Peer Tutor - Center for Academic Success - FWS

Center for Academic Success (CAS)

Academic Student Leadership

Tutor

The CAS provides assistance to advance student learning and the academic process. Our goal is to help students become successful learners. Students learn how to learn while learning what to learn.

We seek excellence as well as diversity within the CAS. We want outgoing, positive individuals that will model our Union core values: Excellence-Driven, Christ-Centered, People-Focused, and Future-Directed. CAS understands that a tutor is, above all, a student. However, a tutor should be the type of student who can handle CAS responsibilities and academic requirements without neglecting either. Working as an on-call peer tutor can provide some of the best workplace training possible; they must be dependable, motivated, caring and responsible (all valuable qualities to employers).   

Qualifications -- Tutors must:

•Have a minimum of a B in the courses you wish to tutor

•Have a minimum overall GPA of 3.0

•Be recommended by the chair or professor in the department which you wish to serve

•Have completed at least 24 hours of college work at Union

•Be ethical, responsible, positive, and enjoy helping others

Tutor Job Description

On-Call Peer Tutors will be facilitating 50-minute tutoring sessions.  The purpose of Tutoring is to support the efforts of the university faculty and encourage students to become independent learners by bridging the gap between the classroom and a true understanding of the material. Tutors can explain concepts to help students grasp course material. Tutors do not complete students' homework assignments nor do tutors assist in completing students' tests (i.e. take-home tests, online tests, make-up tests, etc.). Tutors are paid $11.00/hour and are allowed up to 4 hours of weekly tutoring. 

Responsibilities include the following: 

1. Assisting students with academic material by answering questions, furnishing feedback, helping understand information, offering support, suggesting study tips and strategies, and making referrals when appropriate

2. Being familiar with and supporting the Center for Academic Success and its policies

3. Attending required training sessions (both prior to each semester and periodically during the fall and spring semesters)

4. Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with CAS staff and Union faculty 

5. Serving as a resource person for other CAS staff members

6. Promoting and marketing CAS services

7. Creating and maintaining a professional attitude

8. Demonstrating strong communication skills 

9. Developing an awareness of diverse cultures and their unique needs

10. Maintaining a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0

Tutors are investing in the academic success of their peers.