Student Support Specialist I (Staff Tutor)

Title: Student Support Specialist I (Staff Tutor)

Salary Range: $31,680 annual

Contract Term Length: 12 Months

Standard Hours: 37.5

Work Location: On-Site

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

College: Hazard Community & Technical College

Campus Location: Hazard Technical College

Department: Academic Services

Total Rewards

Hazard Community & Technical College offers a competitive benefits package and an attractive work environment that supports excellence, innovation, and creativity including:

• Exceptional health care, vision, dental coverage for you and your family
• Tuition reimbursement/waiver for you, your spouse, and dependents
• 403(b) retirement plan: a 5% employee contribution receives a 10% employer match
• Vacation/Sick Time
• Work-Life Balance
• 9.5 Paid Holidays
• 2 Weeks Institutional Closing Pay (Last 2 weeks of December) for qualifying positions
• Employee Assistance Program

Job Summary

• Hazard Community & Technical College is seeking applicants for the position of Student Support Specialist I (Staff Tutor) . This position is responsible for working with students to provide tutoring services in math and a variety of other courses, that reinforce key concepts, especially those learned in the classroom, especially those students with accommodations. This position will also be cross trained to support advising and specialized accommodation service (example: serving as a test reader/proctor, notetaker) needs of students.  NOTE:  position funded by a grant. 
  
  

Job Duties:

• Provide students with supplemental skills and teach skills to improve academic performance, including study strategies, note-taking skills and approaches to answering test questions for math and other coursework
  
  Attend program/ courses, seminars or workshops to update skills and knowledge as new concepts/technology is developed.
  
  Assists in maintaining administrative records and statistics for tutoring usage.
  
  Assisting students with homework, projects, test preparation, papers, research and other academic tasks to reinforce key concepts .
  
  Emphasis in supporting skills, concepts, and use of specific technology for students with accommodations (ADA) by assisting students in accessing appropriate assistive technology tools/equipment and how to use these resources for the classroom.
  
  Demonstrating academic best practices for math course assignments, including research and writing tactics
  
  Providing students positive and constructive feedback on progress where appropriate
  
  Providing tutoring services at HCTC locations, through various modes (on campus or online), and at various times (day, evening, and weekend), as needed
  
  Working collaboratively as a team utilizing Brainfuse and institutional capabilities to best serves students with tutoring needs
  
  Provide advising support for new/continuing students creating/updating graduation plans.
  Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent. 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Two years related experience preferred.
  Experience/knowledge of tutoring mathematics preferred.

Additional Skills Requested:

• Two years related experience preferred.
  Experience/knowledge of tutoring mathematics preferred.

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