Athletic Academic Tutor

Tutoring Student-Athletes

This position will tutor student-athletes in various subjects, according to department policy and NCAA rules.

• Provide tutoring on a regularly scheduled basis to a caseload of assigned student-athletes.
• Tutor student-athletes in either one-on-one or in small group sessions.
• Be consistently available to tutor throughout the semester including during Samford Final Exam week.
• Complete specific documentation regarding each tutoring session held through a system called Teamworks Academics.
• Attend required Academic Enhancement Center (AEC) beginning of semester training sessions.
• Abide by all policies of the AEC.
• Operate with academic integrity and abide by NCAA, Samford, and Southern Conference rules.
• Develop and maintain strong rapport with AEC staff by communicating in-person and via email regarding student-athletes' academic progress, tutoring procedures, and related issues.

• This position requires a high school level education, minimum education being a sophomore in college.
• This position requires a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0
• The person hired must have a thorough understanding of the content of the courses they are interested in tutoring, preferred that the courses were taken at Samford.
• This position requires the person hired to have strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• The person hired must have the ability to serve as an appropriate academic/ personal role model for student-athletes.
• The person hired must be available to worked tutoring hours as schedule. Time is flexible upon the availability that is given to the coordinator by the tutor.
• Hours of Operation:
  Mondays
  - Thursdays 8:00 am- 9:00pm, Fridays 8:00 am- 12:00 pm, and Sundays 5:00 pm- 9:00 pm.
• The above statements describe the general nature of the job and are not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills and duties.