The Harvey Mudd College Upward Bound Program is a federally funded program designed to help low-income, potential first-generation college students generate the skills and motivation necessary to complete a program of secondary education and to enter and succeed in a program of postsecondary education.
Requirements
- Tutor Job Responsibilities
- To fully integrate yourself into the classroom as a teaching partner who participates in teaching, planning, assessing, and study hall supervision.
- To assist in the classroom instruction each day of the six-week project.
- To help design and implement lesson plans that emphasize cooperative and independent learning, and college level study skills (writing, reading, note taking, and test preparation).
- To contribute to the design of course syllabus and assignments.
- To complete the FESP (including both formal and informal assessments in classroom and study hall) in a timely manner, distributing updates to students during the summer and a final version to parents on the last day of the program
- To participate in a one week of paid teaching and staff training this training period is a rigorous program that includes a demanding learning schedule (designed to simulate the students’ summer experience) and reading and writing assignments
- To enhance the ability of students to complete academic assignments in preparation for a four-year college education in the field assigned to the instruction
- To teach appropriate technical skills (grammar, calculation skills, lab skills, etc.)
- To design independent learning activities that challenge students to improve their reading, writing, mathematical, or scientific skills (as appropriate to the discipline) and prepare for college level work. Students are assigned daily assignments which must include reading and writing each night.
- To supervise and tutor students during the day in numerous scenarios
- To work with other professional staff members and college tutors during the project and cooperate with them on all aspects of the summer program, both formally (through daily staff meetings) and informally.
- To participate fully in supervision.
- To participate fully in college, career, and personal counseling components of the program.
- To participate fully in all community sessions, recreational activities, and cultural enrichment activities.
- To drive students to and from activities, as necessary
- To live residentially and supervise students during the residential component (only for residential sites)
- To participate in a site specific parent sessions
