Job Descriptions
All Writing Center employees work a MAXIMUM of 19 hours per week. Pay varies, depending on position.
Tutors
Need evenings and Tuesday/Thursday shifts.
The Judith G. Gardner Center for Writing Excellence hires energetic and enthusiastic tutors to assist students in all levels of writing from all disciplines. Applicants should have the ability to balance their workloads, including their own classes, as well as their flexible schedules in the Writing Center.
Tutors are expected to put students first when in the Writing Center. Assisting students takes precedence over any personal work when the tutor is on shift. When students come for help, a tutor will stop what he or she is doing and walk up to the student, shake his or her hand, make introductions, and lead the student to a workspace.
The tutor should ask questions about the assignment and about the student’s goals before reading over a paper or draft. The tutor should feel comfortable asking the student to make notes on the draft, as opposed to taking control and writing tutor notes.
For these reasons, tutors should be outgoing and possess strong interpersonal and communication skills. Students look to tutors for assistance and are in the Writing Center to learn something; therefore, the tutor’s goal is to work with the student, not take over. This is accomplished with interaction, as opposed to one-sided discourse.
Requirements:- Must be at least a junior-level undergraduate and in good academic standing
- Must have up to one year of related experience
- Need at least a 3.5 GPA in Writing/English courses – MUST be a strong writer
- Need to commit for at least one full semester
- Should plan to work a minimum of 10 and a maximum of 19 hours per week
- Must be friendly, responsible, patient, and professional
- Senior Undergraduate or a Graduate Student
- Comfortable speaking in public
- Creativity and confidence makes for fun and reassuring student service
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Computer Associates
Need a variety of shifts throughout the week.
The Computer Lab is manned at all times by a Computer Associate, or CA. This person is responsible for the following:
- maintaining the computers and printers,
- enforcing lab policies,
- assisting students with technology issues,
- coordinating lab tutors, and
- keeping the lab neat and professional,
In addition to the lab, the CA must have experience with certain specific software programs, including Photoshop, inDesign, and the basic MS Office (2003 or 2007) package, including Publisher. Only applicants with this experience will be considered
Computer Associates must be professional, organized, prompt, responsible, and problem-solvers. Applicants must also be at least at the Junior level and able to work a minimum of a full school year (including one summer).
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Receptionists
Receptionists are hired only as Work Study, so all applicants should obtain a work study eligibility letter from Financial Aid. Need to fill a variety of shifts.
The Receptionist is a key member of our main tutor room. This is the first person students will see upon entering. This person will greet students, help them through the sign-in process, and make them feel comfortable.
The Receptionist's job includes answering the phones, making appointments, and coordinating tutors so that there is an even flow between students and tutors, especially during really busy shifts. Applicants must be professional, friendly, organized, and punctual.
Application Process for all positions:
- Send an email with your resume to the Associate Director
- Tutors will go through an “audition” process, including an on-the-spot writing sample and editing exercise
- Tutors must provide a Letter of Recommendation from a college writing instructor
- All employees must submit to a criminal background check