Graduate ESL Tutor

Berklee College of Music • Boston, MA

15d • $18 • Onsite

About The Position

Graduate ESL Tutors serve as support to students currently and (at the recommendation of their instructors) formerly enrolled in graduate English as a Second Language courses at the conservatory. Areas of focus include writing, reading, English conversation, academic English, grammar, vocabulary, and musical terminology. The position is designed to complement the support provided through the Graduate Music History Writing Center.

Requirements

• Current student at Berklee College of Music or Boston Conservatory at Berklee.
• Enrolled at least half-time in a degree, diploma, or certificate-seeking undergraduate or graduate program.
• Have a valid United States Social Security Number (SSN).
• Remain in “valid” Visa status as applicable.
• A minimum 2.0 cumulative GPA. Students in their first semester can work, even though they do not have an official GPA until the completion of their first semester.
• Federal Work Study student may apply.
• In good disciplinary standing.
• Must be located in the U.S.
• Excellent spoken and written English.
• Currently enrolled in a graduate level (MM, MFA, GPD, PSC, AD) program at the conservatory.

Nice To Haves

• Summer is the only semester in which a student can maintain employment without being enrolled. In this case, the student must be pre-registered for the upcoming fall semester. This exception does not apply to fall or spring semesters.

Responsibilities

• Meet privately with ESL students to work on areas determined by the ESL instructor to need focus; tutoring may also address specific homework assignments.
• Provide assistance with mechanics of writing.
• Provide guidance in pre-writing techniques, including brainstorming, outlining, thesis development, and preliminary research.
• Provide strategies and skills in self-editing.
• Provide feedback on musical topics and the use of appropriate musical content.
• Provide reading strategies and discussions of specific reading content assigned in student’s courses.
• Provide English conversation practice, in both social and academic modes.
• Assist with musical vocabulary and terminology.
• Keep a weekly timesheet, on which they will mark days/times worked, each initialed by both the tutor and student.
• Initial and date any coursework they work on with the student.
• Provide the supervisor with simple notes as to what is covered in each hour session.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level