What are the benefits of serving as a Peer Leader?
Benefits of being a Peer Leader include:
- Develop professional skills that will transfer broadly to future career and personal goals.
- Enhance communication and group facilitation skills.
- Strengthen personal leadership identity.
- Establish positive relationships with fellow students, faculty, and staff.
- Play a vital role in the UA community.
Before applying to be a Peer Leader, please review the requirements, responsibilities, and mandatory dates.
Requirements
- Submit a completed Peer Leader application.*
- Attend the Spring Peer Leader Meet & Greet event.*
- If selected, enroll in UA 110 – Peer Leader 101 (one credit hour, graded course).
- Attend all class times for the compass course you are assigned.
- Create and sustain a positive working relationship with your compass course Instructor.
- Plan and execute engagement opportunities for first-year students in your assigned course.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a coach to first-year students in the course you serve as a Peer Leader.
- Serve as a positive role model to first-year students.
- Serve as an undergraduate teaching assistant in your compass course.
- Build rapport with first-year students, fellow peer leaders, and instructional staff.
Mandatory Dates
| Event |
Date |
| Peer Leader Spring Training |
TBD |
| Spring Meet & Greet (On-Campus) |
TBD
|
| Instructor & PL-Meet & Greet |
August (1-2 days before the start of the semester) |
Application Timeline
| Event |
Date |
| PL 2024 Application opens |
Spring 2024 |
| PL 2024 Application closes |
Extended until all Peer Leader spots filled. |
| Interviews |
Scheduled as needed. |
| Notification of Peer Leaders Selection |
Continuous until all spots filled. |
Apply to be a Peer Leader
Application opens Spring 2024 for Fall 2024 Peer Leaders. Please check back with us.
