Student - Peer Tutor

Southern New Hampshire University is currently seeking Manchester campus-based student workers in the Wolak Learning Center as Peer Educators for on-campus academic support. Campus-based Peer Educators will provide in-person academic assistance (with occasional virtual sessions) to students on an individual or small-group basis in specific content areas. Support areas include math, science, technology, engineering, game design/game arts, writing, liberal arts, business, and study skills.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assist students academically to help them improve their knowledge in specific content areas and/or enhance their study skills through multiple modalities of tutoring

• Motivate students and help them develop confidence through positive feedback on areas of improvement

• Fulfill student support roles as assigned, which may include drop-in tutoring, one-to-one tutoring, class-embedded or class-linked tutoring.

• Assist with front office and Wolak Learning Center initiatives

• Attend mandatory All-Peer Educator training sessions

• Participate in discipline specific trainings

• Arrive on-time and prepared for all scheduled sessions

• Check office communications daily for assignments, announcements, and correspondence

• Submit payroll hours and tracking forms promptly after each session

Minimum Qualifications:

• Current enrollment as a part/full-time SNHU student

• Students with Federal Work Study may be prioritized.

• Cumulative SNHU GPA of 3.0 or higher

• Successful completion of discipline specific courses - additional requirements may vary by discipline

• Three references from SNHU instructors or advisors

• Strong knowledge of subject matter

• Excellent level of responsibility, reliability, and punctuality

• Good interpersonal communication skills and ease in relating to students from diverse backgrounds

Preferred Qualifications:

• If applying for the Science, Technology, Engineering, and/or Math subject areas, applicants should possess course grades of A-/A in relevant course(s).

• If applying for the Business subject area, a strong understanding of accounting, finance, and/or economics courses is preferred. Marketing, hospitality, and QSO subject knowledge is also encouraged.

• If applying for Liberal Arts and/or Writing subject areas, please include a strong cover letter that highlights your strengths with grammar and sentence structure.

• All applicants must provide a recommendation from at least one faculty member relevant to the subject area they are applying to.

• Peer Educators will be expected to utilize their own computer where appropriate for virtual tutoring sessions.

• If interested in the Wolak Learning Fellows Program, please contact the Center for Teaching and Learning at e.gannon@snhu.edu.

Learning Outcomes:

• Student workers will develop skills to assist tutees in specific content areas using multiple in-person modalities and develop specific differentiated tutoring strategies to meet various needs of learners based on learner preferences, strengths/weaknesses, background, or prior knowledge.

• Student workers will learn effective tutoring strategies and skills.

• Student workers will be able to explain, demonstrate, and incorporate study habits, motivation, and academic success strategies consistent with those emphasized during tutor training.

• Student workers will incorporate effective communication skills into tutoring sessions and improve their own professional development skills for post-SNHU employment opportunities.