What are the responsibilities and job description for the STUDENT TUTOR position at Northwest Mississippi Community College?
Qualifications
- Completed Composition I
- Communicates well with students
- Maintains an interested attitude and is both friendly and patient
- Supports a facilitative, conversational, inquiry-based approach to consultations with students
- Has completed or is enrolled in ENG 2813 (Peer Tutor Training) course [before or during time of employment]
Writing Consultant Job Description
- Work with students individually or in groups to help them develop their skills as writers
- Work between 4 to 15 hours a week during peak times of the semester, including supplementary meetings identified by the director
- Attend paid, mandatory one-hour weekly staff meetings
- Offer non-directive guidance to students by asking questions, discussing strategy, and providing models and resources from which the students can learn
- Complete small assignments as part of ongoing professional development
- Communicate with fellow consultants and the director in a professional manner
- Participate in providing workshops to classrooms on an as-needed basis
- Visit classrooms to deliver short writing center orientations on an as-needed basis
- Contribute to the Writing Center’s resource library
- Accurately and punctually enter client report forms on the Writing Centers website (http://northwestms.mywconline.com)
- Arrive to work promptly, work the entire scheduled shift, and follow the writing center’s policy for finding a substitute
- Engage in marketing the writing center as coordinated between the director and the student
