Tokyo International University of America (TIUA)

Position Descriptions

Being an International Peer Coach is an unforgettable intercultural experience. As a leader, mentor and friend to new Japanese students on campus you would receive extensive leadership and intercultural training in addition to working on your own personal professional development projects. Similar to a Willamette Opening Days Leader, an IPC would be responsible for introducing a group of TIUA students to Willamette and Salem Communities.

For seven weeks your job would be to help your group members become confident and independent in their new environment helping them achieve a deeper understanding of the American/Willamette university way of life. Introduce them to the best places to study, the best coffee shops downtown, or the sandiest beach on the Oregon Coast. Help new TIUA students work through what it means to live with a roommate, how Americans make friends, body language and communication styles, and college life in general. Transitioning to a new culture is never easy, but as an IPC you can help smooth this transition and make life-long friends in the process!

IPCs work during spring semester and are recruited starting in September. Applications are available on line at www.tiua.edu/about/opportunities.shtml, at TIUA, or the U.C. info desk. For more information contact Jeani Bragg at jbragg@willamette.edu. x3300

Summer Community Associate

Come have an immersion experience at Kaneko this summer! The TIUA Summer CA is a full-time paid position and is a blend of the Willamette RA and the TIUA International Peer Coach responsibilities. Summer CAs serve as leaders and mentors to students in their residential communities and receive extensive leadership, community building and intercultural training in addition to working on personalized professional development projects.

Summer CAs support TIUA students by creating welcoming communities and a positive learning environment during the TIUA summer semester. Introduce the to summer American-style: baseball, BBQ's, beaches and Oregon outdoor life. Summer CAs also work with TIUA special summer programs: TIUA student leaders, summer T.a.B. trips, Kaneko Day Camp (Japanese language and culture camp for local children), Parents Week, and student groups visiting from Japan. As a Summer CA you will build lifelong friendships with students as you build community in your hall.

Summer CAs work from May to August and are recruited starting in February. Applications are available online at www.tiua.edu/about/opportunities.shtml, at TIUA or the U.C. info desk. For more information contact Naomi Collette at ncollett@willamette.edu. x3300

Summer Community Coordinator

Summer Community Coordinator is a position offered to graduating seniors. There is one position available. The Summer CC leads a team of TIUA Summer Community Associates in creating a welcoming community and a positive learning environment during the TIUA summer.

The Summer CC works from May to August.
More information coming soon! Or contact Naomi Collette at ncollett@willamette.edu. x3300

Academic Peer Tutor

The nationally certified, TIUA Academic Peer Tutoring program offers interested Willamette students a chance to develop leaderships skills while they serve the needs of TIUA students learning English and studying other subject areas. Tutors are given intensive training in a variety of areas that are pertinent to academic tutoring, but which are also useful for many other future professional endeavors.

After successful completion of training and tutoring experience, tutors have the chance to receive national certification as professional tutors by the National Tutoring Association, the leading professional tutoring association that also certifies our program. In addition, interested tutors can earn academic credit through Willamette for serving as peer tutors. However, by far the greatest benefit from participation in the tutoring program is the satisfaction of making a difference in the lives of TIUA students as you help them navigate the challenges of learning a second language and adapting to another culture.

Positions become available once or twice a year and applications are available at TIUA or online at: http://www.tiua.edu/about/Downloadables/fall06-tutor-app.doc
For more information, please contact Wayne Gregory, Director of Academic Affairs wgregory@willamette.edu x3306

For more information, contact...

Jeani Bragg

jbragg@willamette.edu

ext. 3300

www.tiua.edu