Student - Peer Tutor

Tompkins Cortland; Town of Dryden (NY); On-site; USD 21,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Tompkins Cortland Community College seeks peer tutors to support students across Math & Science and Writing & Research. Tutors work during the tutoring center's drop-in hours and may take on appointment-based sessions, in person or online.

Tutors provide content help, study strategies, and test preparation, and may assist with classroom projects or serve as classroom assistants when needed. Priority may be given to students with a Federal Work Study award.

Qualifications

• Content knowledge and a patient, encouraging personality are required.
• Willingness to help students learn how they learn best and to try different strategies.

Responsibilities

• Assist students during tutoring center's drop-in hours, M-F 10am-2pm.
• May be assigned to appointment-based tutoring sessions in-person and online.
• Help with content, study skills, test preparation, and more.
• May perform small projects around the Baker Center when not tutoring.
• Occasionally serve as a classroom assistant in certain classes.

Skills

Content knowledge

Patience

Encouraging personality

Job description

Tompkins Cortland Community College
170 North Street, P.O. Box 139
Dryden, NY 13053

Location

Main Campus

230

Hours

• MON 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
• TUE 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
• WED 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
• THU 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
• FRI 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
• SAT Closed
• SUN Closed

Tompkins Cortland Community College is situated in the scenic and culturally vibrant Finger Lakes region of upstate New York, strategically positioned near major cities such as Syracuse, Rochester, Ithaca, and Binghamton. The college prides itself on fostering a culturally diverse campus environment, supported by over two decades of robust partnerships with international colleges and universities. This commitment underscores our mission to equip students for engaged citizenship within a global context.

Accredited by both the Board of Regents of The State of New York and the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, Tompkins Cortland Community College offers a range of associate degrees. These programs are designed to cater to both career-oriented paths and liberal arts/sciences programs of study, providing students with a comprehensive educational foundation.

*Please Note: Priority consideration will be given to students with a Federal Work Study award.

Job Description

• Math & Science
• Writing & Research

Peer tutors will be assisting students during the tutoring center's drop-in hours, M-F 10am-2pm.

Peer tutors may also be assigned to appointment based tutoring sessions in-person and online.
Tutors will help with content, study skills, test preparation, and more.
Tutors may be asked to do small projects around the Baker Center when not busy with a tutee.
Student tutors may also have the opportunity to serve as a classroom assistant in certain classes.

Job Requirements

Peer tutors should have content knowledge and a patient, encouraging personality. They should be willing to help students figure out how they learn best and to try different strategies for helping the student learn the material. Also, they should be recommended by a TC3 faculty member.

Peer tutors may be asked to complete an evaluation of their math skills and to keep brushing up as the semester goes along.