"Undergraduate Writing Tutor (Student)"

Job Details

Work Where You Learn: Build Experience, Grow Skills, and Contribute to Your University Community. This position is available only to enrolled American University students.

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Department: Student Academic Services

Time Type: Part time

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Job Description:

Summary:

Writing Tutors serve as consultants at the Writing Center. They are primarily responsible for providing individual support for a wide variety of students’ writing in classes across the curriculum. A tutoring session consists of assessing a students’ needs for the assignment, establishing and managing achievable goals for the session, and setting a plan that strategically address needs after the session ends.

Additional responsibilities include after session reports, bi-weekly workshops, training sessions, in-class visits, and special events during the semester. They may also lead workshops for groups of students, lead peer review sessions, and promote the Writing Center through in-class visits. Work with student writers and their texts to help them become familiar with the techniques that successful writers use to plan, draft, revise, and edit written documents.

Essential Functions:

• Assess attitudes about writing and set goals for consultations.
• Work with both scheduled students and drop-ins.
• Consistently and properly document student contact in the Writing Center’s online scheduling system.
• Follow policies and procedures for at-work behavior, shift coverage, etc. as detailed in the staff handbook.
• Participate in staff meetings and training workshops.
• Conduct classroom visits to publicize writing center services.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work:

• Student.
• Part-time.
• 10 - 15 hours per week.

Salary Range: $17.95 per hour.

Additional Eligibility Qualifications:

• Required with application: resume, cover letter, two academic writing samples.
• Preferred: letter of recommendation from an AU faculty member.

Other Details

• This position is available only to enrolled American University students.
• Please note this job announcement is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
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