"Tutor, Professional (Multiple Openings) (On-site)"

Job Description Summary

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).

KSA Required

The Professional Tutor shall possess an understanding of and commitment to the nature and role of the Community College, particularly its