Professional Tutor

Description

JOB SUMMARY: 

Tutors provide and help to integrate effective learning and study strategies for their assigned

students, while at the same time helping to clarify and/or reinforce course content, assignments and material.

Tutoring provides academic support to students for developing their knowledge, skills, and confidence to

become independent learners. Tutoring is a supplement to teaching, not a replacement for class attendance and

participation. Tutors do not provide “answers” but rather assist in the learning process. Tutors are expected to

be mature individuals who exert a positive influence on the members of the Lourdes community.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Promotes and integrates the Franciscan values of community, learning, reverence and service
• Meets with students on a one-to-one or small-group basis to provide learning assistance
• Maintains a weekly schedule of available hours in the Academic Success Center or student appointments
• Keeps regular and accurate records of tutoring sessions using the TutorTrac software and/or relevant
• forms
• Completes and submits tutoring reports for each student on a daily basis
• Checks emails daily for scheduled tutoring appointments
• Logs in and out for each session using the TutorTrac system
• Assures all tutees sign in and out for each tutoring session
• Works with students only in area of expertise
• Works only with current Lourdes University students on current course subject matter
• Maintains confidentiality of student information
• Ability to work with students of diverse ethnic backgrounds
• Possesses interpersonal and organizational skills
• Courteous and professional at all times with students, faculty and staff
• Maintains communication with supervisory staff
• Hours must not exceed 19 hours per week

ADDITIONAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Attends and participates in mandatory tutor-training sessions as required by the Tutoring Coordinator
• Arrives on time and conducts sessions in a professional manner
• Fosters academic integrity
• Models appropriate academic attitudes and behaviors to staff, faculty and students
• Develops in-class presentations and workshops as needed
• Serves as a mentor for new tutors
• Proven track record of responsibility, reliability, and punctuality
• Takes on other duties as assigned by Academic Success Center staff

Requirements

• Completion of a particular course with at least an "A-" (or a “B” if authorized by instructor)
• Must have earned a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0
• Provide copy of transcript(s) from undergraduate and graduate institutions
• Writing tutors must be proficient in APA, MLA and Chicago Style writing styles
• An undergraduate or graduate degree in the field in which the individual is to tutor
• Direct experience in tutoring or teaching is preferred
• Letter of recommendation from an instructor or employer
• Good interpersonal communication skills and ease in relating to people from varying educational, cultural, and social backgrounds
• Participates in mandatory training sessions