Tutor, Education Administration, Academic

Overview

Tutor

The CT State Community College is developing a pool of applicants for potential part-time tutoring positions. (Up to 17 hours per week). These positions are on continuous recruitment, and are filled on an as-needed basis, depending on specific department needs. You will only be contacted if there is a current need at the campus you indicated on your application and have met the qualifications/skills and experience that are required for the position.

Your applications will stay active for 1 year.

Location:

Multiple Campuses. This position is not remote. For more information about CT State Community College and the campus please visit Home - CT State. Please note that not all campuses have an opening, however we are accepting applications for all campuses within the CT State Community College.

CT State Community College campuses:
Asuntuck - 170 Elm Street, Enfield, CT;
Capital - 950 Main Street, Hartford, CT;
Gateway - 20 Church Street, New Haven, CT;
Housatonic - 900 Lafayette Blvd, Bridgeport, CT;
Manchester - Great Path, Manchester, CT;
Middlesex - 100 Training Hill Rd, Middletown, CT;
Naugatuck Valley - Waterbury and Danbury Campuses;
Northwestern - Park Pl, Winsted, CT;
Norwalk - 188 Richards Ave, Norwalk, CT;
Quinebaug Valley - 42 Upper Maple St, Danielson, CT and 729 Main St, Willimantic, CT;
Three Rivers - 574 New London Turnpike, Norwich, CT;
Tunxis - 271 Scott Swamp Rd 100 Building, Farmington, CT.

CT State Community College (CT State) provides access to academically rigorous and innovative education and training focused on student success. The College supports excellence in teaching and learning, makes data-informed decisions, promotes equity, advances positive change for the students, communities, and industries it serves, and awards associate degrees and certificates.

CT State will be recognized for exceptional student success, educational leadership, and transformative collaboration with business and industry, government, educational, and key stakeholders while advancing diverse opportunities for Connecticut's citizens and communities.

The CSCU system commits to bold and disruptive change by actively identifying, naming, and dismantling structural racism, systemic poverty, and other barriers; establishing equitable and anti-racist policies and practices; and empowering students, faculty, staff, and administrators to advance racial, social, and economic justice. Our core collective responsibility is to continuously assess practices and policies and transform the world we live in by eliminating inequities.

The Community College system offers two-year liberal arts degree programs as well as occupational and technical programs for a population with a wide range of academic and experiential preparation. In order to provide an instructional environment conducive to successful learning experiences for this wide array of students, the Colleges provide the support and help of the Tutor.

In the Academic Center of Excellence (ACE), the Tutor provides tutorial services to students, one on one or in small groups at a Community College. Incumbents provide this support in a specific learning unit or center such as science, technology, language arts or business administration. The tutor may also be involved in the set up, maintenance and operation of labs.

Under the direction of the Director of the Academic Center for Excellence (ACE) or other administrator, the Tutor is accountable for providing assistance to faculty and students in assigned academic areas through effective performance in these essential functional areas:

• Providing individual and group tutoring.
• Assisting students in carrying out assignments, including giving supplemental instruction in the academic discipline being applied.
• Overseeing and guiding assigned student workers in their assistance to students.
• Observing and providing information to faculty on student performance and on those requiring special faculty instruction.
• Proctoring student exams.
• Setting up, arranging and testing lab equipment, apparatus and materials.
• Adapting equipment and materials to specific learning objectives set by faculty.
• Planning and preparing equipment and materials for future lab sessions.
• Performing routine cleaning and maintenance of lab equipment.
• Shipping and receiving supplies and equipment.
• Observing standards of safety in the set-up, operation and disposal of lab supplies and equipment.

This posting includes qualifications, experience and skills but is not limited to the full specifications stated in the job description. Candidate may perform some or all of the job functions.

Associate degree in the assigned academic field or a closely allied field with one (1) or more years of related teaching and/or tutoring experience; or an equivalent combination of experience and training which would lead to the competencies required to carry out the position's…