Part-Time Tutor

About the role

CLAS tutors provide individual and/or small-group tutoring to students in the Center for Learning and Academic Success. They assist students in improving academic achievement by meeting with them on a regular basis to clarify learning issues, work on study skills and review content. Tutoring sessions are designed to supplement in-class work and focus on providing opportunities for active learning, self-reflection, and collaborative study.

Tutors, acting as educational mentors rather than instructors, focus not on teaching content and completing homework assignments, but on posing problems and putting course subjects into practice through critical thinking and re-examination. Subject Specialists focus on advanced level courses, and act as mentors for other tutoring staff.

Other assistance might include reviewing class material, discussing the text, helping students to predict test questions, helping students formulate ideas for research, working on solutions to problems, and/or assigning practice exercises. Tutors are not expected to know everything about the subject for which they tutor, and they are expected to continue developing their tutoring skills.

Responsibilities

• Tutor students individually or in small groups, focusing on developing better learners.
• Uphold LIU-Brooklyn’s policies of academic integrity.
• Serve as positive role model for student tutees and other tutors.
• Support the pedagogies and practices advocated by the discipline of tutoring—guiding, coaching, mentoring, and providing feedback.
• Uphold the National Tutoring Association’s Code of Ethics.

Requirements

Minimum Requirements:

• Passed content course with a grade of B or better in the subject area which the candidate desires to tutor.
• Be recommended by at least one faculty member or academic dean in the content area.
• Possess good oral communication skills (demonstrated in the interview) and ability to explain concepts well.
• Availability to work at least 4 hours per week during CLAS’s regular hours.
• Demonstrate interest and enthusiasm for teaching and tutoring.
• Be available for weekly tutor training in the form of Mentor Groups and Tutor Development meetings and workshops.

Additional Requirements:

• Maintain accurate records and return them to the supervisor in a timely fashion.
• Strict adherence to the policies and procedures outlined in the CLAS Handbook.
• Possess the utmost respect for the confidentially of the tutor/tutee relationship.
• Report concerns about tutees to the Director. Areas of concern to report are absenteeism, lack of class/tutor session preparation, emotional stress, questions pertaining to academic integrity, or any other indications of obstacles to academic success.
• Complete and turn in periodic evaluations of tutoring sessions as requested.

Skills

Attendance at ongoing Tutor Development Meetings and/or Mentor Groups is mandatory.

Priority is given to LIU-Brooklyn student applicants.

Previous tutoring and/or teaching experience is preferred, but not required.

Working Conditions

CLAS is an open learning space that welcomes students from all subject areas, levels of educational preparedness, cultures, abilities and traditions, who want to participate in their own education by sharing time, space and knowledge with others.