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Originally posted by 33girl
suntzu,
A consultant (they have slightly varying names) is a recent graduate who travels from chapter to chapter and acts as a representative of the national organization. They help the chapters with rush, officer transition and things like that. They do this for one year.
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More specifically, they represent the operational side, and not the governing side of the fraternity.
Consultants are paid staff. In the case of Phi Psi, which is where Josh applied,
consultants rarely provide direct help for rush, as that is counter productive. They do perform recruitment workshops.
Consultants are rarely, if ever, involved with officer transitions, but do help with operational training.
The full title for Phi Kappa Psi is
Educational Leadership Consultant (ELC), and this is more than semantics. Part of the job description involves activities that are educational, and therefore, part of the
consultants salary and expenses are underwritten by our Endowment Fund.
A better way of looking at it is like this; ELCs either visit chapters with no known major problems (most visits) or visit chapters with problems (rare, but it happens.) Also, one ELC will be on the ground for pro-active extension projects to help our Director of Expansion.
In the case of visiting a chapter with no known problems, the visit happens once per year, and usually lasts 3-4 days. The ELC will visit with relevant administration officials, local involved alumni, and, of course, the chapter. A chapter evaluation is done covering a broad range of chapter operations. Also, workshops are performed for the chapters based on each chapter's needs.
In the case of problem chapters, we send staff based on need. Sometimes this involves an ELC. On rare occasion, it may involve sending our Executive Director. It depends on the problem.
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