Peer Writing & Speaking Consultant Application

NOTE: We are no longer accepting applications for Fall 2024. Please check back in March, 2025. Thank you for your interest!

Job Description: Undergraduate and graduate students who are academically successful and interested in working collaboratively with other students should consider applying for this position. Peer consultants are trained to provide either (1] writing support, (2) speaking support, (3) or both to other students through a peer-tutoring model. Writing and speaking consultants represent the FIT Writing and Speaking Studio in tutorial sessions, outreach visits, and in both online and face-to-face interactions with other members of the FIT academic community. Peer consultants should be interested in learning about the peer-tutoring model, collaboration, writing and speaking for both academic and non-academic purposes, and technology and other business related issues that will contribute to the success of the day-to-day operations of the Writing and Speaking Studio. Participation in ongoing staff education and meetings is required. Opportunities for leadership, scholarship, and workplace experience are available.

Note: We encourage applicants to wait until they have been on campus for at least one full semester before they apply. This time allows students to get to know FIT, better understand the workload for their areas of study, and do some writing and speaking that could then be used for application samples. Also, it is important that students take this time to connect with professors who may then agree to serve as references. Additionally, please note that due to the time it takes to interview, hire, and train, the Studio cannot consider applications from students who have less than two semesters remaining at FIT.

If you have questions, please contact writing_speaking@fitnyc.edu. Thank you!
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Application Materials
Please Upload Your Résumé.*

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Upload a sample of source-based writing and an additional writing/speaking/visual media sample.

Please submit at least one writing sample demonstrating your source-based writing abilities--a research paper or evidence-supported paper with citations will be appropriate. Also, please submit additional work that demonstrates your strengths as a communicator. This might include a multimodal project, a audio recording or video, or another piece of writing (academic, creative, journalistic, etc.).
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A letter of application (no more than 500 words is necessary)

Please address (1) the qualities that you would bring to your work as an FIT peer consultant, (2) what you are most interested in learning about tutoring the writing and speaking processes and why, (3) how your academic and/or professional experiences may inform your tutoring of writing and speaking, (4) what you hope to gain from working as an FIT peer consultant, and (5) why you think the samples you included in this application represent your best work.
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Please be sure to reach out to your professors to ask if they will serve as a reference before submitting their names here.
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Application Materials

A letter of application (no more than 500 words is necessary)

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