JOB DESCRIPTION Professional Tutor – Part-Time (amended 11-29 ...

JOB DESCRIPTION
Professional Tutor – Part-Time (amended 11-29-2012)
Department: Academic Support Center
General Function:
This position facilitates student learning by (a) helping to clarify specific course content and (b)
promoting/modeling the use of appropriate study strategies.
Required Qualifications:
• A bachelor’s degree in the area of tutoring or a closely related area.
• A grade of B or higher in all course(s) and/or academic subject areas for which tutoring
services will be offered.
• A cumulative grade point average of 2.5 or higher in all post-secondary course work.
• Required attendance at all tutor training activities and departmental staff meetings as
scheduled by the Academic Support Center director.
Preferred Qualifications:
• Teaching/tutoring experience, particularly in post-secondary courses.
• Other relevant work experience that demonstrates either knowledge of the content or the
ability to work with students or the ability to communicate ideas effectively.
Characteristic Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Adhere to all tutoring guidelines, as outlined by the Academic Support Center director.
2. Meet with assigned tutees in Academic Support Centers or other designated or preapproved
areas.
3. Consult with a tutee’s instructors for advice, guidance, and direction in their tutoring
work.
4. Conduct in-person or online tutoring sessions as needed.
5. Inform and/or consult with the Academic Support Center director if problems are
encountered, or the need arises for assistance relating to a specific tutoring situation.
6. Work cooperatively with Academic Support Center staff to deliver a cohesive tutoring
program and to respond in a professional manner to diverse student needs.
7. Participate in all tutoring training sessions and tutoring staff meetings, as requested.
8. Respect students’ rights to confidentiality and follow legal guidelines regarding
dispersal of information.
9. Act as a representative for the tutoring program within the college community.
10. Submit weekly reports and monthly time sheets to the Academic Support Center
director as requested.

11. Perform other duties as assigned.
12. Under no circumstances should a tutor do a student’s work for him/her or provide
copies of specific exams or quizzes previously given by the professor to the student.
Tutors will not write papers, review books or prepare work for a student. A tutor may
guide, direct and offer assistance in organizing a paper or preparing for an exam,
including discussing the types of questions usually asked on an exam, but the student
must do his/her own work. The tutor may cancel and/or terminate the tutoring
relationship if the tutee presses the tutor to do his/her work.
13. Tutors may work a maximum of 27.5 hours per week.
14. Individual students may be tutored a maximum of three hours per week.
15. Face-to-face tutoring sessions may only be held at the following SPCC locations: the Old
Charlotte Highway campus in Monroe; the L.L. Polk campus in Polkton, and the
Lockhart-Taylor Center in Wadesboro.
16. Tutoring may not take place on the weekend.
17. Make a minimum of four tutoring presentations to SPCC classes during the beginning of
each semester. Locations, dates and times of presentations will be approved by the
Academic Support Center director.
18. Accept tutoring assignments, based on the needs of the college, at one or more of the
following: L.L. Polk campus (Polkton), Old Charlotte Highway campus (Monroe), and
Lockhart-Taylor Center (Wadesboro).
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Worker Characteristics:
• Basic computer literacy.
• Knowledge of college procedures and standard tutoring procedures.
• Good interpersonal communication skills and ease in relating to people from varying
educational, cultural, and social backgrounds.
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
Working Conditions:
Typical office, computer or tutoring laboratory environment; infrequently lifting and carrying
items up to 10 lbs.; infrequently twisting or bending at the waist or reaching overhead;
frequently traveling between buildings on campus or to other campuses; frequently listening to
and talking with students, faculty and other staff members in person or on the telephone;
frequently sitting at a desk.