Candidates need to be willing to assist with homework, transporting children (eg, sport practices), assist children with chores, walk dog, start dinner, and other light household tasks (i.e. help empty and fill dishwasher, fold laundry, and the occasional load of wash).

The ideal person would have experience caring for children, be in college or graduate school, and must have own car.

Hours: Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays. 10-15 hours per week.

Pay rate: $15 an hour

If interested, please send resume and cover letter to ammsurg@umich.edu.

Senior Researcher ( Job  # 1000263)

Position Summary:

This position requires sufficient knowledge in various aspects of research and statistical analysis. The researcher will assist in all psychometric related issues involved in Scantron K-12 products. This includes data mining, data management, data analysis, technical documentation, and Scantron support documentation. He or she will also use a variety of computer programs, developing some level of expertise in each.

Key Duties / Responsibilities:

• Assist in ensuring integrity and accuracy of product components, including technical and content
• Assist in psychometric procedures for Scantron K-12 assessments
• Management and manipulation of large data samples
• Statistical Analysis with both small and large samples
• Work with Content Specialist to ensure accuracy of test items and alignments
• Work with Software Developers to ensure accuracy and appropriateness of reporting and testing engines
• Oversee item pool replenishing and all related procedures

Secondary Duties / Responsibilities:

• Some travel required
• Maintain familiarity with CAT/IRT model and research related issues with the testing engine

Harland Clarke Holdings Corp. to include its subsidiary and affiliated companies (Harland Clarke, Scantron, Checks in the Mail, SubscriberMail) is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, handicap or disability (physical or mental), Vietnam-era or disabled veteran status, and other factors protected by state and local laws.

If interested, please contact Anne Landrum at anne.landrum@rightthinginc.com

www.harlandclarke.com/careers

Mentor will be required to work a minimum of 8 hours per month. Mentoring activities will be provided in the child’s home (in Chelsea, MI) and in the surrounding communities. Training will be provided by the child’s parents, including a transition period of getting to know the family and child’s needs before mentor and child work on their own.

Mentor will be paid $15 an hour.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• At least six-months experience working with children ages 10-13
• Past experience working with children with behavioral challenges
• Patience and willingness to work with a child with special needs
• Valid driver’s license and own means of transportation

To apply, contact Laura Urteaga-Fuentes, EMU Wraparound Project Coordinator, at 734.487.0133 or lurteaga@emich.edu. Please apply by Friday, October 1st, 2010.

This project runs a number of web-based humanities projects that bring upper elementary through high school students into contact with peers and with university student “mentors.” These mentors work with the younger students in the context of courses taught at the School of Education.

Interested candidates need to commit to facilitating this club for the fall term (though at mutual consent there will likely be an opportunity to extend into winter) on either Tuesday or Thursday afternoon from 4:00 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. With support from colleagues of the project, you will plan and conduct weekly sessions, working with the poets on their writing as well as their participation in the online Poetry Guild. The job pays $10/hour for both teaching and travel time. Please note that you will need to provide your own transportation.

If interested please contact Jeff Stanzler at stanz@umich.edu or 734-763-5950.

All inquiries regarding instructional positions may be directed to Aprylle Magar, CCA Art Program Director, at aprylle@chelseacenterforthearts.org.  Please include your resume and relevant experience with your correspondence.

Hours: 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
Location: At family’s home (Geddes Ave and Rock Creek) near campus
Rate is negotiable
If interested, please contact Mei-Ling at mtooley@wintekeo.com or 734-649-8882.

Minimum qualifications: Current enrollment in graduate program and successful recent completion of one or more graduate level courses in statistics, social science, applied survey research, or quantitative discipline with emphasis on statistical methods. Must have experience using statistical software such as SPSS. Preference for individuals with additional experience writing queries and creating reports in MS Access and/or SQL programming experience. Also requires the ability to readily learn other software applications on the job and the willingness to engage in data processing as well as research.

The position is typically filled by individuals currently enrolled in a graduate program who seek to gain hands-on experience in applied social research using quantitative methods. Must be able to make a firm good faith commitment to 20 hours at the WCC campus on a consistent weekly schedule three days per week through May 2011. Schedule must be daytime hours but can be tailored to fit one’s course schedule within the stated requirements. Starting date is early September 2010.

Must be fluent in the English language. U-M students who are foreign nationals must have authorization to work at other employers besides U-M. F-1 students must have Curricular Practical Training (CPT).

If interested, please apply by sending vitae or resume to Roger Mourad (CSHPE PhD 1995) Director, Institutional Research Dept, WCC. mou@wccnet.edu.

GEAR UP stands for Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs and is designed to follow a cohort of students, the class of 2012, as they complete high school and prepare for college. Adults in the program strive to prepare students for all of the opportunities that will assist them in their ambitions of obtaining a college education and life after high school.

GEAR UP is looking for students who are strong in all areas of math to work in the math lab, as well as other subjects to assist students. Students who would like to volunteer should contact Caleb Boswell at 313-516-9760 or via email at boswell.gearup@gmail.com.

Saturday, September 18, 2010: Rackham graduate Parent Resource Fair. See website for details: www.rackham.umich.edu/calendar/events/554/

Wednesday, September 22, 2010: Rackham LGBT Welcome Social, 5:30 p.m., see website for details: www.rackham.umich.edu/calendar/events/570/

Thursday, September 23, 2010: Marija Freeland, the Education/Kinesiology librarian, will be offering another session of the Beyond the Basics workshop on from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Email her if you want to register for this session (mfreelan@umich.edu).

Rackham hosts workshops for graduate students from stress relief to academic writing and beyond, check out their list of workshops to find help and support in your grad program: www.rackham.umich.edu/calendar/

The Students with Children website (www.studentswithchildren.umich.edu) is dedicated to the needs of students at U-M who juggle parenting/elder care, study, and work. Resources include child care, financial assistance, social support, housing, and health care information. The website was created by the former Committee on Student Parent Issues (COSPI) and is maintained by the Work/Life Resource Center.  For additional information on work/life support for faculty, staff and students, please also visit the Work/Life Resource Center site: (www.hr.umich.edu/worklife/) and the U-M Child Care gateway (www.hr.umich.edu/childcare/).

Library Workshops: If you’re looking for tips or a refresher on using the library, bibliographic management tools, CTools, or help in using software, look to the Knowledge Navigation Center or the Faculty Exploratory on campus. Workshops offered this fall can be found at: www-a1.lsa.umich.edu/es_conf/app/ShowSessions.asp?confid=2&sDate=todayafter&shwd=0

Looking for help with your writing: check out the Sweetland Writing Center: www.lsa.umich.edu/swc/.