CASAS | PSYC 355 SI Leader/Tutor

The Supplemental Instruction (SI) Leader position works collaboratively with the Director of Online Tutoring Services in providing comprehensive and integrated academic support to students. The SI Leader will impact the retention of students through providing supplemental instruction for students enrolled in online sections of certain course(s). The Academic Success Center (ASC), under the College of Applied Studies and Academic Success strives to support the academic success of residential and online Liberty University students by providing free supplemental instruction for various courses each semester.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

1. Lead multiple online Supplemental Instruction sessions each week to create interactive student discussion on difficult course content (40%).

2. Create interactive activities appropriate for online sessions in order to engage students in the session and the course content rather than simply lecturing students (40%).

3. Integrate effective course-specific study and learning strategies to maximize students’ potential for academic progress (10%).

4. Participate in mandatory SI Leader Orientation, training sessions, and scheduled meetings as required by the Director of Tutoring Services (5%).

5. Complete SI-related administrative duties as assigned by the Director of Online Tutoring Services (5%).

QUALIFICATIONS AND CREDIENTIALS

Minimum Qualifications:

• Current Residential undergraduate or graduate student
• "A" or "B" in the course you wish to tutor
• Cumulative LU GPA of at least 3.0
• Good communication and interpersonal skills with individuals from varying educational, cultural, and social backgrounds
• Enthusiasm for ministering to and helping students improve their knowledge of course content and effective study habits
• Excellent level of responsibility, reliability, punctuality, and organization
• Appropriate and professional behavior

Preferred Qualifications:

• Letter of recommendation from the instructor of the course(s)
• Previous tutoring experience
• An "A" in each course you wish to tutor
• Excellent communication skills

ABILITIES AND COMPETENCIES ESSENTIAL TO THE FUNCTION OF THE JOB

Communication and Comprehension

• Ability to effectively communicate both verbally and in writing to convey clear, well articulated information.
• Ability to understand, speak, and write English in order to convey messages and correspond in an articulate and professional manner.
• Possess public communication skills that allow professional representation of Liberty University to a variety of business and community customers and associates.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Excellent computer skills.

Problem Solving

• Intuitively able to reason, analyze information and events, and apply judgment in order to solve problems of both a routine and complex nature.

Physical and Sensory Abilities

• Frequently required to sit for extended periods to perform deskwork or type on a keyboard.
• Regularly required to hear and speak in order to effectively communicate orally.

WORKING CONDITIONS

Work Environment

The working environment in which one will typically perform the essential functions of this position is a climate-controlled office setting.  It is well lighted and the noise level is moderate. 

Driving Requirements

None

Work Hours

Varies

Time Type

Part time

Location

Remote Location

Pay Rate

Starting at $12.77

Student employees are paid at least the current Virginia minimum wage per hour. Pay may vary by position and department based on job responsibilities, required skills, available funding, and market conditions.

The University is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe it is our moral and legal obligation to meet the responsibility of ensuring that all management practices regarding employees are conducted in a nondiscriminatory manner. In compliance with Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and other applicable federal and state statutes, all recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting for all job classifications will be administered without regard to race, color, ancestry, age, sex, national origin, pregnancy or childbirth, disability, military veteran status or other applicable status protected by law, including state of employment protected classes. It is, therefore, our policy and intention to evaluate all employees and prospective employees strictly according to the requirements of the job. All personnel related activities such as compensation, benefits, transfers, job classification, assignments, working conditions, educational assistance, terminations, layoffs, and return from layoffs, and all other terms, conditions and privileges of employment will be administered without regard to race, color, ancestry, age, sex, national origin, pregnancy or childbirth, disability, military veteran status or other applicable status protected by law, including all applicable state of employment protected classes. The University is a Christian religious-affiliated organization; and as such, is not subject to religious discrimination requirements. The University’s hiring practices and EEO discrimination practices are in full compliance with both federal and state law. Federal law creates an exception to the “religion” component of the employment discrimination laws for religious organizations (including educational institutions), and permits them to give employment practice preference to members of their own religious beliefs.