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The TLC accepts applications for student employees through Handshake. The writing center usually hires the majority of students to begin working in autumn quarter, though we accept applications year-round. We are always accepting applications for quantitative tutors. If you are ready to learn and grow through working at the Teaching & Learning Center as either a tutor in writing, math, science, computer science, business and accounting or as an office assistant, we'd like to hear from you.
Why work at the TLC
- Gain professional experience with leadership, presenting information, and communication.
- Work with other peer tutors in an academic environment and build deeper knowledge of your own field.
- Develop your resume for graduate school and scholarship applications.
- Help others learn.
- Accommodate your classes and other obligations with flexible scheduling.
What you can expect
- A fairly busy and dynamic environment
- Opportunities for personal projects and professional growth
- Close collaboration with students and other staff
Application Process
- Submit the required documents (click on the job description of interest below for application requirements).
- Interviews will be scheduled after applicant documents are reviewed.
- If you are hired, we will process your paperwork.
Job Descriptions
Duties and responsibilities
- Thoroughly learn writing center processes, policies, and staff profiles in order to help students schedule appointments and trouble-shoot
- Work in teams with peer writing consultants to manage and accommodate student tutorials, direct student inquiries, and support smooth transitions between appointments and shifts
- Navigate scheduling, re-scheduling, and cancellations with students
- Learn common technology trouble-shooting, such as Zoom, converting pdfs and editing pdfs, attaching and deleting files, etc.
- Provide excellent customer service, including friendly greetings, thorough explanations, and modeling information-seeking behavior
- Manage and add to FAQs and question logs/scenarios
- Manage phone calls and messages, email, and live-chat
- Provide clerical and office support when needed, including picking up mail, copying, etc.
- Room scheduling/calendars (not sure what this will look like in our new space)
- Develop professional competency/experience in an area of interest, including social media, data/assessment, leadership, technical writing, etc.
Qualifications
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Good problem-solving skills
- Must have a strong desire to help students in an academic support setting
- Good computer skills including knowledge of Google Suite, MS Office suite
- Organized and calm under pressure
Application process
- Please find our application on Handshake
Duties and responsibilities
- Help students to understand concepts behind their work and develop stronger quantitative skills
- Help students develop learning strategies
- Attend training and scheduled meetings
- Assist with workshops, orientations, and classroom visits
Qualifications
- Excellent math, quantitative, and communication abilities; minimum 3.0 in relevant courses
- Understanding of Excel and/or SPSS/R
- Ability to clearly explain ideas and concepts in a collaborative manner
- Maths/CSS/Engineering tutors are required to take a mathematics assessment (exam).
Application process
- Send a resume, application, unofficial transcripts, and faculty reference to uwtteach@uw.edu
- The second stage of the application process involves a 30 minute technical interview.
This position is designed to provide support to graduate students at UW Tacoma in the following disciplines: Nursing, Social Work, Business Analytics. These programs all require Statistics knowledge and some programming knowledge.
Duties and responsibilities
- Provide remote support to graduate students to understand concepts behind their work and develop stronger quantitative skills
- Provide statistics application support for programs such as: R, SQL, SPSS, Excel
- Attend training and scheduled meetings
- Assist with workshops, orientations, and classroom visits
Qualifications
- Excellent math, quantitative, and communication abilities; minimum 3.0 in relevant courses
- Must be proficient in R
- Must be proficient in Python or similar programming language
- Must have taken the following statistics courses or equivalent:
- STAT 502 Design and Analysis of Experiments
- STAT 503 Practical Methods for Data Analysis
- STAT 504 Applied Regression
- Ability to clearly explain ideas and concepts in a collaborative manner
Desired qualifications
- Familiarity with the following in order of importance: SQL, SPSS, Tableau, Qualtrics
- Time Series and Arima method
Application process
- Send a resume, application, unofficial transcripts, and faculty reference to uwtteach@uw.edu
- Must take and pass the TLC graduate statistics support assessment.
Duties and responsibilities
- Work with students to help them understand assignments, clarify ideas, and develop as writers.
- Attend training and scheduled meetings.
- Assist with workshops, orientations, and classroom visits.
- Develop handouts, web content, and other resources for the TLC.
- Perform light reception duties.
Qualifications
- Current UW student available to work at least one full academic year (three quarters)
- Excellent listening, responding, and analytical reading skills
- Knowledge of or interest in different writing styles and genres
- Interest in developing further as a writer
- Ability to explain and demonstrate concepts in multiple ways
- Desire to work with all writers at UWT and to help others learn and understand
- Proficiency with word processing software, especially Microsoft Word
- Commitment to the anti-racist and inclusive mission of our writing center
Application Process
Our application is now available in the UW Handshake system. Please submit the following documents through Handshake.
We have made a video for applicants to get a sense of the kind of work writing tutors at UWT do. Watch the video here.
Please watch the video and then send the following documents to Kelvin Keown at kelvin3@uw.edu:
- Resume or cv
- One sample of your writing (preferably in an academic genre)
- A faculty recommendation (may be sent directly by your recommender)
- A cover letter reflecting on your own experiences as a writer and how you envision contributing to tutoring work. Please address the following questions, ideally using specific examples:
- How do your writing practices relate to academic discourses and other communities you belong to?
- How has feedback from others influenced your writing and what kinds of feedback do you give others on their writing?
- How did the video confirm or challenge your assumptions about being a writing tutor?
- What characteristics and skills would you bring to the writing center?
Compensation
Duties and responsibilities
- Maintain a schedule at the Teaching and Learning Center and drop-in hours at MAT213
- Provide one-on-one or group coaching to help other first gen students and their peers, discuss study habits, set academic goals and develop effective learning strategies
- Attend required trainings throughout every quarter regarding mentoring models, learning tools and techniques
- Create and implement skill building sessions for first generation students that will strengthen their academic success
Qualifications
The Peer Success Mentor must be a UW Tacoma returning student in good standing with the University. The peer mentor must maintain a 3.0 UW cumulative GPA. In addition, an ideal candidate will meet the following qualifications:
- Ability to use critical thinking to troubleshoot and problem-solve
- Well-organized, ability to prioritize tasks, meet deadlines and provide high-level of accuracy
- Ability to work with diverse individuals and groups
- Willingness to learn and produce quality work
- Excellent time management skills
- Experience with Microsoft word, Office 365, G-suite
Application process
- Visit Handshake to view job posting and submit cover letter and resume.
