Student Leadership Opportunities

Purpose:  To facilitate Physical Therapy Core Values: Accountability, Altruism, Compassion, Caring, Excellence, Integrity, Professional Duty, Social Responsibility within and among all DPT classes.

Procedures:  Students may volunteer for the positions, and the class will elect students for each position category as needed. Coursework takes priority over leadership positions. A student may relinquish a position at any time due to personal or academic concerns by contacting the class faculty advisors.

Positions:

1. Class Representatives: (class leader and assistant)

• Communicate concerns and information between class and faculty advisors     
• Maintain current class address/ phone roster
• Welcome and assist guest lecturers and part-time faculty
• Rrepresent class at Elon Physical Therapy Student Organization (PTSO) meetings for communication between classes

2. Technology / Facility Managers (2): 

• Develop classroom and lab clean-up roster; orientation to new class on lab procedures and cleaning
• Oversee clean up and equipment inventory (between classes and at ends of courses)
• Manage AV & classroom equipment

3. Event Coordinators (2): 

• Coordinate major class social events and graduation gatherings; welcome new class
• Facilitate and coordinate student participation in professional activities outside class (ex. PT Month, Special Olympics)
• APTA-NC student representative (1 per program): notify class of APTA-NC district meetings, APTA student conclave, and other APTA & APTA-NC meetings & activities
• Manage class funds

4. Global Learning Opportunity (GLO) Student Representative (1):

• Represent DPT students at GLO committee meetings as requested
• Communicate student issues and concerns to committee and relay information back to students
• Facilitate and organize monthly or bimonthly student GLO meetings
• Assist with annual SHS Global Engagement and Research Forum

5. Student Leadership Awards Committee (SLAC) Members (2):

• Facilitate and organize biannual call for student leadership awards
• Committee awards funding for leadership opportunities to student applicants based on anonymous scoring

6. PT Student Ambassadors to the Dean of the School of Health Science (2):

• Communicate student outreach and in-reach opportunities to the 2 PA Student Ambassadors and the Dean of Health Sciences
• Facilitate opportunities for cross-discipline social events

7. PT Representatives to the School of Health Science Student Diversity Committee (2):

• Facilitate and organize monthly student diversity meetings and events
• Communicate student issues and concerns to committee and relay information back to students