Tutor, Tutoring

Tutor

Provides tutoring and leads various workshops pertaining to test preparation and other academic skills. Exercises a high level of discretion; provides professional, effective, and efficient customer service assistance to students, faculty, college personnel, and community members. Provides timely updates to the Director and Supervisor to keep them informed about tutoring needs, concerns, student-related issues, and the like. Considerable judgment and initiative in adapting work procedures to new situations are required.

Tutoring hours are assessed each month and may be adjusted to accommodate TLC needs.

Tutoring areas include BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY, COMPUTER SCIENCE, ENGLISH, MATH, NURSING, PHYSICS, and other subjects as determined by budgetary allocations and student demand.

Essential job duties and key responsibilities include: professionally representing Joliet Junior College and upholding the College's core values; tutoring students in all levels of subject area and/or related courses; providing exceptional customer service to all visitors; maintaining accurate and timely records of tutoring activities; conducting Tutoring and Learning Center workshops; creating, selecting, and developing instructional support materials; meeting with instructors to provide assistance;

promoting tutoring services; participating in staff meetings, in-services, and trainings; assisting with the interviewing, selecting, training, and mentoring of peer tutors; and performing related duties as assigned.

Minimum qualifications include a Bachelor's degree in subject to be tutored and/or related area, experience in teaching, tutoring, or delivering support at the post-secondary instructional level, ability to work with minimum supervision, patience, problem solving abilities, strong verbal and written communication skills, ability to establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships, demonstrated commitment to the college's core values, and normal office physical demands.