Student-Athlete Academic Services (SAAS) at USC is seeking graduate students interested in gaining experience and training in student-athlete academic coaching and support. This is a paid hourly position and the preferred commitment is a minimum of 15 hours per week (maximum 20 hours). 

Program Goal: The main goal of Directed Studies (DS) is to support, develop, and prepare student-athletes to become self-regulated learners and to facilitate continued academic success during their career at USC. As a crucial component to the DS staff, Assistant Learning Specialists (ALS) primarily work with student-athletes with learning differences or other academically related needs. 

Position Description: ALS’s will be involved in providing individualized instruction and educational coaching for student-athletes. Each ALS will: 

• Be assigned a caseload of up to 10 students from diverse educational backgrounds and meet with those students once or twice every week for the semester 
• Teach students new skills through the content of their classes, such as (but not limited to) time management, organization, note taking, study skills, writing, reading, etc. 
• Collaborate with Academic Advisors, Learning Specialists, and the Tutorial Coordinator to ensure each student receives the academic support they need to be successful at USC 
• Communicate students’ academic progress with their Academic Advisor and Learning Specialist
• Attend bi-weekly training sessions run by the full-time staff in academics and other areas of Athletics to gain new insight and experiences (ex. Community and culture, learning differences and strategies, advising and NCAA eligibility, personal/career development, sports psychology, etc.)  ● Attend bi-weekly supervision meetings with full-time Learning Specialists to discuss caseload concerns, areas of improvement, other aspects of the job, and your own career goals  ● Offered the opportunity to supervise structured study hall or work evening writing support throughout the year to accrue additional hours 

Assistant Learning Specialists must meet the following requirements: 

1. Enrollment in a USC graduate program 
2. Attendance at monthly Directed Studies staff meetings 
3. Attendance at regularly scheduled training and supervision meetings 
4. Available for at least 15 hours per week (including 1-2 evenings) for individual appointments

(ALS staff work with students in person at the John McKay Center (JMC), Monday-Friday from

8:00am-5:00pm and on Zoom OR in person in the evenings, Monday-Thursday from 5:00pm-8:00pm) 

Application Process: Submit a cover letter, resume, unofficial academic transcripts, writing sample, and one letter of reference (Review of applications is ongoing). 

Questions and/or materials should be sent to: Marisa Samaniego 

Email: msamanie@usc.edu