DSPS , Academic Success Tutor (Short-Term/Temporary)

DEFINITION: 
Tutoring serves college students by assisting with academic success strategies. The primary responsibilities of a tutor are to support students to become more independent learners, persist in college, and reach their goals. Tutors provide subject area knowledge and serve as a model for students in the techniques, strategies, attitudes, and beliefs that successful learners employ as they acquire new knowledge, solve problems, and complete academic tasks. Additionally, tutors provide individual and/or group tutoring to students across a broad range of courses based on their personal area of expertise. Tutors meet with students to clarify and review concepts taught in class, explain processes and help students solve specific problems. Tutoring supports classroom-centered activities, and as such, the emphasis and content of tutoring sessions is determined by student’s needs. Essential Functions 

Required:

• Complete the required tutor training;
• Provide subject-specific content to help students through drop-in assistance;
• Recognize the different learning styles and student preferences;
• Create a professional and welcoming environment by modeling respect for students’ diverse cultures, language skills, and experiences;
• Use active listening strategies to allow student to determine content and pace of tutoring;
• Utilize listening and questioning strategies as the primary tutoring method to diagnose student need and monitor progress;
• Participate in tutor training activities to improve tutorial skill and continue to grow cultural competence and reflection skills;
• Assist students in improving academic achievement by promoting active learning, study skills, and academic resources available in the Center and on campus;
• Utilize feedback and reflection to improve practice;
• Sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability and ethnic backgrounds of students.

Qualifications

• Must be recommended/endorsed by a faculty member from the discipline or disciplines in which the student will tutor;
• Must have earned a B or better in the course/subject area applying to tutor.

This is a short-term/temporary position. Work Schedule: M-Th, 8:30-5:00 pm, F 8-4:30 pm

Selected applicants will be contacted for an interview.