The Study Jam Team

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Study Jam Tutoring

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Tutor Coordinators

Description

Student Coordinators are responsible for the recruitment, hiring, and scheduling of potential tutors, managing payroll, liaising with faculty and departments for the subjects offered, assisting the Associate Director of the Office for Student Success with data gathering and assessment, managing the program’s Instagram page, attending all Study Jam sessions and working to market services to the campus community. Coordinators may also play an essential role in tutor training including HONR 398: Internship: Academic Tutoring.

Qualifications

Fully admitted students with at least a year left of study.
3.0 minimum cumulative GPA.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Strong organizational and time management skills.
Ability to coordinate a wide network of tutors and faculty relationships.
Familiarity and base competencies with social marketing and text-based feedback systems.
Academic tutoring or teaching experiences are preferred, but not required.

2024-2025 Co-Coordinators

Shivika Agrawal

Senior, Pre-Pharmacy

shivika.agrawal@umconnect.umt.edu

Claire Broling

Senior, History and Pre-Med

claire.broling@umconnect.umt.edu

Catherine Howicz

Junior, Psychology

Tutors

Description

Study Jam tutors are undergraduate students and graduate students who provide on-site group tutoring to UM students. Tutors bring a high-level of academic success and familiarity with the academic rigor of high-stakes coursework.

Tutors are responsible for recruiting, preparing and facilitating group tutoring for students in a number of disciplines and classes at UM. Tutors must remain current with classroom learning objectives, practices and trends in order to evaluate and improve the individual tutoring approaches. Study Jam is a free tutoring resource open to all campus members. Therefore, tutors must adapt to diverse cultural and student backgrounds to effectively assist students in subject acquisition. Tutors work 5 hours per week for the academic semester during evening group tutoring sessions. Tutors must demonstrate comprehensive and successful communication and explanation of complex concepts, formulas, and nuances dictated by the subject matter in a high-traffic, group environment. The group setting for this service does not accommodate one-on-one assistance and so the individual must also ensure that all attendees receive assistance.

Qualifications

Completed the courses they will tutor with a B or better, have an undergraduate degree or current enrollment in a graduate program that demonstrates mastery of course content;
have a cumulative GPA of a 3.0 or better;
provide an endorsement by a faculty member.

2024-2025 Tutors

Accounting

Hiring, ACTG 201/202

Biology

Ella, BIOB

Senior, Human Biological Sciences

Business Management Information Systems

Nevin, BMIS

Senior, Management Information Systems

Carli, BMIS

Senior, Management Information Systems and International Business

Chemistry

Nathan, CHMY 123

Senior, Microbiology

Brooke, 121/123

Senior, Microbiology

Elizabeth, 121/123

Junior, Integrative Physiology

Mercedes, 121/123

Senior, Chemistry

Brooklyn, 121/141/143

Senior, Biochemistry

Forest, 141/143

Senior, Cellular & Molecular Biology

Piper, 221/223