Embedded Tutor

Title: Embedded Tutor

Agency: Rappahannock Community College

Location: Richmond County - 159

FLSA: Nonexempt

Hiring Range: The pay rate for this position is $15 per hour.

Full Time or Part Time: Part Time

Additional Detail

Rappahannock Community College (RCC), founded in 1970, provides high-quality educational and training opportunities throughout a 12-county service region an hour east of Richmond on the beautiful western shore of the Chesapeake Bay with access to fresh local seafood and water activities. RCC delivers accessible and affordable educational opportunities, including for-credit transfer and career technical programs, robust distance education coursework, quality dual enrollment courses, and award-winning workforce training and credentialing programs.

RCC’s annualized enrollment of 3,900 credit students in  and almost 890 workforce and community development students are supported by almost 140 full-time employees and over 200 part-time/adjunct employees across two main campuses and five satellite sites.

Are you someone who wants to help students achieve their educational and professional dreams?

RCC seeks applicants for our Embedded Tutor opening. This is a part-time position without benefits working approximately 15 hours/week at a pay rate of $15 per hour.

Under the direction of the Coordinator of Learning Resources, the Embedded Tutor provides in-person and virtual tutoring services for designated course sections to support student success. Embedded within the classroom, this tutor provides accurate explanations and examples to clarify course concepts. The incumbent uses a variety of auditory, visual, and interactive approaches to support student learning. Examples of tutoring assistance include using a whiteboard to review the solution to a difficult math problem, discussing study guide questions, and adding comments to a shared document.

In addition to providing in-person tutoring assistance during class time, the Embedded Tutor position schedules and holds both in-person and virtual tutoring sessions outside of class time. This role completes required training to build tutoring skills, communicates regularly with course instructors, participates in documenting and assessing tutoring activity, and follows the guidelines of the Embedded Tutoring program.

The Embedded Tutor comes prepared to all course sessions and meets with the Coordinator of Learning Resources to review performance and receive feedback for improvement. The Embedded Tutor maintains courteous, caring, and professional communications with students, faculty, and college employees. This position maintains student privacy at all times.

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth’s Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly called a Certificate of Disability) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI).

Service-Connected Veterans may also apply via the AHP if they also provide an AHP Letter. To request an AHP Letter, use this link: https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). or call DARS at , or DBVI at .

• Completion with an A or B grade for the course(s) in which the Embedded Tutor is assigned.
• Demonstrated competence in the course to be tutored.
• Strong communication and writing skills.
• Embedded tutors must be able to attend assigned course or lab sessions and provide tutoring support outside class hours as scheduled.