Writing Tutor (Part-Time) - The Writing Center

Scheduled Hours

20

Position Summary

Writing tutors provide one-to-one writing instruction for WUSTL undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff working on any kind of writing or speaking project, at any stage of the writing process, and they assist and at times take the lead in the design, execution, and instruction of workshops, programs, and classes that are part of departmental partnerships with other centers and departments.

Job Description

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

• Provides one-to-one writing instruction to undergraduate and graduate students, following currently accepted writing center pedagogical practices. Departmental pedagogy does not simply emphasize writing skills or error-correction; instead, consultants emphasize the larger ideas in the paper, helping the writer discover what they wants to say and to say it clearly and persuasively. Consultants ask questions to get the writers thinking, to help them generate ideas or come up with a rhetorical strategy that will work for a given topic, audience or occasion. They help writers of all skill levels think more deeply about their writing, which helps those writers produce stronger, more nuanced, more effective work. Consultants emphasize the writing process; in other words, their goal is not to fix the paper, but rather to educate the writer so they can become a stronger writer and reviser in the future. Consultants do not edit papers; instead, they look for patterns of error and teach writers how to revise their own work.
• Develops and teaches workshops and classes for WUSTL undergraduate and graduate students, as well as faculty and staff and non-WUSTL students (ranging from grade school to college age). Other WUSTL departments and centers, as well as non-WUSTL educational organizations often request workshops. Consultants must be able to custom design an array of writing workshops, adapt them to a wide range of audiences and deliver them in an engaging and effective manner. This is essential to the effectiveness of a workshop, to the representation of the university and to the promotion of the department.
• Assists in training, mentoring and supervising undergraduate peer tutors and graduate fellows working in The department. During evening and weekend hours, consultants take the lead in supervising all student tutors.
• Record keeping, answering the telephone, handling walk-in traffic, making appointments, calling people on the waiting list.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• At least five years of experience teaching or tutoring writing at the college level.
• Extensive experience teaching or tutoring non-native English speakers.
• Experience working with non-traditional college students.
• Expertise in grant writing, graduate/professional school personal statements and related genres.
• Excellent teaching skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Strong critical thinking skills.
• Knowledge of writing center pedagogy, which is process-based, student-centered and collaborative.
• Knowledge of the pedagogy of composition and rhetoric.
• Expertise in English grammar and mechanics.
• Ability to quickly and effectively assess student writing and develop strategies to help the writer.
• Ability to adapt tutorial and strategies to meet the needs of individual writers, while remaining within the realm of writing center pedagogy.
• Excellent time management and organizational skills.
• Ability to work independently with little supervision.
• Commitment to facilitating an inclusive college community.
  
  

Required Qualifications

Master of Arts or Master of Fine Arts in English, Writing, or a related field. At least three years of experience teaching and/or tutoring writing at the college level. Experience teaching or tutoring non-native English speakers. Experience with curriculum and/or course design.

Grade

G09-H

Salary Range

$23.37 - $36.19 / Hourly

The salary range reflects base salaries paid for positions in a given job grade across the University. Individual rates within the range will be determined by factors including one's qualifications and performance, equity with others in the department, market rates for positions within the same grade and department budget.

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Pre-Employment Screening

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