Job Summary

Under the general direction of and reporting to the Director of The Learning Center, the incumbent coordinates the university's ELL tutoring program and coordinates special initiatives related to tutoring, including embedded tutoring and centralized training for campus peer educators.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate Conversation Lab and ELL tutors, including training, scheduling, and supervising the work of tutors employed by or volunteering for the program. Also assesses program outcomes.
• Coordinate and provide operational support for special tutoring initiatives, including embedded tutoring initiatives and peer educator training initiatives. Supports the Director in assessing initiatives.
• Work collaboratively with students, staff, and faculty from colleges on campus to promote current service offerings and to identify current learning support needs. Assist, as needed, in implementing programs that respond to those needs.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

Strong cross-cultural knowledge and empathy, both academic and experiential, to facilitate development of both student ELL specialists and students using ELL tutoring. Excellent interpersonal and cross-cultural communication skills, both oral and written, to communicate with student ELL tutors, students using ELL tutoring, staff, and faculty across campus. Good diagnostic/student assessment skills of language abilities. Strong foundation in language acquisition and language development research. Proficiency using technology, including software and web-based applications to streamline processes, and continue to develop online interactive modalities for service delivery.

Ability to communicate with an ethnically and culturally diverse campus community.  Ability to follow all university policies, procedures, and guidelines including but not limited to safety, civility, information security, and non-discrimination policies and procedures.  Ability to contribute to a positive university experience for each and every student, and assist in achieving the university's commitment to a "vision of excellence."

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent from a four-year college or university in one of the behavioral sciences, or a job-related field and three years of professional experience in one of the student program areas or in a related field required. 

• A master's degree in Linguistics, ELL, English with ELL, English with TESL certificate, or an equivalent field may be substituted for one year of the professional experience.

• Experience with embedded tutoring or other embedded peer support.

Physical Summary

• Sedentary work - Involves mainly sitting. Walking and standing are minimal. Lifting is limited to lightweight objects. (10 pounds or less).

Department

Learning Center

Classification

Student Services Professional III

Compensation

Salary placement is determined by the education, experience, and qualifications the candidate brings to the position, internal equity, and the hiring department’s fiscal resources.

Hiring Range: The hiring range for this position is $4,836 - $6,891 per month commensurate with candidate's education, experience, skills, and training.

CSU Classification Salary Range: The CSU Classification Salary Range for this position is $4,836 - $4,982 per month.

Benefits

Excellent benefits through CalPERS (health, vision, dental), tuition fee waiver, generous vacation and sick leave, and 14 paid holidays each year.

Time Base

1.0 time-base, 40 hours per week.

Duration of Appointment

This is a temporary position for 1 year with no permanent status granted. Temporary assignments may expire prior to the ending date.

Application Procedures

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Additional Information

A background check (including a criminal records check) must be completed satisfactorily and is required for employment. CSU will make a conditional offer of employment, which may be rescinded if the background check reveals disqualifying information, and/or it is discovered that the candidate knowingly withheld or falsified information. Failure to satisfactorily complete the background check may affect the continued employment of a current CSU employee who was conditionally offered the position.

Due to the nature of this position, current CSULB employees are subject to a criminal record check unless they have successfully completed a criminal background check through CSULB within the past 12 months.

CSULB is not a sponsoring agency for staff and management positions (i.e. H-1B Visas).

California State University Long Beach expects respectful, professional behavior from its employees in all situations. Acts of harassment or abusive conduct are prohibited. Demonstrated appropriate professional behavior, treating others with civility and respect, and refusing to tolerate abusive conduct is expected of all employees.

Equal Employment Statement

Consistent with California law and federal civil rights laws, CSULB provides equal opportunity in employment without unlawful discrimination or preferential treatment based on race, sex, color, ethnicity, national origin, or other protected status. CSULB complies with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, the California Equity in Higher Education Act, California’s Proposition 209 (Art. I, Section 31 of the California Constitution), other applicable state and federal anti-discrimination laws, and CSU’s Nondiscrimination Policy. We prohibit discriminatory preferential treatment, segregation based on race or any other protected status, and all forms of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation in all university programs, policies, and practices.

Accommodations

We provide reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. Applicants with questions about access or requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should contact StaffHR-Accommodations@csulb.edu.

Out of State Employment Policy

California State University, Long Beach, as part of the CSU system, is a State of California Employer. As such, the University requires all employees upon date of hire to reside in the State of California.

As of January 1, 2022 the CSU Out-of-State Employment Policy prohibits the hiring of employees to perform CSU-related work outside the state of California.