Student Employment - Tutor Non-Certified, Spanish (Part Time)

Salt Lake Community College; Taylorsville (UT); Hybrid; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

Salt Lake Community College seeks a part-time language tutor to support SLCC students in person at the Center for Languages and on Zoom. You will help students understand and apply course materials and language-learning programs, and assist with online resources as needed.

Additionally, you will help organize cultural events with other tutors and language faculty, participate in CfL activities, and attend required trainings.

Qualifications

• Current student of SLCC.
• Availability to attend SLCC classes in the target language with instructor approval.

Responsibilities

• Tutor SLCC students in-person at the Center for Languages and on Zoom.
• Assist students with understanding and leveraging course materials and online language-learning programs.
• Help organize and host cultural events with other tutors and language faculty.
• Participate in Center for Languages activities and attend required trainings.
• Establish and maintain tutoring hours throughout the semester/academic year.

Skills

Good computer skills

Reliability

Attention to detail

Effective communication

Diversity awareness

Education

Current student of SLCC

Job description

Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States.

All employees are expected to maintain a permanent residence within the State of Utah as a condition of employment. New employees must provide a valid Utah residential address within 30 days of their start date.

Job Summary

Tutor SLCC students both in-person at the Center for Languages and on Zoom. Assist students with understanding and leveraging their course’s instructional materials and assignments and with online language-learning programs as needed. Help organize and host cultural events along with other tutors and/or language faculty. Participate in Center for Languages activities, possibly including occasional brief, informal cultural presentations to other tutors, students and faculty.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities & Knowledge Skills & Abilities

• Tutors are expected to observe the SLCC Student Code of Conduct.
• Good computer skills.
• Reliability, timeliness and attention to detail.
• Increasing knowledge of Spanish 1010 and 1020, 2010, 2020 and other Spanish language related including teaching methods and the course textbook, materials, and assignments.
• Increasing competence in tutoring, focusing on textbook integration, identifying student level of competence, and tailoring instruction to the student level, needs, and instructor expectations.
• Establish and maintain tutoring hours throughout the semester/academic year.
• Attend CfL meetings, complete required trainings, and consistently follow protocols for scheduling, checking in/out, time submission, communicating unavoidable absences, etc..
• Host weekly or biweekly conversation tables for speakers of the target language in the CfL depending on demand.
• Ability to communicate effectively with a broad range of people with a variety of abilities and backgrounds, to maintain good working relationships across the College.
• Ability to work with all groups from a variety of academic, socioeconomic, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds, and with community college students, faculty, and staff, including those with disabilities.

Minimum Qualifications

• Current student of SLCC.
• Availability to attend the SLCC classes in the target language in conjunction with the approval of the course instructor. Attending classes will increase your familiarity with course materials and teaching methods. The instructor will expect you to work with students during class time, which is also good preparation for tutoring.

Preferred Qualifications

• Current student of SLCC.
• Native speaker of target language.
• Language teaching or tutoring experience in target language.
• Availability to attend the SLCC classes in the target language in conjunction with the approval of the course instructor. Attending classes will increase your familiarity with course materials and teaching methods. The instructor will expect you to work with students during class time, which is also good preparation for tutoring.

SLCC Information

Salt Lake Community College is Utah’s largest open-access college in the state. We proudly educate 45,000+ students pursuing degrees in 100+ programs across 8 areas of study, and Utah’s fastest growing industries and four-year baccalaureate programs consistently welcome SLCC graduates. Every SLCC employee has a hand in transforming students’ lives to strengthen its surrounding communities. SLCC employees work at 8 locations across the valley and capital city of Salt Lake with easy access to the beautiful Wasatch Mountains, world-class outdoor recreation, sporting events, museums, history, and arts and entertainment.

Salt Lake Community College seeks and values contributions from each community member and welcomes new perspectives. A respectful work environment is its top priority; academic excellence and lasting transformation occurs when we can collaborate freely. As an emerging Hispanic Serving Institution, SLCC leads the state with the highest enrollment of students from the Latinx/a/o community. SLCC is committed to serving students and being a model for inclusive and transformative education.

Salt Lake Community College (SLCC) is fully committed to policies of equal employment and nondiscrimination. The College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability, religion, protected veteran status, expression of political or personal beliefs outside of the workplace, or any other status protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.

SLCC is a participating employer with Utah Retirement Systems (“URS”). In addition to URS, SLCC offers several other retirement account options.

This position is subject to a successful completion of a criminal background check.