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Program Summary The Program on Intergroup Relations (IGR) is a social justice education program that blends theory and experiential learning to facilitate students’ learning around social group identity, social inequality, and intergroup relations. CommonGround, a student-run program within IGR, provides workshops for groups of UM students (student organizations, courses, etc.) by request. The workshops aim to raise awareness about social identities, power, privilege, and oppression. CommonGround prepares undergraduate and graduate students to create and facilitate these interactive workshops. The Programming Team is the group of undergraduate student staff and graduate interns that manages program operations and supports the selection, training, and coaching of the student volunteers in CommonGround. Being a member of the Programming Team is an opportunity to work collaboratively with other student leaders who are passionate about social justice education. IGR is hiring Graduate Intern(s) for the CommonGround program. Core Responsibilities The CommonGround Interns are members of the CommonGround Programming Team, the group of undergraduate and graduate student staff that oversee the programmatic aspects of CommonGround. In addition to serving as members of the Programming Team, the Graduate Interns will also have the following responsibilities. Core Programming Team Responsibilities Support the mission of CommonGround as an active member of the Programming Team. Participate in weekly Programming Team (staff) meetings Co-facilitate workshops, weekly meetings, and training retreats. Assist with marketing, recruitment, and selection of new members.
Perform administrative tasks and other responsibilities as assigned by the supervisor. Commit to a regular 20 hour/week work schedule, with some additional nights and weekends for meetings, events, and retreats.
Additional Internship Responsibilities – You will be responsible for some of the following: Supervising undergraduate staff – Graduate Interns supervise all of our Workshop Facilitator student colleagues. They also collaborate with the undergraduate members o the programming team. Training & supporting workshop facilitators – workshop facilitators are student workers who facilitate the requested social justice education workshops. Training and support happen through a training retreat once a semester; bi-weekly meetings to enhance facilitators knowledge of social justice issues, activity curricula, and facilitation techniques; and one-on one-coaching. Training & supporting curriculum specialists– curriculum specialists are student workers who focus on assessing and enhancing workshop content. Workshop oversight & management – ensuring individual workshop schedule. Curriculum Development – creating/enhancing the activities, exercises, or other content to be used in workshops and trainings. Marketing/Recruitment – Overseeing the process of recruiting new workshop facilitators and student coordinators to CommonGround.
Community Building – Ensuring that students are supported, feel a sense of community, and have a meaningful experience with CommonGround. This includes identifying student needs, planning events, and improving retention. |
