Job Descriptions

Accepting Applications for Spring, 2009!! Tutors

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
Preferences:
  • Senior Undergraduate or a Graduate Student
  • Comfortable speaking in public
  • Creativity and confidence makes for fun and reassuring student service
Application Process:
  • Complete the application
  • Schedule an interview with the Associate Director
  • Go through “audition” process, including an on-the-spot writing sample and editing exercise
  • Must provide a Letter of Recommendation from a college writing instructor
  • Submit to a criminal background check