Quantitative Tutor Program Manager

The successful candidate will manage Quantitative Center tutors through oversight of peer tutoring hours and agile scheduling, reported weekly tutoring activities, online training, meetings and emails. They will work closely with the Q-Center director, coordinator, and student front-desk staff to maintain consistent academic support in this dynamic, student-centered space.

This is a full time, benefits eligible, hourly position with a hiring range of $28.98 - $32.61 per hour. This position is gift funded and has a 2-year term limit.

Core Responsibilities:

• In conjunction with the director, develop agile, data-driven, system approaches to implement policies and practices for successful peer tutoring across many programs and departments. This work will also include partnerships with faculty for program-specific mathematical tutor training and development.
• During Fall and Spring semesters, oversee orientation and online pedagogy training for tutors as well as maintain Canvas-based information and updates for all Q-Center tutors. In the summer, oversee student workers developing online modules for baseline skills and competencies.
• Assist the director with planning for tutor hiring and the allocation of drop-in, private, embedded tutoring hours, and scheduling all Q-Center tutor hours across courses.
• Meet with peer tutors and communicate with them about their experiences and questions. This will be accomplished through a combination of daytime shifts and two night shifts each week in the Q-Center.
• Analyze tutor session attendance data and assist with tutoring needs-based projections for semester-long support.
• Evaluate patterns for weekly activity logs detailing their tutor work distribution.
• Lead weekly tutoring sessions in a high-level STEM/Quantitative course as needed with specialized skill requirements beyond student peer tutoring capabilities. Offer skills-based tutoring by appointment for R or other programming languages.
• Oversee the Q-Center front-desk staff in their training, scheduling, and payroll. Maintain consistent updates with front-desk staff, including timely shift changes.

•  Minimum: M.Sc. in a STEM field
• Minimum: Previous experience working with STEM student peer tutors
• Minimum: Previous experience as a Teaching Assistant or course instructor for STEM college students
• Minimum: Previous experience working at a teaching and learning center in a role involving course implementations of pedagogically appropriate activities for 3 years
• Preferred: Ph.D. in STEM field• Preferred: Previous experience as a STEM teaching assistant or course instructor for both lectures and labs
• Preferred: Certificate in College Teaching with formal pedagogy training and curriculum design
• Preferred: Previous experience working in a STEM-focused college teaching center

Physical Demands and Working Conditions:

Work is performed in an office environment and requires the ability to operate standard office equipment and keyboards. This position does not require the ability to climb stairs (there is an elevator in the Quantitative Center). This job requires the ability to reach into upper cabinets and occasional kneeling or stooping to access lower cabinetry to access student materials. This position requires the ability to work evening hours twice a week: 3 times a week the employee will hold a 9 am - 5 pm schedule, twice a week the employee will hold a 1 pm - 9 pm schedule.

Other:

An offer for this position is contingent upon successful completion of a criminal background check and references.

As an employee of Middlebury College in Vermont, you will enjoy being part of a vibrant supportive community.

Middlebury offers its employees excellent compensation and competitive health, dental, life, disability, generous retirement matching, and vision benefits, and a generous time-away program - up to 34 days per year, increasing as the term of service lengthens. Employees are eligible for robust educational assistance programs. The result is a very high quality-of-life in a gorgeous setting. Middlebury College offers its employees excellent compensation and other perks of employment including:

• MiddCard Privileges: access to athletic facilities, discounts at the college store, library privileges, and cultural and sporting events. Spouses or domestic partners are eligible to receive a card with the same privileges.
• Discounts on season passes at Middlebury College's Snow Bowl, the Ralph Myhre Golf Course and the Rikert Outdoor Center.
• Access to our Partner Inclusion Program that provides comprehensive support services to the spouses and partners of Middlebury employees.
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Middlebury College is an equal-opportunity employer where diversity, equity, and inclusion are core values. To this end, the College recruits talented and diverse faculty, staff, and students from across the United States and around the world. Middlebury College encourages applications from women, people of color, people with disabilities, and members of other protected classes and historically underrepresented communities. The College also invites applications from individuals who demonstrate an ongoing commitment to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace.