BCB Language Tutor

Berklee College of Music; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 21,000 - 28,000; Part time

Job summary

Berklee College of Music in Boston seeks a part-time BCB Language Tutor to support faculty in Fluency for Singers and Diction courses. Tutors meet weekly with students and may assist with Graduate Diction in French, Italian or German.

Prior IPA and diction knowledge is required; native fluency in tutoring language preferred. The role emphasizes independent scheduling, one-on-one teaching, and aligning content with course needs; interview with Chair of Voice will assess language use and teaching

Qualifications

• Fluent in the tutoring language, spoken and written.
• Understand how language is used in opera and song texts.
• Fluent with IPA and diction rules for the languages.
• Must have taken the appropriate fluency/diction courses (course codes referenced).
• Must demonstrate initiative and ability to work independently with a student.

Responsibilities

• Meet weekly with students for tutoring in Fluency for Singers or Graduate Remedial language courses.
• May tutor in Graduate Diction; French, Italian or German diction.
• Content of tutoring determined with the course teacher per student needs.

Skills

Fluent in tutoring language

Opera and song texts understanding

IPA proficiency

Diction knowledge (courses)

Initiative & independence

One-on-one teaching experience

Education

Current student at Berklee College of Music or Boston Conservatory at Berklee

Tools

IPA proficiency

Job description

Requirements

• Current student at Berklee College of Music or Boston Conservatory at Berklee.
• Enrolled at least half-time in a degree, diploma, or certificate-seeking undergraduate or graduate program.
• Summer is the only semester in which a student can maintain employment without being enrolled. In this case, the student must be pre-registered for the upcoming fall semester.
• This exception does not apply to fall or spring semesters.
• Have a valid United States Social Security Number (SSN).
• Remain in "valid" Visa status as applicable.
• A minimum 2.0 cumulative GPA.
• Students in their first semester can work, even though they do not have an official GPA until the completion of their first semester.
• Federal Work Study student may apply.
• In good disciplinary standing.
• Must be located in the U.S.

For complete program details, please go to our website: www.berklee.edu/se.

BCB Language Tutors will assist faculty in the Fluency for Singers courses and Diction courses at all levels, including Survey of Diction. Focusing on Italian, German and French they will support the work done in the classroom through meeting and working one-on-one tutoring with students in need of additional support.

Duties and Responsibilities

• BCB Language Tutors will meet weekly with students who require tutoring in either any of the Fluency for Singers courses or the Graduate Remedial language courses.
• Additionally they may be asked to meet with students requiring tutoring in Graduate Diction; French, Italian or German diction, or Survey of Diction.
• Content of tutoring will be mutually determined by you and the teacher of these courses as per the needs of the student in tutoring.

Required Skills and Knowledge

• Spoken and written fluency in the tutoring language (for Fluency classes).
• Understanding of the use of the language in opera and in song texts.
• Fluency in the use of the IPA for the required language and clear understanding of the rules of diction as they apply to that language.
• Must have taken the appropriate courses or received Advanced Placement in Fluency for Singers in the tutoring language (M-LT 2703-04, 3701-02, 4701-02); and/or for diction (M-SK 0711, 0712, 0713, 0714 or Graduate Diction).
• Must have initiative and the ability to work independently with an assigned student as well as to keep to a self-developed schedule.
• Experience with one-on-one teaching is a plus.

Skills Learned

• Gain independent teaching experience.
• Develop administrative skills related to scheduling, organizing lessons, securing teaching space, and other tasks related to the organization around the actual teaching.
• Experience working under a mentor teacher while gaining insight into how language is taught and how language is attained by learners with a range of learning styles.

Interview with Chair of Voice required; demonstration of use of language will be part of this interview.

Hourly Rate: 17.51

Hiring Manager: Isai Jess Munoz