PUTTING GRADUATE ASSISTANTSHIPS TO WORK FOR YOU

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• PUTTING GRADUATE ASSISTANTSHIPS TO WORK FOR YOU
• IN YOUR CAMPUS RECREATION PROGRAM
• THOMAS KIRCH
• OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY

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PUTTING GRADUATE ASSISTANTSHIPS TO WORK

• WHAT ARE GRADUATE ASSISTANTSHIPS?
• BENEFITS OF POSITIONS
• ESTABLISHING THE POSITIONS
• UTILIZATION OF POSITIONS

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PUTTING GRADUATE ASSISTANTSHIPS TO WORK

• WHAT ARE GRADUATE ASSISTANTSHIPS?
• GRADUATE STUDENTS PURSUING CAREER-RELATED DEGREES
• FULL-TIME STUDENTS-PART TIME EMPLOYEES
• PROFESSIONAL/PARAPROFESSIONAL

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PUTTING GRADUATE ASSISTANTSHIPS TO WORK

• BENEFITS
• ACADEMIC UNIT RELATIONSHIP
• PROFESSIONAL/PARAPROFESSIONAL ROLE
• REDUCED PAYROLL EXPENSES
• PROMOTION OF CAREERS IN RECREATIONAL SPORTS
• STUDENT GOVERNMENT SUPPORT

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PUTTING GRADUATE ASSISTANTSHIPS TO WORK

• BENEFITS
• POSITIONING ON CAMPUS
• RELATIONSHIP/CONNECTION WITH STUDENTS
• FUTURE NETWORKING
• RESEARCH IN SOME SETTINGS
• PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT
• ENERGY/CREATIVITY/EXCITEMENT

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PUTTING GRADUATE ASSISTANTSHIPS TO WORK

• ESTABLISHING POSITIONS
• DEVELOP NURTURE RELATIONSHIP WITH ACADEMIC
  UNITS
• IDENTIFY APPRORIATE PROGRAMS OF STUDY
• IDENTIFY HOW GA POSITIONS CAN SUPPORT ACADEMIC
  UNITS
• IDENTIFY INSTITUTIONS ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS

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PUTTING GRADUATE ASSISTANTSHIPS TO WORK

• ESTABLISHING POSITIONS
• DEVELOP POSITION DESCRIPTIONS THAT ARE MEANINGFUL
  TO DEPARTMENT STUDENT
• ACQUIRE RESOURCES FROM FUNDING SOURCE
• IDENTIFY MEANS TO RECRUIT PROSPECTIVE GRADUATE
  STUDENTS
• IDENTIFY MEANS OF SUPPORT OF GRADUATE STUDENTS

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PUTTING GRADUATE ASSISTANTSHIPS TO WORK

• ESTABLISHING POSITIONS
• DETERMINE QUALIFICATION EXPECTATIONS
• DEVELOP CONDUCT RECRUITMENT PROCESS
• COMPLETE SELCTION OF GRADUATE ASSISTANTSHIP
• DEVELOP AN ORIENATION PROGRAM FOR GRADUATE
  ASSISTANTSHIP

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PUTTING GRADUATE ASSISTANTSHIPS TO WORK

• UTILIZATION OF POSITIONS
• TYPE OF POSITIONS
• SCOPE OF POSITIONS
• LEARNING DEVELOPMENT
• INTEGRATION OF POSITIONS INTO THE INSTITUTION
• RELATIONSHIP WITH ACADEMIC PROGRAM

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PUTTING GRADUATE ASSISTANTSHIPS TO WORK

• UTILIZATION OF POSITIONS
• MENTORING UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
• GOVERNANCE BOARDS
• PRACTICUM

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PUTTING GRADUATE ASSISTANTSHIPS TO WORK

• QUESTIONS?
• Thomas Kirch
• Director, Recreational Sports
• Oregon State University
• [phone]
• tom.kirch_at_oregonstate.edu