Professional Tutor - Writing (Part Time, Academic Year)
Johnson & Wales University
Location
Providence, Rhode Island
Quick overview
Provide individual and small group academic support for course content and writing assignments. Guide students in academic success skills and coordinate goals with faculty and advisors.
Requirements summary
Requires a minimum of a bachelor's degree in English or a related field. Must be able to tutor rhetoric, composition, and communication skills during weekday daytime hours.
Job description
Summary
Meets with students individually or in small groups to provide academic support related to course content, course-related readings and course-related written assignments so students can successfully complete their coursework; as well as provides instruction, teaching and guidance in the area of academic success skills
- Essential Job Functions
- Tutors students on specific course content, course-related readings and course-related written assignments
- Tutors students in the area of academic success skills (e.g. learning strategies, time management, etc.)
- Coordinates tutoring goals with advisers, academic counselors and faculty to effectively meet student needs
- Attends tutor training sessions and staff meetings, as applicable
- Administers individualized tests to students with accommodations
- Performs other duties as assigned
- Required Qualifications
- Minimum of a bachelor's degree in English or a related field (ex: creative writing, composition, communications)
- Ability to tutor courses such as rhetoric & composition and communication skills, as well as provide planning and drafting guidance for any course with writing-based assignments
- Ability to work daytime hours on weekdays and work on occasional weekends for special events
Preferred Qualifications
• Experience tutoring or teaching students
Please Note
Qualified candidates must live or relocate to live within a daily commuting distance of the Providence Campus location upon hire.
Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis until job posting is closed.
Johnson & Wales University is an equal opportunity employer. The university does not illegally discriminate on the basis of any protected class. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, disability, ethnic and national origin, familial status, gender or gender identity, genetic information, military service, national origin, pregnancy and related conditions, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other protected class.
