Minority Engineering Program Tutor Application

Qualifications

Students interested in becoming a Minority Engineering Program Tutor must meet the following minimum qualifications:

Have an overall GPA of 3.10 or higher
Have a minimum grade of a B in the course(s) they wish to tutor
Must be of at least a sophomore standing
Must have taken the course(s) they wish to tutor at Purdue or demonstrate that they have taken an equivalent course at another institution
Must be available to attend training

Responsibilities

Provide open and engaging tutorial services for all students on an as-needed basis
Proactively build student clientele for tutoring services
Daily tutoring report logging:
- One on one tutoring activities
- Group tutoring activities
- Resources generated
- Problems, issues, and concerns
Maintain a learning atmosphere in the Academic Success Center
Obtain the current syllabus for each course tutoring
Meet with professors, teaching assistants, and former students to identify most challenging conceptual areas in the syllabus
Find and catalog physical and digital learning resources for each conceptual area that appears on the current syllabus
- Include course textbook, other textbooks, websites, videos, etc
Create "drill sheets" with problems and solutions outside of the course text for each conceptual area in the syllabus
Create resources videos for the most challenging concepts as identified
Maintain a physical binder with a listing of resources associated with each course tutored
Annotate all old practice exams mapping each exam question to concepts identified in course syllabus
Create, administer, and grade practice exams based on old exams