Academic Tutor - Writing Center - Hourly

Overview

The College is seeking a pool of applicants for hourly Academic Tutor positions for the Writing Center at the Lincroft main campus.

Responsibilities

• Responsible to tutor individuals/small groups of students in fundamental and advanced areas of writing, including essays, research papers, and other college writing.
• Responsible for supporting classroom instruction, maintaining records, and supervising use of materials and facilities.
• Must have the ability to analyze individual student writing needs, develop learning objectives to meet those needs, and monitor student progress
• Other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications: 

Education: 

• Bachelor’s degree in English or closely related field is required.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities: 

• Must have knowledge of word processing.
• Requires an in-depth knowledge of the process approach to writing instruction, as well as excellent grammar and interpersonal/communication skills.
• Must have the ability to work with students with special needs and students for whom English is a second language.

Preferred Qualifications & Special Considerations: 

• Please be aware that this is a pool position. Your completed application will enable hiring officials to contact you at some point in the future if and when a hiring need arises for upcoming staffing needs.
• Evening availability preferred.

Applicants responding to this announcement will be required to respond to the following questions. What do you consider the role of the tutor? Do you have any tutoring experience? If you have tutoring experience, please describe. Are you available to work daytime hours? Are you available to work evening hours? Applicants identified for consideration will be invited to first complete a proofreading exercise and a response to a sample student essay.

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