AY Academic Success Center Writing Tutor (WS-ST3)

St. Olaf College • Northfield, MN

5d

About The Position

The Academic Success Center Writing Tutor helps students across St. Olaf College meet their academic writing goals. Tutors staff the Writing Desk, meet with the Writing Desk team, and develop writing resources. The position involves working with students at any stage of the writing process, from interpreting assignments and planning through organizing, drafting, preparing works cited pages, and final editing. Tutoring is process-oriented, focusing on supporting the writer rather than producing a particular written product. The role is suited to careful, thoughtful readers, empathetic listeners, and reflective writers.

The position requires a commitment of 6–8 hours per week. Tutors participate in training, document each tutoring session in WCOnline, contribute to team projects during desk downtime, and maintain prompt, open communication with their supervisor. The job description is general and may be changed by St. Olaf College.

Requirements

• Written and verbal communication skills.
• Interpersonal skills, including being open-minded, sensitive, and attuned to diverse experiences.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Ability to listen carefully and ask critical questions.
• Commitment to a diverse, inclusive community of tutors.
• Ability to adapt tutoring to students with varied educational backgrounds, learning styles, abilities, and disciplinary contexts, including students who speak a language other than English at home, are underprepared, and/or have learning disabilities.

Nice To Haves

• Preference is given to first-year students.

Responsibilities

• Tutor students across classes and disciplines at any stage of the writing process, adapting support to each student's needs.
• Participate actively in new tutor training, summer training, and monthly training sessions.
• Complete WCOnline reports for each tutoring session in a timely manner.
• Contribute to a team project during downtime at the Writing Desk.
• Maintain prompt and open communication with the supervisor.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed