Position Description and Tasks

Name of Position: Student Representative to the Board
Term of appointment: Elected for a position of 2 years by the Division membership

Tasks of the Position

  • Chair Students Committee:
    • Recruit and approve student members in the committee
    • Convene committee meetings on monthly basis
  • Coordinate networking opportunities for students within the division
    • Promote student membership on each Division Committee
  • Serve as student member on the nominations and elections committee
  • Disseminate calls for nominations, information, and opportunities to the Student Listserv (Div52STU@lists.apa.org)
  • Organize student activities at the APA convention:
    • Coordinate the mentoring program for international students attending the APA convention, promoting orientation meetings and pairing APA and international colleagues.
    • Plan student get-togethers during Convention
  • Write Student Column for the newsletter.
    • Prepare a column to report student activities in the division’s newsletter quarterly (Deadlines Spring issue: March 5th, Summer issue August 15th, Fall issue October 15th, Winter issue December 15th). Send the column to the editor: IPBDiv52@gmail.com

Tasks

General

Timeline

January

  • Contribute to the development of slates for student candidates in coordination with the Nominations and Elections chair
  • Convene Student Committee

February

  • Prepare report on student activities and student issues for Midwinter Board meeting

March

April

  • Develop ideas for student activities at convention

May

June

July

  • Prepare report on student activities and inititives for the August Convention Board meeting

August

September

  • (in year when term ends) Coordinate with the President to SEND OUT requests for nominations for Student representative to the baord. Spread the word via the Div52STU@lists.apa.org, social media and other outlets

October

November

December

Examples of Materials

  • Call for new Student Committee members
  • Correspondence with the Vice President for Engagement.
  • Reports designed for the Division newsletter.
  • Annual Student slate crafted for elections.
  • Communication plan delineating strategies for division-wide student engagement.
  • Resources related to the professional development of the student members with an emphasis on global perspectives.
  • Guidelines for student leadership and engagement within APA
  • Communication templates for division student communications
  • Orientation meeting agendas for the mentoring program
  • Past reports presented at Division 52 Board of Directors meetings
  • Templates for detailed reports for Division 52 Board of Directors meetings
  • Past issues of the Division newsletter for reference

Important Materials/Connections