Location: North Adams, MA Category: Student Employment Posted On: Mon Mar 11 2024 Job Description:
TRIO Tutor and Peer Ambassadors will provide guidance and support to TRIO Scholars on course assignments, model behaviors and attitudes of successful students, and provide insights on personal development related to social and cultural engagement on campus and in surrounding communities. They also promote student success concepts on motivation, goal setting, time management, learning styles, note taking, and reading comprehension. Candidates must demonstrate a commitment to diversity, patience, positivity, and a passion for promoting peer achievement.
Under the supervision of the TRIO Student Support Director, Tutor and Peer Ambassadors will perform a variety of tutoring and mentoring duties, which involve meeting with students, facilitating tutorial sessions, serving as a peer spokesperson for Trio Student Support Services at MCLA, documenting and maintaining tutoring/mentoring track records, and contributing to the development of an office environment that is student focused and friendly.
Participate in tutor and mentor training.
Meet with students and complete the necessary documentation.
Serve as a peer spokesperson for Trio at campus events.
Punctual and reliable.
Demonstrated competence in subject(s) assigned to as a tutor.
Interpersonal skills related to professionalism, diversity, courtesy, listening, and patience.
Job Requirements:
Must be enrolled at MCLA as a Sophomore, Junior, Senior or Graduate student.
Cumulative GPA of 2.5 or above with a reference from faculty academic advisor or academic/student affairs specialist familiar with student's academic and leadership achievements.
Courses needed: Math for Liberal Arts Majors, Algebra, Calculus, Statistics, Concepts of Biology and Lab, Philosophy, Intro. to Psychology, Drugs and Behavior, English, Chemistry 1 and 2, Organic Chemistry, History, Political Science, Philosophy and Art, Critical Reasoning and Logic, and Intro and upper-level Sociology courses.
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
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