Peer Tutor Application

Do you like sharing your knowledge with people? We are looking for UMW students who are willing to work in both individual and group settings in order to help provide students with supplemental assistance to classroom content. All majors are accepted and welcomed!

Job Duties

  • Tutor students in specific course material and integrate study and learning strategies to promote independent learning
  • Create study guides or supplemental worksheets for students to practice concepts
  • Help market weekly tutoring hours through classroom visits, create subject specific flyers or social media content, test review sessions, or other creative outlets
  • Maintain accurate and up to date records of each tutoring session via EAB
  • Attendance at both bi-weekly new tutor trainings and monthly all-staff meetings
  • Refer students to additional campus resources, if needed

Requirements

  • Previously received at least a B in the course(s) you wish to tutor
  • Have at least a 3.0 cumulative UMW GPA
  • Excellent interpersonal skills, creativity, and willingness to take initiative
  • Sincere desire to help others and have a high degree of patience
  • Be willing to work with diverse group of tutees

$12.00/hr ; on average 5-7 hours per week

Application is open until Saturday, April 8th.

To apply, please complete:

If you have any questions, please contact Jennifer Cirbus at jcirbus@umw.edu