Professional Tutor (Multiple Openings) (On-site)

Job Description Summary

At Guilford Technical Community College (GTCC), we are dedicated to transforming lives through education and creating a lasting impact on our community. The Center for Academic Engagement's Professional Tutors provide effective tutoring to enhance the learning of students in specific subject areas. As a provider of learning support, the Professional Tutor responds to the individual needs of students by personalizing tutoring strategies and methodologies while building their self-efficacy, problem solving abilities, content mastery, and metacognitive skills. These learning processes may occur through in-person, online, and course embedded mediums.

Duties/Functions

• Use a variety of instructional techniques in tutoring sessions to meet students' learning needs.
• Integrate effective study and learning strategies to maximize students' potential for academic progress.
• Conduct group tutoring sessions and workshops.
• Collaborate with Center for Academic Engagement staff, College faculty, Student Support Services staff, and other constituents to deliver a comprehensive learning support program.
• Maintain a positive, learner-centered, and professional environment.
• Develop resources for student, faculty, and staff use.
• Follow and communicate Center for Academic Engagement policies and procedures.
• Keep accurate records of tutoring sessions.
• Participate in professional development opportunities to enhance learning support skills.
• Promote the college's tutoring program during outreach activities and events.
• Demonstrate and model the college's employability skills: adaptability, communication, information processing, problem solving, responsibility, and teamwork.

Additional Duties & Responsibilities

• Participate in job-related workshops and training to enhance job performance.
• Perform all duties as assigned by supervisor.

Education Required

• Associate degree from a regionally accredited postsecondary institution with documented successful completion of undergraduate coursework in desired tutoring discipline(s).
• Demonstrated expertise in discipline-related coursework.
• Work experience, coupled with technical certification(s) may substitute degree requirements

Education Preferred

• Bachelor's degree or higher from a regionally accredited postsecondary institution with documented successful completion of undergraduate coursework in desired tutoring discipline(s).