"Paraprofessional Biology Tutor, Learning Support Systems, 2025"

Company Description:
Monroe Community College is a unit of the State University of New York (SUNY) and is one of only nineteen community colleges across North America selected for board membership in the League for Innovation in the Community College. Founded in 1961, MCC prides itself on providing an affordable, quality education for more than 8,500 students in the Rochester area. MCC is a large institution offering over 100 programs across two main campuses, two specialized centers, and various community sites.
Monroe Community College expects and upholds equity, inclusion, and a sense of belonging in our educational programs, policies, campus life, employment, and community involvement. We believe diversity enriches our lives and leads to understanding and appreciating our differences and commonalities. To achieve academic and institutional excellence, we actively recruit, engage, and retain students, faculty, staff, and community partners who represent the diversity of our region, nation, and world. MCC embraces inclusion and diversity, offering activities and programs to enhance the personal and professional development of faculty, staff, and students. The College welcomes candidates committed to MCC's mission of access, academic excellence, and a desire to work in a diverse and dynamic environment.

Job Description:
Function of Position:
Reporting to the Director of Learning Support Systems, Paraprofessional Tutors are staff who work with students to help them to develop effective learning strategies and to become self-regulated learners. These tutors help students with discipline-specific content.
Examples of Duties & Responsibilities:
Primary Functions:

• Foster the development of independent, intentional learners
• Help students understand and use effective learning strategies
• Provide tutor assistance in Biology in one-on-one and group settings
• Develop and nurture rapport with students, peers, and faculty
• Attend training activities to comply with tutoring requirements and expectations before and/or during semesters
• Collaborate with the Director of Learning Support Systems on providing workshops to fill learning gaps of both tutors and students with discipline specific content. The Director of Learning Support Systems will collaborate with the Biology Department as needed.
• Adhere to tutoring center protocol and tutoring expectations as outlined in the Tutor Handbook
• Promote critical thinking and problem solving
• Help to identify and fill learning gaps with discipline specific content

Secondary Functions:

• Visit classrooms, as needed, to introduce students to tutoring services
• Assisting with other learning assistance projects as assigned

MCC Expectations:

• Adheres to the College Code of Conduct.
• Contributes to, supports, and maintains an equitable, inclusive, and collaborative College environment.
• Maintains technological competencies utilized by the College.
• Commits to the philosophy of a comprehensive community college.
• Commits to professional growth. which includes seeking ongoing training in diversity, equity and inclusion to better serve students.

Additional Information:
Pay Rate:
Paraprofessional
Associates Degree - $16.00/hr to $17/hr
Job Type: Part Time
Hours: 10-20 Hours per Week
Non-Discrimination
Monroe Community College prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy, familial status, gender identity or expression, age, genetic information, national or ethnic origin, physical or mental disability, marital status, veteran status, domestic violence, victim status, criminal conviction, or any other characteristic or status protected by state or federal laws or College policy in admissions, employment, and treatment of students and employees, or in any aspect of the business of the College.
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Application Instructions:
Interested applicants may apply at one of the links below.
Please note: Current employees will need to use the internal application link. If you are not an employee, please click on the external application link to create an account.
Internal Application
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