POSITION IDENTIFICATION
TITLE Tutor Coordinator/PAWS Coordinator-WP
CLASSIFICATION NUMBER 2475
GRADE 42
CLASSIFICATION Exempt
IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR Director - Advising and Academic Support
GENERAL FUNCTION
The Tutor Coordinator/PAWS Coordinator-WP develops, implements, and manages tutoring policies and procedures that maximize student retention. The Tutor Coordinator/PAWS Coordinator-WP oversees the operation of the Arch W. Shaw Writing Center and the Grizzly Math and Science Center in the Grizzly Tutoring Labs, maintains a professional learning environment, selects, trains, schedules, and supervises undergraduate tutors, plans and implements training and professional development opportunities for student staff, seeks input from users of tutoring services and evaluates effectiveness, promotes and informs the campus community about support available in the tutoring labs, and maintains effective communication with academic administrators and faculty about tutoring programs. The Tutor Coordinator /PAWS Coordinator-WP will provide academic resources to student-athletes, arrange for academic counseling, mentoring, and tutoring, assuring that the student-athlete stays on track academically to remain eligible to play sports and, ultimately, graduate.
MINIMUM ACCEPTABLE QUALIFICATIONS
Education: A Bachelor’s degree is required. An equivalent combination of years of experience and education may be considered for substitution of educational requirements.
Experience: At least one year of tutoring or teaching experience at the high school or college level is required. Participation in college athletics is preferred.
Skills: Excellent oral and written communication skills and effective interpersonal skills are required. Organizational and supervisory skills are preferred.
Other: The position may require work in the evenings and weekends.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Coordinates the services provided by the Arch W Shaw Writing Center and the Grizzly Math and Science Center by hiring, training, supervising, and evaluating student employees serving as tutors.2. Ensures availability to students by scheduling, announcing, and maintaining regular office hours.
3. Provides students the opportunity to improve their academic skills by overseeing the development and delivery of effective tutoring programs, increasing the awareness of the services of the Arch W Shaw Writing Center and the Grizzly Math and Science Center, evaluating the effectiveness of the Centers’ efforts, and improving academic outcomes of the students served by the Centers.
4. Assures effective support for students by selecting, training, scheduling, and supervising student tutors, planning and implementing training and professional development opportunities for student tutors, reviewing and selecting tutoring materials, expanding the selection of resources available online to students, maintaining equipment in good condition, and maintaining supplies for the Centers.
5. Increases the reach of the Arch W Shaw Writing Center and the Grizzly Math and Science Center by preparing informational materials about Center services for distribution on campus and communicating regularly with academic administrators and faculty about the Arch W Shaw Writing Center and the Grizzly Math and Science Centers services.
6. Assures the most effective use of Arch W Shaw Writing Center and the Grizzly Math and Science Center resources by preparing, utilizing, and monitoring the Center’s budget.
7. Evaluates program effectiveness by collecting, compiling, and analyzing data and conducting needs assessments.
8. Assists in developing systems and strategies to promote effective delivery of student support and retention services that are aligned with the strategic plan of the University.
9. Develop strategies to promote student athlete success, including but not limited to retention, academic college readiness, stress management and wellness.
10. Serve as “success coach” for teams, including working with advisers to ensure student athletes remain on track academically.
11. Monitors and helps to ensure that all student athletes are maintaining satisfactory progress toward their degree and assists with monitoring of academic eligibility to compete in athletic events.
12. Assists faculty in resolving academic or related problems with student-athletes and enforces attendance policies established by academic departments by monitoring each student-athlete’s academic progress during the semester, contacting and assisting student-athletes who have been reported by faculty for excessive absences, providing follow-up information regarding excessive absences to faculty, and informing coaches of student-athletes’ academic performance.
13. Remains competent and current through self-directed professional reading, developing professional contacts with colleagues, participating in professional organizations that promote developmental education and tutoring, attending professional development courses, and attending training and/or courses as required by the supervisor.
14. Contributes to the overall success of the Arch W Shaw Writing Center and the Grizzly Math and Science Centers and Grizzly Athletics by performing all other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
SUPERVISION
The Tutor Coordinator/PAWS Coordinator-WP supervises part-time, and student/peer tutors as assigned.
OFFICE OF HUMAN RESOURCES
REVISED JANUARY 2025
