Academic Achievement Center | Tutoring Services
The Academic Achievement Center Tutoring Services offers free tutoring to all students taking courses at K-State. Our highly trained peer tutors facilitate the learning process instead of providing answers. Tutoring focuses on the success of the learning process as a whole not just the end result.
Tutoring Services is a part of the Academic Achievement Center (AAC) which is the centralized learning center on the Manhattan campus. The AAC also included Academic Coaching, Success Tools, and additional retention initiatives. As students’ free academic support package, we strive to ensure that all learners have the opportunity for academic success by providing guidance through the learning process.
Job Summary
The Graduate Assistant plays a key role in supporting the Academic Achievement Center Tutoring Services by ensuring smooth daily operations and fostering program growth. This position assists with tutor recruitment, training, and scheduling. The role contributes to curriculum development for tutor training, researches best practices to enhance program reach, and organizes data for assessment and evaluation. Additionally, the position supports outreach efforts through campus events, collaborates with campus partners to promote services, and helps design initiatives that strengthen student engagement.
This is a half time (20 hours/week) GA for 9 months.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree.
- Enrollment as a current graduate student at Kansas State University.
- Excellent written and spoken communication skills.
- Enthusiastic about supporting students and student development.
- Available to work 20 hours per week with some evening and weekend hours.
Renumeration and Benefits
- $13.74 per hour for up to 20 hours per week, distributed biweekly up to a total amount of $9,890.
- Eligibility for in-state tutition rates (but not a tutition waiver).
- Health insurance.
Responsibilities
- Assist with day-to-day operations of tutoring services: interviewing and training tutor applicants, assisting with scheduling students and tutors, overseeing professional development or tutors and office staff
- Training: Assist with initial training and orientation for tutors about technical AAC Tutoring Services policies, procedures, and operations
- Curriculum development: Research, further develop, and/or offer suggestions for effective tutor training methods
- Development of the tutoring program: Research effective tutoring centers for ideas to increase student reach
- Collect program data and organize for assessment: Pull together data that is being collected in various places to one resource and explore various methods and other data collection opportunities
- Support outreach: Assist with browsing fairs and campus events to increase student awareness of services
- Events development and outreach: Work with the tutoring staff to develop outreach events and ideas
- Collaboration: Coordinate efforts with campus partners to organize and promote services at satellite tutoring locations
- Evaluation: Support evaluation efforts by offering ideas for improving evaluation tools and provide constructive feedback to tutors after observing session(s)
- Other duties as assigned.
How to apply
Complete the Division of Academic Success and Student Affairs’ Coordinated Graduate Assistantship application. As a part of the process, applicants must provide a cover letter, resume, list of professional references, and other documents as required by the position(s).