The WUD 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 throughout the United State on our student-planned trips. The purpose of the Alternative Breaks Committee is to create events and trips centered on issues that students are interested in spreading awareness of.
The Site Leader position is integral to the success of the program’s mission and trips. Each trip has two students who are selected to serve as the trip Site Leaders. The Site Leaders serve many functions, including (1) facilitating participant reflection on trips, (2) leading a pre-trip orientation for their group, (3) ensuring a safe and welcoming environment for participants at all times, (4) serving as liaison between WUD Alternative Breaks, the trip participants, and the community partners, and (5) enforcing the rules and guidelines of WUD Alternative Breaks and its partners. An important part of both (3) and (5) is upholding the no drug or alcohol policy, regardless of the age of the participant—individuals found with alcohol are subject to be removed from the trip immediately and sent home. No previous experience with Alternative Breaks is necessary to become a site leader.
Site leader applications open on September 11th and close on September 26th. Interviews for the site leader position will start the week of September 30th and the selection for the open positions will be made by October 10th. Please allow 30 minutes to complete this site leader application. If you have any questions, please email
altbreaks@union.wisc.edu.
Please read the Duties and Expectations of a Site Leader linked here:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1HKK-Ryp08xwn50VQv1E9bRgeGmAnLt54