Learning Commons
Apply to be a PALs Tutor
Would you like to join our PALs Facilitator/Tutor Team?
The CWU Learning Commons (LC) invites applications for PALs facilitators/tutors for the 2024-2025 academic year. A PALs facilitator/tutor fosters independent learning and student understanding of course material, stimulates active learning, and facilitates student insights into the learning process by providing peer-to-peer collaborative learning in primarily group settings. Facilitators maintain an effective learning environment by providing support to students in meeting course outcomes and helping students develop effective study skills. PALs Facilitators exemplify the core values of the LC and support the day-to-day operations in the service of all students.
For all of the 2024-2025 academic year, PALs facilitators will be needed. Though all majors are encouraged to apply, applicants must have taken the course to facilitate a PALs group for that course. Successful applicants will be CWU students in good academic standing and will participate, if hired, in ongoing training in PALs group facilitation administered by the supervisor.
Applications are accepted year-round and placed on our wait-list based on completion date of application materials. For more information on the process to apply, contact the Assistant Director of Tutoring Programs, Kristina Mageau, at 509-963-1369 or by email. You can also stop by the CWU Learning Commons on the ground floor of the Brooks Library.
Minimum Qualifications
- Strong desire to help others succeed
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to uphold core values of the LC
- Successful completion of assigned course with a 3.3 or higher
Responsibilities
- Assist students in understanding course content
- Facilitate the development of effective study skills and behaviors that lead to academic success
- Attend some class sessions in assigned course
- Connect with assigned instructor to strategize sessions appropriately
- Attend training sessions and/or weekly meetings
- Perform other duties that promote the goals of the unit as requested by supervisor
- Support office assistants in daily operations and the smooth functioning of the unit as a whole
- Maintain a clean work environment
- Perform other duties as requested by supervisor
- Respond to communication in a timely manner
- Check CWU email daily
Benefits of this Work
- Learn how to assess students’ needs
- Gain teaching experience in an academic field
- Enhance interpersonal, communication, and leadership skills
- Collaborate with people from various cultures and perspectives
- Work in an academic environment with a relaxing atmosphere
- Gain valuable academic experience and professional preparation
- Associate with students and faculty across campus
- Feel wonderful about how you earn money for school
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