"Learning Assistant III/IV: Professional Tutor Writing/Communications/Social Sciences/Education"

Position Summary

The Learning Assistant provides learning support to students, colleagues and faculty as a member of the Tutoring and Writing Center team. Support services may include tutoring, academic coaching, leading supplemental instruction/embedded/workshop sessions, making referrals to campus resources, and/or assisting with technology/software. This position must work effectively with a wide range of constituencies in a diverse community. This position must use varying styles and approaches that reflect an understanding and acceptance of the role of culture in a diverse, multicultural workplace.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Tutor students individually, in small groups, or embedded in courses both on campus or online.
• Engage and encourage students to become confident, successful, and active learners by engaging them directly in ways that respond to the diversity of students' cultural backgrounds, academic needs, and learning styles.
• Help monitor the learning environment, and interpret needed protocols for students.
• Provide technical/software support to students.
• Perform record-keeping and administrative tasks as directed.
• Encourage communication between student and instructor.
• Refer students to other appropriate services on campus, as needed.
• Act as a resource and mentor to colleagues classified as Learning Assistant I/II.
• Design and lead in-class presentations, orientations, supplemental instruction groups, review sessions, and/or study skills workshops.
• Coach students in academic study skills, research processes, and other learning strategies.
• Assist the Tutoring & Writing Center Coordinator with researching and updating learning center materials and resources, as requested.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Salary: $17.08 - $25.31 per hour (depending on placement)

FCC offers a generous benefits package which includes medical insurance, dental and vision plans, waiver of FCC tuition for employee and eligible dependents, tuition reimbursement, generous leave benefits, retirement plans, and more! Frederick Community College prohibits discrimination against any person on the basis of age, ancestry, citizenship status, color, creed, ethnicity, gender identity and expression, genetic information, marital status, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religious affiliation, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status in its activities, admissions, educational programs, and employment. Frederick Community College, an equal opportunity employer, values campus diversity in students and staff and encourages members from historically under-represented groups to apply.

About Frederick Community College

Frederick Community College (FCC) is a public college accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE). FCC is distinguished by its quality and affordability, making it attainable and valuable for local students. Accredited programs, comprehensive instruction, and affordable costs of attendance have made FCC the learning destination for more than 200,000 students since 1957.