Openings for the 2024-2025 School Year

Writing Tutors – Our Writing Tutor roster for SY 24-25 is full.

W-CATs, or Writing Course Attached Tutors – W-CAT positions for fall 2024 FYSs are filled.

Language Tutors – Our Language Tutor roster for SY 24-25 is full.

For more information about positions in the ’25-’26 School Year, read below.

For any questions about hiring, training, and employment, email us at swlc@bates.edu.

So you’re interested in becoming a tutor for #SWLCNation? Awesome! Read below for details about joining our team.

WRITING TUTORS

Be a model student and peer leader on campus by becoming a SWLC Writing Tutor! Writing Tutors are SWLC’s Varsity Team. These students have typically completed both of the following half-credit tutor education courses and several hours of tutoring practice:

• EXDS 201: Writing Process, Tutoring Practice (.5 credits, offered every Winter semester)
• EDUC s19: Teaching and Tutoring Writing (With) Power (.5 credits, offered every Short Term)

To become a Writing Tutor, simply enroll in these courses or email Dr. B (Bridget Fullerton) at bfullert@bates.edu with your questions or to talk about your interest in the position of Writing Tutor.

W-CATs

Be a mentor by becoming a SWLC W-CAT! A wonderful way to begin your writing tutor journey or to “give back” to students who are in a course you once were in, is to become a Writing Course Attached Tutor, or a W-CAT, for a W1/FYS (First Year Seminar) or W2. This is a great opportunity for students interested in giving tutoring a try and supporting first-year writers as they transition to college-level writing, reading, and speaking tasks, or in “giving back” to your major or minor by working more closely with your advisor or a particular professor with whom you’ve had a course (or several courses!) during your Bates career.

W-CAT typically complete the following half-credit tutor education course:

• EDUC s19: Teaching and Tutoring Writing (With) Power (.5 credits, offered every Short Term)

and then apply and get paired with a partner-professor in need of a W-CAT for their FYS/W1 or W2 course. To become a W-CAT, simply enroll in this courses or email Dr. B (Bridget Fullerton) at bfullert@bates.edu with your questions or to talk about your interest in the position of W-CAT and she’ll see which courses and professors may need you.

LANGUAGE TUTORS

Language Tutors are our wonderful–and always multilingual!–staff who support Bates language-learners in any of the eight languages taught at Bates College, including Chinese, Japanese, French, Spanish, Greek, Latin, Russian, and German. Language Tutors should have taken courses and/or be currently and actively engaged in learning the language at Bates, though we sometimes hire native speakers for certain languages.

There is an application process for Language Tutors and then they are trained on-the-job as they begin working. Apply to be a Language Tutor when the job ads go live, typically between January and March of each year for working in SWLC the following year. Check back for updates!

COME SEE US WORK!

We highly recommend that you meet with a few tutors in SWLC before you consider joining us to get a sense of the work and see how we teach, support, and educate our peers. Tutors will be happy to talk to you about their work and are encouraged to do so! The double benefit of this is that you get support with your writing, speaking, or language-learning goals while doing some light “job shadowing.”

We hope you join SWLC Nation!

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Have questions about employment with the SWLC? Please email swlc@bates.edu.