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Content Tutor and PASS Coordinator

Missouri Western State University

Missouri Western State University

St Joseph, MO, USA
Posted on Dec 12, 2024
Position Information
Position Title Content Tutor and PASS Coordinator
Job Description
The Tutor and PASS Coordinator supervises all content tutoring services, Supplemental Instruction (SI), and study groups offered by the Center for Academic Support; coordinates the PASS (Pathways to Academic Student Success) program; assists with supervision and operation of the CAS, tutor training; and teaches workshops and gives presentations as required.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:
  • Coordinates the content tutor and study group program on campus and at external sites when requested; creates and provides training for tutors, collaborates with faculty and staff to develop services to meet the needs of students.
  • Coordinates the Supplemental Instruction program for the Center, including faculty consultations, program administration, and student SI leader training, supervision, data collection and evaluation.
  • Assists the Director of the CAS and other Coordinators with the operation and administration of the Center, including supervision of the Center including evenings.
  • Coordinates the PASS (Pathways to Academic Student Success) program, a deliberate intervention program for students in each fall cohort who are on academic probation because they fall below a 2.0 overall GPA after their first semester.
  • Plans and leads educational workshops, develops educational resources, as required. Develops workshops for a variety of student groups; prepares and makes presentations for Registration Days, Griffon Edge and other on-campus organizations.
  • Maintains professional contacts and an awareness of practices and standards in the learning center field; stays current with relevant research.
  • Performs other duties of a similar nature or level.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
  • Reading and study skills techniques
  • Teaching and tutoring techniques and strategies
  • Knowledge of learning center theory and best practices in academic student success
  • Challenges of entering freshman and effective retention strategies
  • Teaching
  • Organization
  • Management and supervision
  • Standard office software
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Ability to work collaboratively with campus constituents
  • Communication, interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with coworkers, supervisor, the general public, etc. sufficient to exchange or convey information and to receive work direction.
Required Qualifications
  • Master’s degree in a relevant discipline
  • Two (2) years of teaching or learning center experience
Preferred Qualifications
  • Supervisory and/or Supplemental Instruction experience
Physical Demands
Positions in this classification typically require: talking, hearing, and seeing.
Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.
FLSA Exempt
Additional Demands



Hours of Work
37.5 hours per week
Monday-Thursday 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Friday 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.