Peer Tutors are motivated undergraduate students who are eager to assist their fellow students with learning the content of College of Information Sciences and Technology courses. Peer tutors provide one-on-one coaching to help students practice and reinforce concepts in the IST curriculum. Subject-specific tutors who help staff our sessions maintain partnerships with members of the IST faculty so that we are aware of what instructors are teaching and assigning each week. The tutors’ job is NOT to re-teach course material. Rather, peer tutors will aid students in their learning by helping to clarify unclear concepts and by supporting students as they practice skills and apply new understandings.
Requirements
The primary requirement is familiarity and success with some or all of the prospective tutor’s entrance-to-major coursework. Applicants should also be able to work with students in an instructional, encouraging, and engaging manner.
Successful applicants are highly-skilled students who meet a strict set of qualifications, including a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher. There are two different levels of tutors, entry-level tutors and tutors, with differing requirements which are listed below.
Entry-Level Tutor Requirements
The following requirements are applied based on the applicant’s major. The applicant will need to have an A- or above in each of the prescribed courses below. Though these are our minimum requirements, successful applicants often exceed these.
- CYBER
- CYBER 100
- IST 140
- IST 210
- IST 220
- DS
- DS 200
- ETI
- IST 140
- IST 220
- HCDD
- HCDD 113
- IST 140
- IST 210
- IST 220
- IST
- IST 140
- SRA
- IST 140
- SRA 111
- SRA 211
Tutor Requirements
The following requirements are applied based on the applicant’s major. The applicant will need to have an A- or above in each of the prescribed courses from the Entry-Level Tutor in addition to courses listed below. Though these are our minimum requirements, successful applicants often exceed these.
- CYBER
- IST 230
- IST 242
- CYBER 262
- * CYBER 342W *Preferred
- DS
- CMPSC 132
- IST 210
- IST 230
- * DS 220/ DS 310 * Preferred
- ETI
- IST 210
- IST 242
- IST 301
- IST 302
- HCDD
- HCDD 264
- IST 230
- IST 240/242
- * HCDD 340 *Preferred
- * HCDD 364W *Preferred
- * IST 256 *Preferred
- * IST 261 or IST 361 *Preferred
- * IST 311/IST 411 *Preferred
- IST
- IST 210
- IST 220
- IST 230
- IST 240 or IST 242
- IST 301
- IST 331
- * IST 431 * Preferred
- * IST 432 * Preferred
- SRA
- IST 210
- SRA 221
- SRA 231
- SRA 311
- *SRA 365 *Preferred
Mandatory Responsibilities
- Tutor positions primarily serve residential and/or online entrance to major courses for the 6 IST majors: DS, CYBER, DS, ETI, HCDD, IST, SRA
- Attend meetings three times per semester with tutoring staff (for program review and professional development)
- Work closely with LA coordinators to maintain a connection with the Learning Assistant Program
- Work closely with individual faculty members if requested
Hours
- This position involves serving as a peer tutor during 3-hour tutoring sessions, twice a week on the following days and times:
- Wednesdays: 7:00pm – 10:00pm
- Thursdays: 7:00pm – 10:00pm
- You will be asked to coordinate your schedule with those of the other tutors in order to ensure that we maintain coverage for both of the above, listed sessions each week.
- This position also requires serving as a WC peer tutor. This includes providing tutor services at least 6 hours per week, using our online tutoring system.
Start/End Dates
- Start date: Second week of each semester
- End date: One week prior to finals
Compensation
- Payment is executed according to the university’s payroll schedule.
- $10/hour first semester of tutoring
- $12/hour each semester afterwards
If you have questions about becoming a tutor, please contact our Tutoring Co-Coordinators, Jimmy Kane or Josiah Guy, using one of the following links: