Join the Academic Support Team!
Join the Academic Support team! By serving as a peer leader in Academic Support, you have the opportunity to increase and internalize content knowledge, practice and improve facilitation and communication skills including public speaking, and gain faculty connections. Beyond the paycheck, members of the Academic Support team benefit from our office’s focus on student learning outcomes and our commitment to developing undergraduate employees’ career readiness.
What student employees had to say about working in Academic Support:
“The ability to advocate for myself and for my learning. Not having every answer is okay, asking for help is okay, however not asking for help and not reaching out when needed is only going to hurt oneself as well as the setting/ dynamic around you.”
This office is “encouraging, accommodating, and uplifting”.
“Leadership has been a major theme for my own competency and overall career readiness
this semester. Continually building and strengthening this ‘leadership muscle’ through
feedback, interacting with undergraduate students, and being in a mentorship role has
taught me so much about being a leader as well as about myself as a leader.”
“I will absolutely recommend students looking for student employment to look for openings in this office.”
“My communication skills have 10000% improved. Not only do I have to learn to explain
material in different ways, but I also have to think of these new ways quickly and on my
feet. I also feel like I can understand things from other people’s perspectives better now.”
Responses from the 2023 Student Employee Experience Survey
Study Partners Peer Tutor
Peer Tutor Position Description Peer Tutors in the Study Partners program offer one-on-one peer tutoring to undergraduate students at Auburn University at no additional cost to the student. Each tutor’s goal is to promote academic excellence through peer-to-peer assistance by helping students consider both the course content and study skills necessary to succeed in their courses. Tutors help their peers grow as confident, self-directed learners.
Once hired as a member of the Academic Support student employment team, Peer Tutors are trained on tutoring philosophy and practice, teaching and pedagogy methods, campus services and referral protocol, and intercultural understanding, awareness and inclusivity. All Study Partners Peer Tutors earn $12 an hour. Tutors begin working 5-9 hours/week during fall and/or spring semesters. Once a tutor has a proven record of high student visit rates, they may be invited to add additional tutoring hours to their work schedule. Opportunities for summer tutoring are offered based on need to returning Peer Tutors (i.e., newly hired Peer Tutors cannot start their employment in the summer semester).
Supplemental Instruction (SI) Leader
SI Leader Position Description SI Leaders support learning by facilitating free, weekly, active learning in group sessions. SI Leaders are students who excelled in historically difficult courses and wish to work to help their peers be more motivated, confident, and successful in those same courses. SI Leaders model effective student habits and facilitate active learning in informal settings. Along the way, SI Leaders get paid for planning and professional development, gain more complex content knowledge, and develop stronger communication skills and networks. All SI employees earn $13 an hour. SI Leaders work 9 hours a week. Committed and effective SI Leaders may eventually work up to 20 hours a week with increased responsibilities regarding peer mentorship and program support. Additionally, all SI Leaders get “priority registration” status at the University.
Code of Representation for Academic Support Student Employees
Application Process for Peer Tutor and SI Leader Positions
If you’re ready to apply, click the “apply here” button to complete the online application.
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. After submission, the standardized identity-hidden job applications are reviewed and qualified applicants may be invited to participate in an interview on a rolling basis. Please note that most interviews and offers are completed prior to registration in the semester prior to starting work, and the needs for SI Leaders and Study Partners Peer Tutors may vary each semester. Interviews are facilitated by a panel of evaluators, using a protocol to engage applicants in various discussions and activities relevant to the peer leader position and to learn more about the job in the process.