Location: North Adams, MA Category: Student Employment Posted On: Fri Mar 29 2024 Job Description:
Academic Advising and Support is home to the Trailblazer Peer Tutor Center, located on the first floor in room 108. Students can schedule an appointment or drop-in to the Tutor Center during open hours and find a peer tutor available to assist with further review of course material or some general study strategies. Peer tutors meet one on one and in small groups with students to engage and empower peers with their learning.
Responsibilities:
Model successful college study habits and build students self-efficacy.
Professionally conducting tutoring sessions as scheduled.
Reporting tutee attendance and progress using Navigate 360.
Communicating with staff and Faculty.
Complete accurate and objective documentation of sessions.
Attend and participate in required training sessions and staff meetings.
Becoming familiar with texts and other resources useful for tutoring.
Complete and submit time sheets and tutorial notes in a timely manner.
Promote the mission of the Trailblazer Tutor Center and believe in every students' ability to learn and achieve academic success.
Opportunities:
Compensation by hourly rate
Leadership development
Enhancement of command of subject material and communication abilities
Development of appreciation for varying learning and teaching styles
Cultivation of new relationships with students and instructors
Development of additional options for recommendations and references
Enhancement of resume with paid and/or credited instructional experience.
Job Requirements:
Tutors must have earned a B or better grade in the course(s) they wish to tutor and:
Have an appropriate background in that discipline.
Have a 2.5 overall grade point average.
Be recommended by two faculty members, at least one from the department offering the course to be tutored.
Be interviewed by a staff member.
Model themselves as continuous learners and leaders among peers and within the campus community.
Additional Information:
This position is open only to students currently enrolled at MCLA.
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts strongly encourages employees to be up to date with their COVID-19 vaccinations. The Centers for Disease Control recommendation is that everyone aged 6 and up should get 1 updated Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, regardless of whether they've received any original COVID-19 vaccines.
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified applicants and employees with disabilities. Should you need to request a reasonable accommodation for the application process, please email Barbara Chaput, Chief Human Resources Officer.
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts is deeply committed to fostering a community of excellence, equity, diversity, and inclusion. We provide equal access to educational, co-curricular and employment opportunities for all applicants, students, and employees regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, marital or parental status, veteran status, or membership in any other legally protected class. Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts does not discriminate on the basis of sex in any educational program or activity that they operate, which extends to admission and employment.
Inquiries about Title IX, Equal Opportunity, or ADA/504 and other non-discrimination policies may be directed to MCLA's Title IX Coordinator and Equal Opportunity Officer, to the Assistant Secretary of the Department of Education Office for Civil Rights, or both.
Justin MacDowell
Title IX Coordinator and Equal Opportunity Officer
375 Church Street, North Adams, MA 01247
Phone: (413) 662-5571
justin.macdowell@mcla.edu
U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights
33 Arch Street, 9th Floor Boston, MA 02119-1424
Telephone: (617) 289-0111; FAX: (617) 289-0150; TDD (877) 521-2172
OCR.Boston@ed.gov