Online Writing Center Tutor — Scholarly Writing Support

Abilene Christian University

United States

Remote

USD 48,000 - 64,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Abilene Christian University seeks an Online Writing Center Professional Tutor to support online undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral students. The role focuses on neurodivergent students and accommodations, reporting to the Director of the Online Writing Center.

Candidates must align with ACU’s Christian mission and be proficient in APA formatting and online pedagogy. The tutor will provide formative instruction, deliver live webinars, and develop instructional resources while collaborating

Qualifications

Master’s degree in English or related field from an accredited institution.
Three to five years of relevant experience in composition writing instruction or writing center work.
Expertise in APA style (7th edition) and sufficient familiarity with social science research to effectively support students writing their research studies.
Competence in online writing center pedagogy serving undergraduate and graduate students; understanding of writing as an iterative process.
Experience working with adult, multilingual, neurodiverse, and online learners.
Demonstrated understanding of approaches to feedback based on higher and lower order concerns depending on draft quality and stage of student writing competency development.
Experience, expertise, or publications in providing positive and constructive feedback to diverse, developmental, or online writers.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, and Power Point.
Competency in use of ScreenPal or similar software to create screencasts and provide individualized video feedback on student writing.

Responsibilities

Provide formative and developmental writing instruction to help online students communicate in profoundly successful ways and become more confident and independent scholarly writers.
Create and deliver effective writing instruction both asynchronously and synchronously through a variety of tools including Microsoft Word, ScreenPal, and Zoom.
Preferred: Applicant should have a working computer.
Review student course papers, multimodal writing, and dissertation chapters for content, organization, task fulfillment, academic integrity, voice, cohesion, and style adherence (primarily APA 7th edition, but also AMA, SBL, and Chicago/Turabian).
Answer student inquiries about writing-related concerns in developing, researching, and publishing scholarly work; APA style; and document formatting.
Engage in regular OWC team meetings to pursue ongoing learning about writing in higher education, identify writing needs, and problem-solve in community.
Create and deliver live writing-related webinars.
Create and deploy instructional resources on writing-related topics targeting specific writing needs of students, programs, and faculty.
Foster professional relationships with students and communicate records of student progress, including challenges and successes, to aid retention.
Complete other duties as assigned by the Director of the Online Writing Center.
Comply with all pertinent policies and procedures outlined in ACU’s Employee Handbook.