A writing tutor is expected to be TRAINED AND EQUIPPED to help students develop their writing but not to give answers, edit/proofread essays or rewrite papers.
The primary goal is to help develop a writer’s intended meaning, not to correct errors. They should pass the foundation skills training, product-specific training and nesting period before being endorsed to operations.
The essential functions and expectations of this position include:
- Accept the first essay that the queue offers.
- Review the writer’s Submission Form and/or Writer’s History.
- Save the student’s essay.
- Copy and paste the E-structor Response Form (ERF) to the top of the student’s essay.
- Address one significant strength and three higher-order concerns (HOCs) and lower-order concerns (LOCs) in the ERF.
- Embed strategically chosen dialogic comments in the student’s draft.
- Proofread the entire tutorial.
- Upload the markup to the Smarthinking site.
- Maximize availability during logged in hours.
- Respond well to coaching opportunities.
Requirements
Our ideal candidate will have the following skills and qualifications:
Education: Bachelor’s degree graduate
Experience: Minimum of 2 years in tutoring writing and/or tutoring (language, communication, ESL)
- Degree in a writing-extensive field such as education, literature, English studies and communication
- Excellent command of the English language, specifically in written communication
- Experience in ESL teaching
- Teaching experience in writing, composition or any related subject
- Willing to work onsite at our Mandaluyong office
- Willing to work on a shifting schedule, weekends, and holidays
JOB SKILLS AND REQUIREMENTS
- Strong multi-tasking skills.
- Ability to communicate effectively in an online setting.
- Excellent command of the English language, specifically in written communication
- Experience in ESL teaching
- Ability to respond to various genres of writing from a range of student populations in both asynchronous and synchronous modalities.
- Should be a supportive and critical reader
- Be able to provide commentary that focuses on the larger issues and the secondary focus should be on surface-level issues
- Be able to interact with students to develop study aids during synchronous sessions