetings. Management was excellent, they would assist us with whatever difficulties we were having and would also have patience when helping us learn something new or problem solving. The hardest part of the job was probably around enrollment time of the year having numerous people coming in at the same time and fixing scheduling mistakes from other co-workers, but it wasn't anything that couldn't have easily been fixed with a little communication with students, staff and myself. The most enjoyable part of my job was being able to meet new people, learn new skills and help people with being able to start furthering their education and life.

A typical day as a Communication Graduate Teaching Assistant involves preparing  materials, grading speeches or papers, holding office hours, and leading undergraduate public speaking or intro courses. Through this role, I learned how to manage diverse classrooms, deliver constructive feedback, and break down complex communication theories for fresh students.

Management and faculty mentors are highly supportive and offer great guidance on teaching methodologies. The workplace culture is collaborative, academic, and deeply student-focused.

The hardest part of the job is the balancing act managing heavy grading loads during midterms and finals while maintaining your own graduate coursework. The most enjoyable part is watching students overcome their public speaking anxieties and gain confidence in their communication skills over the semester.

Part-time instructors make less money a year than a crew member at Chic-Fil-A. There is no room for growth or pay raises. There are no benefits or summer hours available. Full-time positions are not being re- filled as people retire. There is also competition for second jobs at other universities with the same no room for growth or pay raises issues. No benefits or summer hours is just more salt rubbed in bleeding wounds. Adjunct instructors will soon disappear from such environments because there are better opportunities popping up everywhere else since COVID.
The students and a love for teaching are the only reason some instructors have stuck around as long as they have; however, pay rate and medical benefits are a major concern in COVID 2021.

Although my experience was many years ago, I thoroughly enjoyed teaching at YSU. I was given the freedom to create my class syllabus and use my own style of teaching.  Of course, still sticking to the course description. Faculty was friendly and helpful. And, if I had any questions, very helpful. The students were always interesting and very fun to work with. As I was part-time, I had no benefits. Although, it may be different now.

YSU is a very lively school. The campus is beautiful and as it continues to grow, the experience of being a student and also interacting with students, as an instructor, will be hard to match. Since I earned my degree there, I have experienced both sides. I recommend putting YSU on your list of places to teach.

I worked at YSU as an adjunct teaching freshman writing classes and loved it. They gave me a ton of flexibility with the course; I could teach the curriculum however I saw fit and design all my own assignments. They also offered a template class I could follow, but this was optional.

I loved the people I was working with as well. The students are incredibly respectful and honest. Many of the staff members were my teachers, so I already had a relationship with them, which gave me a whole department of mentors. 

I ultimately left because there wasn't an option for full-time, and I was only bringing home $1200/month working part-time with no benefits. That's cool while you're young and it helped me get some good experience, but it is not sustainable, not even when working a second job. 

The hours you had to make them work with whoever took you as their assistant. It was fun at first, since she would leave me and I would just start working on organizing her office since she did not have it organized. The job itself was not hard, just knowing basic things as organizing and searching topics related to the topic that she gave you to research was enough to have my whole week filled. Sometimes, we would go on meetings about changes that they proposed to the university. In other occasions, those meetings were about budget and classes that they could improve or change for the benefit of the students.

In a day I would schedule appointments for the dean or advisors, reroute calls to other departments, help any walk in faculty, staff, or students with questions, make deliveries, and organize files. I learned how to be efficient and on time with tasks and scheduling, making sure to write down every important piece of information needed for appointments. Management was very helpful and friendly, helping me and advising me every now and then if I had a question, and even trusted me to watch the entire office sometimes for a full day. The most enjoyable part of the job was working among such a friendly and productive staff and being able to help each other accomplish tasks around the office.

A typical day at work would include following instructions given out by the athletic assistant director. This included cleaning the inside of the buildings on campus, organizing the inside of campus buildings, communicating with visitors who had questions about campus, etc. After the list of things were done we were able to either leave or stay finish homework. My bosses were very great people in and out of work, always asking about life and how school was going. The hardest part of the job was finding certain tools we needed to perform tasks done on campus. The most enjoyable part of the job was being around other student workers and creating life time friendships.

What I learned: that one must be a self motivator, outstanding, and learn to work well with others. 

Be careful of your co-workers, usually co-workers who works outside your department are better to work with, have conversation, and don't judge you as an individual.

There is no hard part to the job, unless one make it that way. The job is relatively easy, just put your mind to what you are doing and make it the best that you can without reservation. 

Most enjoyable, would be when all departments participate with certain activities like homecoming, Christmas, just being able to come together on one accord for a particular purpose.

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