Tutoring And Writing Center Rollins (2024)

FAQs

How can I be a good writing center tutor? ›

Your tutor can read your writing either silently or out loud (or you can read out loud) depending on the preferences of both you and your tutor. During the session, you might read chunks or the whole piece depending on time constraints and the feedback you're looking for.

This position not only helps the possible students you would be working with; you yourself also benefit from improved writing skills, and learn more about the writing process through helping and engaging with both students and your fellow writing tutors.

Tutoring fees range from around $15 per hour to more than $100 depending on the tutor's educational qualifications and experience.

Writing tutors help equip their students with the necessary skill to produce concise, comprehensible, and effective writings. Instead of doing the writing for them, a writing tutor will help their students attain the essential writing skills they need in the long run.

A simple answer is yes, online tutoring is a good side hustle, especially if you have high-demand skills such as programming. However, even math online tutoring has a market for it. The research says that the online tutoring market value is growing 14.9% each year.

Sample Answer: I love sharing my knowledge with others and watching them grow. I've always wanted to be a teacher, and I think tutoring is a great way to get started.

Is being a tutor worth it? ›

Becoming a tutor is a great way to earn some extra part time cash as a college student. In addition to being a satisfying part time job, it can be lucrative and offers considerable flexibility. You could tutor fellow college students, local high schoolers, or even middle schoolers too.

The tutors' goal is to help students generate, organize, revise, and improve their writing. Tutors will look at work at any stage of the writing process. In fact, you can meet with a tutor before you've even written a draft just to brainstorm ideas for a paper.

Most good writing center sessions are really just good conversations. When I train tutors, I ask them to practice turning statements and yes-no questions into open-ended questions using the words how and why. Asking open-ended questions invites a range of responses and creates conversation.

Tutors help writers in many different stages of writing: brainstorming, outlining, organizing, revising, and drafting. Tutors don't “fix” students' work, nor do they write on students' papers.

In a nutshell

We believe that good tutors are passionate about their subject and committed to helping students achieve their learning goals. Good tutors are reliable, have sound curriculum knowledge, and they're confident and proactive in building positive relationships.