TUTOR REQUIREMENTS
JOB DESCRIPTION
The tutor will work with a student on an individual and/or group basis for the purpose of improving the latter's academic performance in a particular subject. The tutor will assess the tutee's difficulties and then plan and implement tutorials (going over class work/examples, meeting with the professor, discussion, etc.) aimed at overcoming these difficulties.
The benefits of the program to tutors include the acquisition of training and experience in the use of teaching, leadership, and interpersonal skills; reinforcement of one's own understanding and knowledge in a chosen field of study, and financial reward.
* Please note that when you have provided 15 hours of peer tutoring during a full academic year, this activity can be added to your LEAP certificate. For additional information please contact pam.graham@ubishops.ca.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- An overall academic average of at least 75%, and 80% in the course you wish to tutor.
- You must submit your most recent transcript along with your application.
- You must have taken the course you propose to tutor at Bishop's. If not, a signature from the professor is required in order to qualify.
JOB REQUIREMENTS:
Candidates accepted into the Peer Tutoring Program will be required to:
- Attend an orientation session at the Counseling Office.
- Have at least one orientation meeting with each of the instructors, whose courses you are tutoring.
- Check at the Counselling Office regularly as required to record hours/courses, and discuss any problems that may have been encountered. (AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK)
- Comply with all other reasonable requests of the Peer Tutoring Program Coordinator.
THE EMPLOYMENT OF TUTORS IN VARIOUS SUBJECT
AREAS IS CONTINGENT UPON STUDENT DEMAND.
REMUNERATION:
Tutors are paid at the rate of $10.40 per hour. Tutors will work a maximum of 10 hours per week in their capacity as tutors. No one is required to do a 10 hour week; some tutors may wish to have a lighter load. Please Take Note That A Tutee May Not Receive More Than Two Hours of Tutoring Per Week in A Given Course. (The Counseling Service will not subsidize for more than 2 hours per week per course).
PROCEDURES
ASSIGNMENT OF TUTORS TO CLIENTS:
Students submit a registration form to receive tutoring at the Counseling Office (Marjorie Donald, Room 214). Students are assigned on a rotational basis so that the distribution of tutoring assignments is even.
The tutors are informed by email as tutees are assigned to them. (Please make sure to check your e-mail regularly.) As soon as you are assigned a tutee, please contact them in order to arrange your sessions. Tutor and tutee make arrangements as to time and place of their sessions.
TERMINATION:
When a student has stopped receiving tutoring (i.e. explicitly announces termination OR goes 2 weeks without contact) you should inform the Peer Tutoring Coordinator. This allows us to assign other students who may be on a waiting list.
GETTING PAID:
Tutors are paid every two weeks (direct deposit). Your hours are reported onto time sheets which are recorded and sent to the Business Office to be processed. You must report your hours once a week (by the latest Thursday at 4:00 p.m.) to the Counselling Service. Please note that in order for your personal time sheet to be processed, you must have each of your tutees initial each tutoring session.
YOUR OWN TIME MANAGEMENT:
Remember that in this program, you are limited to a MAXIMUM of 10 hours of tutoring time per week. You are a good resource in this program as long as you stay healthy and don't overextend yourself. REMEMBER: You should indicate to the Coordinator, the number of hours you wish to tutor per week so that the appropriate number of tutees will be assigned to you during the semester.
