Job Title: ePortfolio Specialist

PVN ID: LA-2406-006289

Category: Information Technology

Location: LAGUARDIA C. C.

Job Description

General Description

Since its pilot in 2002, ePortfolio at LaGuardia has grown into a cornerstone of student experience and learning at the college. Every year thousands of students begin their LaGuardia experience taking a First Year Seminar course where they start building their Core ePortfolio, an ePortfolio that will stay with them for the duration of their academic career culminating in a Capstone experience. The ePortfolio team works closely with students, faculty, and staff providing support to sustain their ePortfolio engagement over time. Reporting to the ePortfolio program manager and to the program director, this part-time ePortfolio specialist is responsible for leading and coordinating key activities including but not limited to designing and facilitating workshops to help faculty understand ePortfolio as a pedagogy and practice; facilitating workshops to help students across disciplines to build their ePortfolios; and supporting program activities and events. Members of the ePortfolio team receive training in key areas to further develop leadership and professional skills.

Other Duties

• Provide advanced ePortfolio support, including leading workshops to students, faculty, and staff.

• Assist faculty in a workshop setting or one-on-one in developing and implementing ePortfolio based activities and assignments.

• Assist students one-on-one at the ePortfolio Help Desk office and troubleshoot ePortfolio-related common issues.

Additional Tasks:

• Provide support in the development and update of ePortfolio material which can include: website updates, creation of video tutorial resources, creation of digital materials.

• Assist in the administration of ePortfolio related surveys.

• Provide ePortfolio support to various CTL seminars and seminar projects.

• Work closely with Student Technology Mentors, Student Success Mentors, and Peer Advisors with their use of ePortfolio.

• Perform other duties as assigned to support program operations.

  Qualifications

• Be a current LaGuardia student with at least 25 credits or recent graduate currently attending a four-year college.

• Have a GPA of 3.0 or above.

• Have knowledge of any combination of the following applications: Digication (ePortfolio), MS Office, Windows 7 and/or 10, Adobe Creative Suite and other multimedia/audio/video software.

• Have background working with students and/or faculty either one-on-one or in a class setting.

• Demonstrate people and leadership skills.

• Be a creative thinker, willing to learn, and capable of teaching others.

• Show facility with digital tools.

• Have availability during the weekdays between 9Am and 6PM primarily.

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  About the Research Foundation

The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) was established as a not-for-profit educational corporation chartered by the State of New York in 1963. RFCUNY supports CUNY faculty and staff in identifying and obtaining external support (pre-award) from government and private sponsors and is responsible for the administration of all such funded programs (post-award).

RFCUNY stands between CUNY’s principal investigators (PIs) and the sponsors who support them and strives to fulfill its essential responsibilities to both groups. Working closely with individual PIs and Grants Officers on the campuses, RFCUNY oversees employment, accounting, audit, reporting, purchasing, and special responsibilities that include management of a planned giving program; liaison with governmental agencies and foundations; negotiation of agreements; facility construction and renovation; protection and commercialization of intellectual property; and compliance with applicable standards in research involving human subjects, animal care, environmental and radiological safety, and conflicts of interest.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement The Research Foundation of the City University of New York is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Americans with Disabilities Act/E-Verify Employer. It is the policy of the Research Foundation of CUNY to provide equal employment opportunities free of discrimination based on race, color, age, religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, domestic violence victim status, arrest record, criminal conviction history, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

Key Features

Department Center for Teaching and Learning

Status Part Time

Pay Range $19.00-$19.00

Hour(s) a week 19.00

Closing Date Aug 03, 2024 (Or Until Filled)

Bargaining Unit Yes

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