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Resident Tutors

Resident Tutors (RTs) live in the dorms and are part of dorm staff, holding drop-in tutoring sessions.

Purpose: Support students in the learning process as part of a teaching team that includes faculty, teaching assistants (TAs) and the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL).

Job Basics: Resident Tutors hold six (6) hours of drop-in tutoring each week (Sunday-Thursday nights).  Additional staff responsibilities vary depending on the dorm in which you are placed. PLEASE NOTE: You can only hold one residential staff position at a time.

What You'll Do

  • Get trained to be a tutor
    All new Resident Tutors attend Tutor College, which takes place the week before New Student Orientation. Stanford covers your room and board during the early arrival period. New tutors complete four additional hours of internship training during the first few weeks of Autumn Quarter. Then tutoring commences in the Autumn Quarter. (Please note that Sophomore College, Honors College, and other September programs conflict with our training.  RT candidates will need to decide in late April whether to commit to RT training or to attend one of these programs.)
  • Live in a dorm and provide drop-in office hours
    RTs post a minimum of six (6) hours per week and sometimes meet with residents outside their normal office hours. Additional staff responsibilities vary by dorm.
  • Tutor introductory courses in Chemistry, Economics, Mathematics, and Physics.

What You'll Get

  • The stipend for residential tutors is $3900 per year (as of Jan 6, 2009).
  • Most placements have a single room!

When You'll Tutor

  • Tutors selected in Winter or Spring 2009 will begin tutoring in Autumn 2009.
  • Tutoring is available the first Sunday after classes begin through the last day of classes.

Application Basics (what we need from you):

  • Check out the timeline for the recruitment process: General Timeline (PDF)
  • Submit an application through ResJobs
  • Two letters of recommendation, one from a professor or graduate TA at Stanford about your communication skills, academic abilities, intellectual curiosity and enthusiasm, experience helping others, responsibility, and interpersonal skills. The second letter of recommendation should be from a Resident Fellow in a dorm where you've lived.  This letter should address your potential as a dorm staff person. 
  • Strong academics
  • Well-written essays
  • Strong commitment to helping peers learn
  • Strong interpersonal skills

Questions?

  • Attend one of our Peer Tutor Info Sessions in Sweet Hall, Rm 403 (next to the elevator)

    Friday, February 6   12pm and 4pm

    Thursday, February 12    12pm and 4pm

    Friday, February 20    12pm and 4pm

    *Recommended for RT applicants; an RT will be present.

  • Attend the Resident Fellows' Information Fair (time and date TBD)
  • Contact Amy Chambers, Tutoring and Academic Skills Specialist, at a.chambers@stanford.edu
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Appointment Tutors

Appointment tutors meet with students one-on-one in mutually agreed-upon locations anywhere on campus. For more details, please read the job descriptions to the right.  While each subject area for Appointment Tutors has its own job description, you only need to complete one application. Within the application, you will select all the courses that you would like to tutor.


Purpose: Support students in the learning process as part of a teaching team that includes faculty, TAs and CTL.

Job Basics: Meet one-on-one with students who have scheduled tutoring appointments in the course(s) you will be tutoring.

What You'll Do

  • Get trained to be a tutor
    In Spring 2009, new tutors will begin their training by observing and reflecting on the tutoring practices of a mentor tutor.  All new tutors must enroll in and attend Peer Tutor Training (CTL 120) in Autumn 2009. Tutors can receive 1 unit for this course.  Tutoring commences in Autumn quarter.
  • Provide one-on-one tutoring
    Meet with students one-on-one in mutually agreed-upon locations anywhere on campus. Appointment tutors are available for at least three (3) hours each week and can provide up to ten (10) hours of tutoring per week.
  • Tutor courses in Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Economics, Engineering, Foreign Languages (Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, or Spanish), Human Biology, Math, Physics, Psychology, and Statistics.

What You'll Get

  • Starting pay for appointment tutors in 2008-2009 is $13.50 per hour.

When You'll Tutor

  • Tutors selected in Winter or Spring 2009 will begin tutoring in Autumn 2009.
  • Tutoring is available the first Sunday after classes begin through the last day of classes.

Application Basics (what we need from you):

  • Check out the timeline for the recruitment process: General Timeline (PDF) 
  • Submit an application through ResJobs
  • A letter of recommendation from a professor or graduate TA at Stanford about your communication skills, academic abilities, intellectual curiosity and enthusiasm, experience helping others, responsibility, and interpersonal skills.
  • Strong academics
  • Well-written essays
  • Strong commitment to helping peers learn
  • Strong interpersonal skills

Questions?

  • Attend one of our Peer Tutor Info Sessions in Sweet Hall, Rm 403 (next to the elevator)

    Friday, February 6   12pm and 4pm

    Thursday, February 12    12pm and 4pm

    Friday, February 20    12pm and 4pm

  • Contact Amy Chambers, Tutoring and Academic Skills Specialist, at a.chambers@stanford.edu. 

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