Tutor - Geospatial Engineering (Hourly)

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Austin Community College is a public two-year institution that serves a multicultural 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:

• Values intellectual curiosity and innovative teaching

• Is attracted by the college's mission to promote equitable access to educational opportunities

• Cares about student success and collaborates on strategies to facilitate success for populations including; first generation college students, low-income students, and students from underserved communities.

• Focused on student academic achievement and postgraduate outcomes

• Welcomes difference and models respectful interaction with others

• Engages with the community both within and outside of ACC

Job Posting Title:

Tutor - Geospatial Engineering (Hourly)

Job Description Summary:

To provide support to students through the provision of individual and/or group tutorial services.

Job Description:

Description of Duties and Tasks

• Tutors students according to set priorities and academic goals.

• Provides assistance to students on a one-on-one or group basis in the subject discipline, college study skills, and Learning Lab resources.

• Organizes supplemental learning materials.

• Provides feedback on student progress.

• May assist with research, development, delivery, and evaluation of specialized tutoring services and/or resources for tutorial activities.

• May lead study groups in the subject matter.

Knowledge

• Tutoring techniques, standards, and supplemental learning materials for individual and group tutoring.

• Learning Lab services.

• Processes and resources for organizing and leading study groups.

Skills

• Maintaining an established work schedule.

• Maintaining confidentiality of work-related information and materials.

• Effectively using interpersonal and communications skills including tact, patience, and diplomacy.

• Effectively using organizational and planning skills with attention to detail and follow-through.

• Understanding and following instructions precisely.

• Providing quality tutorial services to groups and individuals and providing feedback regarding student performance and/or progress.

• Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with individuals from diverse backgrounds, including students, fellow tutors, and faculty.

• Maintaining a positive work atmosphere by acting and communicating in a manner that promotes good relations with students, co-workers, and staff.

Technology Skills

• Demonstrated proficiency using standard office software applications.

Required Work Experience

• For all Tutor levels: one semester related work experience.

Preferred Work Experience

• Tutor V:  Significant experience and expertise or related experience and expertise for difficult-to-fill or very specialized discipline.

Required Education

• Degree or substantial undergraduate coursework in the discipline, and demonstrated competence in the subjects that will be tutored.

Preferred Education

• Tutor V: Appropriate degree in specialized