What is a Wellness Peer Educator?
The Wellness and Prevention Peer Educator position,鈥痟oused in the Student Wellness Center, 707 Building Suite 130,鈥痝ives students the opportunity to create and deliver programming, hone their public speaking and facilitation skills, extensively practice program development and implementation, and collaborate鈥痑nd work鈥痑s a team.
Members of the leadership team will work with and report to the鈥疓raduate鈥疉ssistants for Prevention and Education Programs.鈥疶he Wellness and Prevention Peer Educator serves as a member of the peer education team. Throughout the year, the team will develop and assist with programming to encourage a campus-wide鈥痗limate change鈥痵urrounding鈥痟olistic鈥痺ellness and鈥痯revention. The student filling this鈥痯osition鈥痵hould have an overall interest in shaping a healthier and safer Marquette community.鈥�鈥�
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Wellness鈥痑nd鈥疨revention Peer Educators鈥痺ill be expected to value and empower fellow students, and to assist with various duties in the Student Wellness Center when needed. Members of the Wellness鈥痑nd Prevention鈥疨eer Educator team perform their work in a highly collaborative environment and should be expected to work closely with students鈥痑nd professional staff to complete the responsibilities listed below.鈥�鈥�
General Responsibilities:
- Facilitate 'Bringing in the Bystander' and 'Red Watch Band' trainings with a co-presenter in the fall and spring semesters鈥�鈥�
- Assist in the development and implementation of a comprehensive student wellness and prevention model within the Marquette community, including content and program development, publicity, scheduling, presentations, and evaluation鈥�鈥�
- Develop and present, upon request, wellness and prevention-based educational sessions for student organizations, residence hall communities, campus departments,鈥痵tudent groups,鈥痑nd鈥痜aculty and staff鈥�鈥�
- Conduct appropriate research for鈥痺ellness and鈥痯revention programs utilizing various resources both on and off campus (i.e. library data bases, internet, MUMC鈥痵taff, community and campus organizations)鈥�鈥�
- Develop and design promotional materials鈥痜or鈥痟ealth education鈥痚vents and programs; distribute throughout the campus community鈥�鈥�
- Network with professors and other campus professionals in creating opportunities conducive for health education programming and preventive health messages鈥�鈥�
- Attend weekly staff meetings鈥痩asting鈥痑pproximately one鈥痑nd a half鈥痟ours鈥痑s鈥痺ell as鈥痓i-weekly one on one meetings with supervisor鈥�
- Work nights and weekends throughout the academic year as needed to address programming needs鈥�鈥�
- Attend training sessions prior to and throughout the academic year鈥�鈥�
Are you interested in becoming a wellness peer educator?
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