Peer Tutor Coordinator

Aquinas College • East Grand Rapids, MI

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The specific purpose of the Peer Tutoring Coordinator is to support student retention and graduation by overseeing the delivery of academic tutoring. The coordinator manages and promotes individual and group tutoring sessions, recruits and trains peer tutors, and helps ensure students have access to effective academic support resources. Through collaboration with students, peer tutors, and campus partners, the coordinator fosters a supportive learning environment that assists students in achieving academic success and overcoming academic challenges.

Requirements

• A Bachelor’s Degree in relevant fields (Education, Liberal Arts, Social Work, Counseling, Psychology, Science or Math).
• Experience with educational technology.
• Must be able to perform all job functions with or without reasonable accommodation.

Nice To Haves

• Preferred course work or practical experience with reading, tutoring, learning theory, and/or teaching underprepared students.

Responsibilities

• Recruit tutors for one-on-one tutoring, drop-in tutoring, content review sessions and study groups.
• Create and update electronic forms that facilitate the coordination of tutoring services.
• Accept and process Peer Tutor Request Forms.
• Communicate with faculty to seek out recommended, highly qualified tutors for both traditional and block courses.
• Publicize all tutoring resources through flyers, college student engagement portal, and social media.
• Gather, analyze, and synthesize statistical data on the effectiveness of Peer Tutoring Services using internal reports and data tracking system.
• Prepare an end-of-the-semester report of collected quantitative and qualitative data on Peer Tutoring Services and submits reports to the Director of SSS & CORE.
• Oversee budget for Peer Tutoring Services including reviewing and approving tutor timesheets.
• Individually meet with students on an as needed basis to provide assistance with general study skills.
• Provide appropriate training and onboarding for every hired peer tutor, overseeing the working relationship between tutor and tutee, and ensuring the review and approval of all tutor time sheets.
• Create, edit, and update all policies and forms that serve as the structure of Peer Tutoring Services program.
• Create, edit, update, and distribute Peer Tutoring Services Manual to all tutors.
• Individually train tutors with discussion of the Peer Tutor Training Manual
• Maintain contact with tutors throughout the semester addressing issues in a timely manner as they arise.

Benefits

• affordable medical, dental, and vision plans
• generous paid vacation each year
• 16 paid holidays
• paid sick time
• short-term disability
• college-paid life and AD&D insurance
• free tuition at Aquinas after one year of full-time employment for employees and their dependents

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level