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Tutor

Joliet Junior College · Joliet, IL · $19.42–$20.59 an hour · Part time

Posted Aug 28, 2025 · We last checked this listing on Oct 4, 2026

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About your past

Tell me about a student you tutored who made real progress. What changed for them?

What they are checking: Whether they can point to real results and explain what they did to help.

Tell me about a time you worked with students from very different backgrounds.

What they are checking: Whether they can build trust with a diverse student population like the one JJC serves.

What would you do

A student wants you to finish their homework because it's due in an hour. What do you do?

What they are checking: Whether they hold the line on academic honesty while still helping the student make progress.

Many community college students are working adults or returning after years away. How would you support someone who hasn't done algebra in twenty years?

What they are checking: Whether they meet students where they are, without making them feel behind or judged.

A student breaks down during a session because of stress outside of school. How do you respond?

What they are checking: Whether they respond with care and refer the student to campus support instead of trying to counsel them.

How do you handle a session when you're not sure of the answer yourself?

What they are checking: Whether they are honest about limits and find the right answer, protecting the student from bad information.

About the work

Which subjects are you ready to tutor in the Tutoring and Learning Center, and how did you build that knowledge?

What they are checking: Whether their subject mastery is deep enough to handle the range of questions students bring.

Walk me through a typical tutoring session from the moment a student sits down.

What they are checking: Whether they have a real structure, like finding the gap first, rather than just answering questions.

How do you adjust when a student learns differently than the way you explained it the first time?

What they are checking: Whether they have more than one way to explain an idea, which struggling students need.

How do you keep records of sessions, and why do they matter to a tutoring center?

What they are checking: Whether they see documentation as part of the job, since the center reports on who it serves.

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The full job description

As published by Joliet Junior College.

Position Title: Tutor Job Description: POSITION TITLE: Tutor STATUS: Part time DEPARTMENT: Tutoring and Learning Center DIVISION: Student Development CLASSIFICATION: Non-exempt UNION: TOSSC-AFT Local 604 REPORTS TO: Manager, Tutoring and Learning Center PLACEMENT: Grade 104 HIRING RANGE: $19.42 - $20.59 hourly Competitive starting pay is dependent on education and experience. JJC offers regular full-time positions a variety of fringe benefits including retirement benefits, holidays, personal time, and other discounts/reimbursement for classes. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The student population at the college is diverse in ethnicity, gender, language, age and background. Joliet Junior College is an AA/EO employer and strongly encourages applications from candidates who would enhance the diversity of its staff. POSITION SUMMARY Provides tutoring and leads various workshops pertaining to test preparation and other academic skills. Exercises a high level of discretion; provides professional, effective, and efficient customer service assistance to students, faculty, college personnel, and community members. Provides timely updates to the Director and Supervisor to keep them informed about tutoring needs, concerns, student-related issues, and the like. Considerable judgment and initiative in adapting work procedures to new situations are required. Tutoring hours are assessed each month and may be adjusted to accommodate TLC needs. TUTORING AREAS BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY, COMPUTER SCIENCE, ENGLISH, MATH, NURSING, PHYSICS, and other subjects as determined by budgetary allocations and student demand. ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES AND KEY RESPONSIBILITIES 1. Professionally represent Joliet Junior College and uphold the College’s core values. 2. Tutor students in all levels of subject area and/or related courses, using both individual and small group tutoring sessions. 3. Provide exceptional customer service to all visitors including students, faculty, staff, and community members. Provide general assistance to students with disabilities as needed. Answer inquiries and provide information and referrals. 4. Maintain accurate and timely records of tutoring activities through the appropriate tools to provide data for student demand, site scheduling, and performance evaluations (i.e. Academic Success Tracker, and others). 5. Each semester, conduct Tutoring and Learning Center workshops in accordance with CRLA certification requirements; such workshops may include final exam review sessions, placement test preparation, TEAS preparation, High School Equivalency test preparation, writing a college application essay, writing a scholarship essay, using various pieces of software, etc. 6. Create, select, and develop instructional support materials that recognize and address individual student needs. 7. Meet with instructors to provide assistance that meets individual student needs. 8. Promote tutoring services through the distribution of flyers and schedules during class visitations, meetings with instructors, classroom presentations, and participation in other events as needed. 9. Participate in staff meetings, in-services, and trainings as may be required. 10. Assist with the interviewing, selecting, training, and mentoring of peer tutors. 11. Participate in departmental and collegiate goals and objectives. 12. Perform related duties as assigned. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS 1. Bachelor’s degree in subject to be tutored and/or related area. 2. Experience in teaching, tutoring, or delivering support at the post-secondary instructional level. 3. Ability to work with minimum supervision and to handle sensitive information with professionalism, discretion, and impartiality. 4. Patience, problem solving abilities, and a willingness to accept responsibility. 5. Strong verbal and written communication skills, and ability and willingness to work cooperatively with a diverse population. 6. LEAP Tutors (working with non-native speakers ONLY): TESOL/ TEFL certification. 7. Ability to establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with other members of the college and community, displaying cultural competence as well as emotional intelligence. 8. Demonstrated commitment to the college’s core values of respect and inclusion, sustainability, integrity, collaboration, humor and well-being, innovation and quality. PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS 1. Master’s degree in subject to be tutored and/or related area. 2. Tutoring experience in a community college environment. 3. One (1) year experience in delivering academic support/instruction to individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds or diverse cultural/ethnic groups. 4. Experience in adult education. 5. Experience in virtual or online tutoring. 6. Training experience. 7. Math Tutors: Knowledge of math software such as StatCrunch and MyMathLab. 8. English and Spanish verbal and written communication proficiency. 9. Demonstrated multicultural competence. PHYSICAL DEMANDS 1. Normal office physical demands. 2. Ability to travel between campus locations and to and from community events. WORKING CONDITIONS 1. Duties are performed indoors in the usual office or school environment. WORK SCHEDULE Schedule varies depending on department needs. Willingness to travel to all JJC campus locations BENEFITS Click on the link for information about JJC's Benefits: Technical Office Support Staff Council (TOSSC)-AFT Local 604 Full Time/Part Time: Part time Union (If Applicable): TOSSC Scheduled Hours: 40

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