Peer Tutor P/T- Japanese

PEER TUTOR PART TIME – JAPANESE LANGUAGE

HAROLD WASHINGTON COLLEGE

CITY COLLEGES OF CHICAGO

City Colleges of Chicago (CCC), the largest community college system in Illinois, is made up of seven colleges and five satellite sites, providing more than 68,000 students each year access to a quality, affordable education.

Harold Washington is in the process of seeking a Japanese Tutor to enhance our language program. A Peer Tutor provides academic assistance and support to other students, providing individual and/or group tutoring to assist students in developing competency in course work, improve study skills and become independent learners. The ideal candidate should have a solid grasp of the fundamentals of the Japanese language.

Harold Washington College is proud to be a member of the Caring Campus network. Caring Campus is a model of professional development that works to implement strong and consistent behavioral commitments for all employees in regard to how they interact with students. As a result of this work, employees become engaged with students on a level that has not occurred before. The core benefit of this work is making a connection with students, many of whom have not had an adult who has cared about them in an educational system.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Under the general direction of the assigned supervisor, the Peer Tutor provides general academic support including tutorial services, basic skills assistance and some general office duties for various City Colleges of Chicago academic departments.

Provide students with basic skills assistance in the academic area needed.

Provides one-on-one support and encouragement to help student(s) develop increased sense of self confidence and become an independent learner.

Engage tutees in active learning and provides academic assistance and support to help students develop positive attitudes toward learning and studying.

Listens and answers questions during tutoring sessions, helping students how to learn the material, develop and improve appropriate study skills and become independent learners.

Attends and successfully completes required tutor training meetings.

Plans tutoring sessions using a collaborative learning approach to help students better understand the course content and concepts, problem solve and improve study skills.

Performs related duties as required.

Eligibility Requirements:

·       Applicants must be 16 years or older, have work permit consent, and eligible to work in the United States

·       Applicants must be actively attending one of the City Colleges of Chicago

·       Applicants must be enrolled in a minimum of 6 semester hours pre-credit or credit classes

·       Applicants must be pursuing an approved educational credential, degree, or certificate

·       Applicants must have and maintain a minimum cumulative 2.0 GPA (waived for first semester new students)

·       Applicants must be in “good standing” and have no City Colleges of Chicago academic restrictions

·       Applicants must not be current Full or Part-time employees of the City Colleges of Chicago

·       All positions are “employment at-will”

Knowledge, Skills and Ability:

·       Working knowledge of subject area or course content to be tutored.

·       Some knowledge of tutoring strategies used to assist tutees in learning how to think and

·       problem solve in the context of a specific discipline/ subject area.

·       Good interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills

·       Organizational and time management skills

·       Reasoning and problem solving skills

·       Skill in tutoring students and explaining content in more than one way

·       Ability to work within a culturally diverse environment

·       Ability to manage tasks, manage time and maintain schedules

·       Ability to guide tutoring sessions

Minimum Qualifications:

·       Successful completion of CCC Japanese 103 with a grade of B or higher.

·       Alternatively, holding a certification of JLPT N5, or possessing a level of proficiency in the Japanese language equivalent to this standard. We are open to evaluating proficiency through an interview with the instructor

·       High School Diploma required or actively pursuing a GED at the City Colleges of Chicago

·       3.0 overall GPA and 4.0 GPA in a specific subject matter.

·       Strong background in math, science, literature, or other assigned academic subject matter

·       Ability to work in a one-on-one or team environment with flexible work hours as needed for scheduled shifts

·       Prior experience in tutoring duties preferred, but not required

·       Student worker rate is $17.00/hr. If variance from $17.00/hr is required, College HR/Recruitment must discuss with District Compensation.

·       The rate paid is in accordance with City Colleges approved salary scale.

Salary Range:  $17.00 per hour 

Offered salary will be determined by the applicant's education, knowledge, skills and abilities, as well as other factors such as internal equity.

Benefits information is found at Health and Benefits - City Colleges of Chicago

WE OFFER: Excellent health and welfare benefit package and long-term savings and investment programs including 403(b) & 457(b) Investment Plans and a pension plan with the State University Retirement System (SURS) Plan. Generous vacation, holiday, personal and sick days, and tuition reimbursement. For a more detailed overview of benefits, please visit the benefits page of our website.

Equal Opportunity Employment:

The City Colleges of Chicago is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It complies with all laws and regulations that prohibit discrimination in employment practice because of race, color, religion, creed, ancestry, marital status, sex, age, national origin, unfavorable discharge from military service or on the basis of a physical or mental disability that is unrelated to the employee's ability to perform the duties of the job applied for.

This job description is developed to provide a general description of the duties and responsibilities of this position. It is not intended to be an exhaustive set of the duties and responsibilities, nor all of the necessary qualifications to perform the work.

Revised 09/2009