Department:Student Academic Services Center

Supervisor: Grace Coulombe

Office Location: Coram Library, Room 228

Email: gcoulomb@bates.edu

Hours:

Workers:

CAT responsibilities include: ● Attending all mandatory training sessions and tutor meetings. ● Preparing for sessions. ● Providing academic assistance to students either on a drop-in or an assigned basis; helping students review skills required for the course, discussing and clarifying course concepts, demonstrating sample problems or examples, coaching students as they work problems without doing their work for them, assisting students in developing good study skills and habits, and suggesting supplementary materials or resources for students to use. ● Maintaining proper records: ensuring visitors sign in for drop-in hours and submitting CAT activity report forms to accompany each bi-weekly timesheet. ● Attending class on a predetermined schedule, depending upon arrangement with course faculty and SASC professional staff. In such a case, during active learning periods, the tutor will roam around the room to help answer questions. ● Providing weekly evening help sessions. ● Maintaining a private appointment schedule to provide availability for one-on-one appointments or small group appointments with students in the class for a range of 3-5 hours per week of available appointment slots. ● Checking email daily for tutoring-related updates and announcements. Responding promptly to messages from students, faculty, and SASC professional staff. Arranging, in advance, for a substitute when unable to work a regularly scheduled shift at drop-in hours. ● Informing the SASC team of any problem areas such as the inability to work a scheduled shift, issues with private tutoring assignments, difficulty with particular topics, etc. ● Maintaining confidentiality with respect to all personal information about the tutee.

Tutors must have a solid understanding of the material for any course for which they tutor. In addition, they should be strong communicators, be organized, and possess good study habits and time management skills. They should also possess a friendly willingness to support, mentor, and foster trusting relationships with other Bates students. Tutors should be prepared to discuss relevant course material with students, and also to engage in discussions about successful study strategies. Desired qualities: patience, empathy, and the enthusiasm to help others. All applicants must participate in an in-person interview which will be scheduled after application materials have been submitted. Students hired for this position are strongly encouraged (but not required) to enroll in EXDS s27 Peer-Led Tutoring: Pedagogy & Practice for Short Term 2024. Details will be provided during the interview process.

Reports to SASC Professional Staff