Brookdale Community College is hiring: Academic Tutor - Writing Center - Hourly

Overview:

The College is seeking a pool of applicants for hourly Academic Tutor positions for the English Department Writing Center.

Assignments could be a Lincroft main campus and/or Colleges Higher Education Centers.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible to tutor individuals/small groups of students in fundamental and advanced areas of writing, including essays and research papers.
• Responsible for supporting classroom instruction, administering/evaluation of placement essays, ordering materials, maintaining records, and supervising use of materials and facilities.
• Must have the ability to analyze individual student writing needs, development learning objectives to meet those needs, and monitor student progress.
• Other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications:

Edcuation:

• Bachelors degree in English or closely related field is required.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Must have knowledge of word processing.
• Requires an in-depth knowledge of the process approach to writing instruction, as well as excellent grammar and interpersonal/communication skills.
• Must have the ability to work with students with special needs and students for whom English is a second language.

Preferred Qualifications & Special Considerations:
Please be aware that this is a pool position. Your completed application will enable hiring officials to contact you at some point in the future if and when a hiring need arises for upcoming staffing needs.

Applicants responding to this announcement will be required to respond to the following questions.

What do you consider the role of the tutor?
Do you have any tutoring experience?
If you have tutoring experience, please describe.
Are you available to work daytime hours?
Are you available to work evening hours?

Applicants identified for consideration will be invited to first complete a proofreading exercise and a response to a sample student essay.

Application Documents:
Cover Letter, Other, Resume

Pay Rate:
$21.36/hr