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Job Description: Live-In Tutor/Counselor Tutor/counselors are responsible for the well-being of Upward Bound students. Counseling, academic tutoring, and various types of supervision are all facets of this responsibility. For six weeks, with the exception of some weekends and one to two nights off a week, the Tutor/Counselor is expected to keep close contact with the students in all aspects of community life. The staff consider the academic program to be of great importance to Upward Bound students. Tutor/counselors are expected to assist the teachers in working with students individually, in small groups or the whole class. They are usually required to attend classes five days a week unless specifically excused and will aid the teacher in terms of obtaining materials, organizing special activities, and evaluating students. Tutors sometimes have the opportunity to teach class with approval of the teacher. Teachers and tutors will be given a time during staff orientation week to meet and discuss the tutors' roles in the classroom. The tutor/counselor lives in the dorm among students and takes on the roles of teacher, counselor, and mentor. The tutor/counselor enforces program rules and codes of behavior without policing the students. The tutor/counselor is expected to respond to loud noises and nighttime emergencies. Tutor/counselors should report students who breach contract rules to the proper committee or board. "Duo" is another major responsibility for the tutor/counselor. A maximum of six students are specifically assigned to each tutor/counselor. The tutor/counselor is expected to meet with students on a weekly basis to address transition, academic, programmatic and personal issues. Notes should be taken on each Duo's community involvement, leadership, growth, and responsibility so that these areas may be addressed in their final evaluation. Duos will be discussed in a weekly supervision meeting. The tutor/counselor, with support and assistance from the electives coordinator, organizes and teaches an evening elective class. Electives are offered in a wide range of areas from academic classes like creative writing, psychology, drama, feminism, and comparative religion, to art, music, cake decorating, dance, crafts, and college research. Electives are an opportunity for students to explore potential areas of interest. They are not intended to be as rigorous as academic classes, yet are expected to be a learning opportunity for students. Tutor/counselors decide, along with the electives coordinator, what to offer based upon their own interests and skills along with program needs. Supplies and funding are limited for elective classes. Facilitation is an important responsibility in many program components. Most notably, tutor-counselors co-lead a Group, which is a diverse group of 10 to 12 students. Group promotes team building and small group interaction and can sometimes serve to process important community events. Excursion, another responsibility of the tutor-counselor, utilizes facilitation to organize a group of students to plan and execute a four day trip. Tutor-counselors will also be asked to facilitate during community meetings, Sunday Night Live, Wednesday Night Activities and M&M. Other tutor/counselor responsibilities include morning dorm coverage as scheduled by dorm heads, supervision of free time (4:30-6:30 p.m.), APT, Co-ed Floor, Meals, Classes, and SPA. Information on the specifics of each of these activities is contained in the Student/Staff Handbook, and is thoroughly explained during orientation week. Note: It has been observed by past T/Cs that time off is vital; the position is stressful. Evenings when you are not offering an elective, 4:30-6:30 p.m., when you are not on duty or on call and do not have a scheduled Duo meeting, and nights off should be spent either relaxing or away from the community: ideally BOTH! Housing is provided for the eight week long commitment; meals are provided when students are on campus only. Tutor/counselors are expected to pay for weekend meals (when remaining on campus) and some individual costs on excursion. Tutor/counselor responsibilities include but are not limited to:
T/C must be in attendance at all Upward Bound components, including all activities listed under responsibilities above. T/C must sleep in the dorm and be available for nighttime emergencies. Off-Duty Responsibilities: T/C must be in attendance at critical Upward Bound components, including academic classes, meetings, Group, SPA (led by that T/C), morning dorm coverage, Elective (led by that T/C). T/C may choose to not be in attendance of less critical components, including Sunday Night Live, Wednesday Night Activities, Electives (not led by T/C), SPA (not led by T/C), APT, Co-ed Floor Visitation, Community Meeting, curfew period, and meals. T/C is allowed to sleep off campus on the nights they are off-duty, but must return to campus by breakfast if they are to be on-call and by 6 a.m. if they are to be on-duty. On-Call Responsibilities: On-call duty begins at the start of breakfast (7:30 am) and ends at the beginning of breakfast the following day. T/C must be in attendance at all Upward Bound components, except curfew, but must sleep in their room and be available for emergencies. On-call T/Cs do not normally have Free Time duty, but may be assigned when needed. On-call T/Cs usually spend Free Time meeting with Duos. Free Time On-Duty: During Free Time, on-duty T/Cs (designated by free time coordinator) must remain in the community areas of the dorm and the outdoor hangouts surrounding the dorm. Other on-duty staff are allowed to go anywhere in support of students. QUALIFICATIONS
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Summer Program