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Specialist, Tutoring

Employer
Austin Community College
Location
Texas, United States
Salary
Salary Not Specified
Date posted
Jan 25, 2022


Austin Community College is a public two-year institution that serves a diverse population of approximately 41,000 credit students each Fall and Spring semester. We embrace our identity as a community college as reflected in our mission statement. We promote student success and community development by providing affordable access, through traditional and distance learning modes, to higher education and workforce training, including appropriate applied baccalaureate degrees, in our service area.

As a community college committed to our mission, we seek to recruit and retain a workforce that:
  • Reflects the diversity of our community
  • Values intellectual curiosity and innovative teaching
  • Is attracted by the college mission to promote equitable access to educational opportunities
  • Cares about student success and collaborates on strategies to facilitate success for under-represented populations
  • Welcomes difference and models respectful interaction with others
  • Engages with the community both within and outside of ACC
Commitment to Equity and Inclusion

ACC is committed to the ongoing systemic changes needed to ensure the increased recruitment, inclusion, retention, and completion of historically underserved and under represented populations. Through continual strategic community engagement and professional development of administrators, faculty, staff, and students, the college demonstrates its dedication to fostering a culture and climate for equitable outcomes.

As an open access and low-cost institution, ACC is proud to serve a diverse student body. Dedicated faculty members are excellent professors who help students achieve their educational goals and are sensitive to the diverse cultures and socio-economic backgrounds of our students. In 2017 our faculty adopted a Statement of ACC Faculty Values. This Statement affirms that ACC's faculty members value collaboration, service, agency, scholarship, inclusion, and teaching, all of which attest to our commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our mission.

Job Posting Title:

Specialist, Tutoring

Job Description Summary:

To provide academic support in Sciences (Chemistry/Biology) to students through the provision of individual and/or group tutorial services; coordinates with students, lab tutors, and faculty regarding tutorial services.

Job Description:

Description of Duties and Tasks

1) Tutors individual students or groups in designated areas of specialization, including college study skills; includes students that are deaf or hard of hearing.
2) Organizes and leads study groups for subjects in high demand; organizes textbooks and/or supplemental learning materials as required.
3) Assists in promoting maximum use of the Learning Lab resources and computer lab, including conducting classroom visits and communicating with faculty.
4) Researches resources used for implementing tutorial activities.
5) Provides feedback to faculty, Student Services and Student Accessibility Services (SAS) as appropriate, regarding student performance and progress.
6) Assists in developing and implementing tutor training in area of specialization; coordinates peer tutors in designated subject area.
7) Provides assistance with developing, delivering and evaluating programs and services in area of specialization.
8) Provides assistance with new hourly employee orientation as required.

9) Provides assistance with lab operations.

Knowledge

* Individual and group tutoring techniques and standards.
* Learning Lab services.
* Processes for organizing and leading study groups.
* Supplemental learning materials.

Skills

* Maintaining an established work schedule, may include evenings and weekends.
* Maintaining confidentiality of work-related information and materials.
* Effectively using interpersonal and communications skills including tact and diplomacy.
* Effectively using organizational and planning skills with attention to detail and follow-through.
* Providing quality tutorial services to groups and individuals.
* Leading and organizing study groups.
* Promoting Learning Lab services.
* Providing feedback regarding student performance and/or progress.

Technology Skills

* Use a variety of spreadsheet, word processing, database, and presentation software.

Required Work Experience

* Two years related work experience.

Required Education

* Bachelor's degree. Experience cannot be substituted for education.

Other Preferred Qualifications

* Recent experience or practice working with subject material from area of specialization.

Physical Requirements

* Work is performed in a standard office or similar environment.
* Subject to standing, walking, sitting, bending, reaching, pushing, and pulling.
* Occasional lifting of objects up to 10 pounds.

Safety

* Work safely and follow safety rules. Report unsafe working conditions and behavior. Take reasonable and prudent actions to prevent others from engaging in unsafe practices.

Salary Range

$16,991 - $24,273

Reports to Manager, Learning Lab

Number of Openings:

1

Job Posting Close Date:

March 1, 2022

ACC Benefits Overview

Full-time faculty and staffing table employees who work in full-time and/or part-time positions at the college are eligible for ACC medical benefits effective the first of the month after their first 60 days of employment. Benefits include medical, dental, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, retirement plans and AD&D.

ACC does not participate in Social Security. ACC participates in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) and the Optional Retirement Program (ORP-Faculty and Administrators Only). Part-time and Hourly employees participate in the ACC Money Purchase Plan (ACCMPP) as a retirement program required by federal law.

EEO Statement

The Austin Community College District is an Equal Opportunity Employer advancing inclusive excellence. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, political affiliation or other protected categories.

Clery Act

As required by the US Department of Education, employees are required to report violations under the Title IX and, under the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act), select individuals are required to report crimes. If this position is identified as a Campus Security Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified, trained, and provided resources for reporting.

Disclaimer

The above description is an overview of the job. It is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities of the job, nor is it intended to be an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Duties and responsibilities may change with business needs. ACC reserves the right to add, change, amend, or delete portions of this job description at any time, with or without notice. Employees may be required to perform other duties as requested, directed, or assigned. In addition, reasonable accommodations may be made by ACC as its discretion to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

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