In-Person Tutor

Job Description

General Description

The Liberty Partnerships Program is a New York State Grant Funded initiative and is comprised of approximately 54 programs across the State that link colleges / universities with middle / high schools in order to provide comprehensive stay in school programming to at-risk youth.

The Hunter College Liberty Partnerships Program seeks a part-time in-person tutor to join the program to provide tutoring in core subjects (English, math, and science) to high school students at one New York City-based high school, Vanguard High School, located at 367 E 67th Street, a few avenues away from the main 68th Street Hunter College campus.

This is an ideal position for college students who are interested in working anywhere between 5-10 hours a week between 11 AM to 3 PM, Monday-Friday

Please submit a cover letter indicating why you are interested in this position and your background, if any, in tutoring.

Other Duties

• Assessing students by monitoring performance, keeping track of goals, formulating differentiated curriculum
• Collaborating with faculty and staff and pushing in to classes when necessary
• Helping students to become independent and critical thinkers by coaching and guiding
• Actively engaging with students and helping to promote LPP within the school
• Setting an example as a role model through appropriate dress, manner, and speech
• Maintain tutor logs on a monthly basis for records and timesheets
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Enrolled undergraduate student
• Punctual for appointments with students
• Ability to submit tutor logs and timesheets in a timely fashion
• Willingness to engage with adolescents of diverse backgrounds
• Self-starter who shows initiative with tasks
• Familiarity with NYC public school system is a plus
• Team player who is willing to work alongside social workers and social work interns
• Ability to work in-person at 367 E 67th Street at the Liberty Partnership program office
• Interest in working with adolescent NYC public school students

RFCUNY Benefits

RFCUNY Employee Benefits and Accruals

About the Research Foundation

The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) was established as a not-for-profit educational corporation chartered by the State of New York in 1963.

RFCUNY supports CUNY faculty and staff in identifying and obtaining external support (pre-award) from government and private sponsors and is responsible for the administration of all such funded programs (post-award).

RFCUNY stands between CUNY’s principal investigators (PIs) and the sponsors who support them and strives to fulfill its essential responsibilities to both groups.

• Working closely with individual PIs and Grants Officers on the campuses, RFCUNY oversees employment, accounting, audit, reporting, purchasing, and special responsibilities that include management of a planned giving program;
• liaison with governmental agencies and foundations; negotiation of agreements; facility construction and renovation; protection and commercialization of intellectual property;

and compliance with applicable standards in research involving human subjects, animal care, environmental and radiological safety, and conflicts of interest.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

The Research Foundation of the City University of New York is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action / Americans with Disabilities Act / E-Verify Employer.

It is the policy of the Research Foundation of CUNY to provide equal employment opportunities free of discrimination based on race, color, age, religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, domestic violence victim status, arrest record, criminal conviction history, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.