Writing Center Peer Tutor Job Description

Writing Center Peer Tutor Job Description

Job Title: Writing Center Peer Tutor 

Department/Agency:  The Writing Centers

Length of Position: Academic school year 

(Typically both semesters unless other arrangements are made at the time of hiring)

Function/Description of the Position: 

The tutor’s main responsibility is to consult individually with students from CSB/SJU to assess the strengths and weaknesses of a piece of that student’s writing in regard to structure, content, clarity, and editing issues.  The tutor and student then work together to improve both the student’s writing skills and the specific paper in question.  

Duties & Responsibilities:  

1.      Individual consultations to all populations, including first-year, English second-language and graduate students. 

2.      Group tutoring sessions on an on-call basis in Learning Foundations and Learning Explorations courses

3.      Writing Center maintenance tasks:

 e.g., writing informative notes to referring instructors, creating Writing Center publicity, preparing instructional materials for classroom and Writing Center use, creating and maintaining master schedule of open hours, conducting assessment activities, website maintenance.

4.      General office maintenance tasks:

e.g., keeping records, writing reports, running errands, maintaining files, light house-keeping, duplicating.

5.      Attendance at training sessions and staff meetings, on-going improvement in tutoring knowledge and skills through practice, self-reflection, completion of required readings.

Minimum Qualifications to perform the duties of the position

Outstanding writing ability in all areas: content, style, clarity, grammar and mechanics

Ability to talk clearly about writing; ability to teach skills and concepts

Strong interpersonal communication skills—must enjoy working closely with others

Ability to self-start and to complete tasks without constant supervision Sense of humor (not required, but very helpful)

Work Schedule: Flexible

Contact Person: CSB/SJU Writing Center Director Kyhl Lyndgaard ([email protected])

Application materials are available online here.

More information about the Writing Center is available online here.

Feel free to stop by and say hello, our locations are: HAB 103 and Alcuin 349