WUD Alternative Breaks Leadership Team Application for 2017-2018

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The Wisconsin Union Directorate Alternative Breaks Committee is built on the principle of service-learning. Students embark on life-changing experiences of teamwork, high-impact education, and powerful volunteerism, which serves as a vice to instill and inspire individuals to participate in service and build stronger communities in their own hometowns.

Our motto is Go. Serve. Learn. All three of these ideals are integral to the alternative break trip experience.
Go
Alternative Breaks travels to economically, culturally, and environmentally diverse locations all across the United States.

Serve
Alternative Breaks exposes students to communities and immersion experiences which cannot be replicated on the UW–Madison campus. These lessons and perspectives can then be brought home to your own communities, growing local service and building cooperative, empathetic students.

Learn
Alternative Breaks provides service-learning opportunities working with important issues such as the environment, education, immigration, poverty, and more. We believe learning empathy through travel and service-learning can only be accomplished through experience.

Choose a social issue that matters to you and help tackle that problem in a community, by joining the Alternative Breaks Committee! You will learn about project management, gain leadership skills and make a difference in someone’s life.

This application is for leadership positions with WUD Alternative Breaks for the 2017-2018 academic year.

AD Positions for 2017-18 are as follows:

Associate Director of Site Development (4 positions):

Work with 2 committee members to plan 2 trips per semester
Are responsible for their students throughout the whole semester
Serve as the committee member’s resource
Check in with them weekly to track progress
Create a special event relating to a student’s trip issue (1 per semester)
Lead committee meetings
Each AD will lead one Committee meeting, rotating throughout the year
Work with Director to choose topics to present on
Work with Alternative Breaks Director to create a trip planning calendar
Coordinate booking of hotels/lodging with committee members and ensures trip planners do confirmation follow ups with the lodging facilities
Do all hotel reservations with Advisor
Work with the committee members to create the “Trip Planning” budget
Present the “Trip Planning” budget to the Alternative Breaks Director and Advisor
Help review all trip applications (Winter and Spring)
Create graphic and advertise trip throughout semester
Create application acceptance spreadsheet based on leadership's decision and act as the primary contact between applicants and the leadership team.
Send bi-weekly emails/updates with information for participants and introduce them to the community partner

Associate Director for Education & Orientation (1 position):

Organize multiple pre-trip sessions (2-3 per trip) and a post-trip celebration session (one for each season)
Lead committee meetings
Each AD will lead one Committee meeting, rotating throughout the year
Work with Director to choose topics to present on
Responsible for the creation and timeline of pre-trip sessions focusing on issue education and orientation for trip participants (this can include speakers, presentations, readings, activities, etc)
Coordinate who will lead each aspect of the orientations - create timeline
Work with Director, Jones Leadership Center representatives, MSC and other resources to facilitate activities for group community-building during orientations
Work with committee members to prepare educational materials specific to the trips' social and/or environmental issues to help educate others to understand the aspect of serving communities
Update Site Leader Guide
Work with the Alternative Breaks Director and Advisor to manage the "Education and Orientation" budget
Help review all trip applications (Winter and Spring)
Add most recent trips onto MapHub for reference/tool for committee members

Strong applicants will demonstrate an ability to:
• Communicate efficiently and effectively in a constructive manner
• Be an active part of the team and pull own weight
• Take initiative with troubleshooting any issues which may arise
• Doing the most in one's own power to represent Alternative Breaks on the campus in addition to promoting our events, trips, and what Alternative Breaks stands for

These positions are compensated with a $30 per month stipend from the Wisconsin Union.

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Timeline of application
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Wednesday, April 19 : Applications Open
Monday, May 1 @ midnight : Applications due
Tuesday, May 2 -- Friday, May 12 : Interviews
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To learn more at Alternative Breaks, please visit our Union website:

union.wisc.edu/altbreaks

Any and all questions should go to 2017-2018 Alt Breaks Director:

Name *

E-mail *

Please list the one you check the most

Phone Number *

Major(s) and Certificate(s) *

Expected Graduation *

Ex: May 2018

Anticipated Number of Credits for Fall 2016 *

Anticipated Number of Credits for Spring 2017 *

Are you planning on studying abroad during the 2017-18 school year? *

If yes, what semester?

Please select the position(s) you are applying for *

Associate Director for Site Development

Associate Director for Education & Orientation

Required

Please list any jobs, research, leadership positions, or other commitments you anticipate having during the 2017-2018 academic year. *

What skills and experiences do you have which would prepare you for a leadership position with WUD Alt Breaks? *

Essay not required. Listing is allowed. If you so chose, you may e-mail resume to altbreaks@wisc.edu

How do you define service/volunteering? And what is the significance of service trips when considering their impact on individuals, the campus, and the world? *

Essay. You may speak to past experiences, present experiences, or perhaps things you would like to see in the future. [300 word max]

If you were to plan a trip to address an issue (social or environmental) what would it be and why? [300 max] *

Part of the Alt Breaks leadership role is that you have to be very logistically-driven. Speak of your experience with working logistics. These could be trips you’ve planned for other orgs, big events you’ve helped plan, or even things like organizing a surprise birthday party for your friend. [450 word max] *

What advice would you give to someone going on their first service trip? *

Finally, what do you hope to accomplish from being a leader of Alt Breaks? How will this experience differ from other leadership positions you may have had in the past? And what is the most meaningful thing you hope to learn from being a part of the Alt Breaks Leadership team? [350 word max] *

Please check all that apply: *

I have read through the leadership roles and descriptions

I understand the 5-10 hour/week time commitment

I understand that I will be a role model to committee members

I will be an enrolled student at UW-Madison during the 2017-18 school year

Required

Any additional comments you would like us to consider while reviewing your application?

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