tutor Manchester, NH
Southern New Hampshire University
Full Time
Manchester, NH
38661 - 27540 USD ANNUAL Today
Job description
Job Summary:
Southern New Hampshire University is currently seeking Manchester campus-based student workers in the Wolak Learning Center as Peer Educators for on-campus academic support. Campus-based Peer Educators will provide in-person academic assistance (with occasional virtual sessions) to students on an individual or small-group basis in specific content areas. Support areas include math, science, technology, engineering, game design/game arts, writing, liberal arts, business, and study skills.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Assist students academically to help them improve their knowledge in specific content areas and/or enhance their study skills through multiple modalities of tutoring
- Motivate students and help them develop confidence through positive feedback on areas of improvement
- Fulfill student support roles as assigned, which may include drop-in tutoring, one-to-one tutoring, class-embedded or class-linked tutoring.
- Assist with front office and Wolak Learning Center initiatives
- Attend mandatory All-Peer Educator training sessions
- Participate in discipline specific trainings
- Arrive on-time and prepared for all scheduled sessions
- Check office communications daily for assignments, announcements, and correspondence
- Submit payroll hours and tracking forms promptly after each session
Minimum Qualifications:
- Current enrollment as a part/full-time SNHU student
- Cumulative SNHU GPA of 3.0 or higher
- Successful completion of discipline specific courses - additional requirements may vary by discipline
- Three references from SNHU instructors or advisors
- Strong knowledge of subject matter
- Excellent level of responsibility, reliability, and punctuality
- Good interpersonal communication skills and ease in relating to students from diverse backgrounds
Preferred Qualifications:
- If applying for the Science, Technology, Engineering, and/or Math subject areas, applicants should possess course grades of A-/A in relevant course(s).
- If applying for the Business subject area, a strong understanding of accounting, finance, and/or economics courses is preferred. Marketing, hospitality, and QSO subject knowledge is also encouraged.
- If applying for Liberal Arts and/or Writing subject areas, please include a strong cover letter that highlights your strengths with grammar and sentence structure.
- All applicants must provide a recommendation from at least one faculty member relevant to the subject area they are applying to.
- Peer Educators will be expected to utilize their own computer where appropriate for virtual tutoring sessions.
- If interested in the Wolak Learning Fellows Program, please contact the Center for Teaching and Learning at [email protected].
Learning Outcomes:
- Student workers will develop skills to assist tutees in specific content areas using multiple in-person modalities and develop specific differentiated tutoring strategies to meet various needs of learners based on learner preferences, strengths/weaknesses, background, or prior knowledge.
- Student workers will learn effective tutoring strategies and skills.
- Student workers will be able to explain, demonstrate, and incorporate study habits, motivation, and academic success strategies consistent with those emphasized during tutor training.
- Student workers will incorporate effective communication skills into tutoring sessions and improve their own professional development skills for post-SNHU employment opportunities.
Work Hours:
Hours vary. Office Hours: Mondays-Thursdays: 9:00am-7:00pm, Fridays: 9:00am-4:30pm, Saturdays-Sundays: closed. Typically, peer educators work 5-10 hours per week.
Required Documents: Please provide your class schedule along with a resume or a purpose statement detailing qualifications and interest in the role.
