Writing Center Tutor

Primary Location :

391 Country Club Road, Wylie, Texas, 75098

We are searching for candidates that meet the required qualifications and experience and are able to perform the essential duties and responsibilities.

Job Summary :

Provide tutoring support services to Collin College students. Help students understand the writing process, how to write thesis statements, how to organize and develop ideas and how to correct papers for sentence fluency, grammar, punctuation and diction.

Required Qualifications :

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Support students' writing efforts through tutoring.
• Maintain record of each tutoring session with student.
• Report promptly to student's professor on the material covered in the tutoring session (writing problems addressed) if applicable.
• Attend staff meetings or professional development as directed.
• Maintain confidentiality of student records in compliance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).Ensure offices and files are adequately secured on a daily basis.

Supplemental Functions

• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Perform all duties and maintain all standards in accordance with college policies, procedures and Core Values.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of college-level composition
• Knowledge of of the English language
• Knowledge of MS Word, Excel and Publisher
• Knowledge of MLA style and format
• Knowledge of presentation software
• Organization and time management skills
• Document design skills
• Creative thinking skills
• Presentation skills
• Computer and applicable software skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Ability to create a positive tutoring and learning environment in the writing center
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships

Physical Demands, Working Conditions and Physical Effort

Sedentary Work - Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, a negligible amount of force frequently, and / or constantly having to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body.

Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.

Positions in this class typically require talking, hearing, seeing, grasping, standing, walking and repetitive motions. Relatively free from unpleasant environmental conditions or hazards.

Office environment. Little physical effort required.

Requirements

WRITING CTR ASST Level I (203) / $15.60 hourly

Associate degree in English or a closely related field from an accredited institution. Writing proficiency. Some tutoring experience.

WRITING CTR ASST Level II (208) / $20.24 Hourly