Reader and Tutor Hiring

Overview

  • The Baskin Engineering Academic Payroll Team sends the quarterly call to hire readers and tutors to instructors about 4 weeks before the start of the quarter. 

  • Readers and Tutors can begin working after the appointment is formally offered and accepted, after they complete all necessary employment paperwork, and on or after the quarter's start date.

  • Reader and Tutor job duties cannot be combined into one job. You must hire for each job title individually. Readers/Tutors cannot Proctor unless hired to the Proctor job title. 

Position Descriptions

Reader: A Reader is a registered undergraduate or graduate student employed to render diverse course-related services, normally including grading student papers and examinations. A Reader shall not be given other responsibilities customarily accorded a Teaching Assistant.

Tutor: A Tutor is a registered undergraduate or graduate student who works with individual students or small groups of students to assist them in understanding course concepts, discovering solutions to problems, modeling study strategies, developing methods for independent work, and preparing for upcoming exams. A Tutor shall not be given other responsibilities customarily accorded a Teaching Assistant.

  • Individual Tutors: Are available at established times for one-on-one tutorial sessions.

  • Group Tutors: Are available at established times for group tutorial sessions.

Instructor's Responsibilities

  • When you receive the hiring call, look for the total hours allocated to your course for the quarter.

  • To determine appropriate course support, carefully review the job descriptions for Reader, Individual Tutor, and Group Tutor.

  • Log in to BE's Reader Tutor Application (RTA) system using your CruzID and Gold password. 

  • Complete the allocation table by entering the hours you estimate needing in each hiring category and submit.

    • IMPORTANT: Students cannot apply until you submit the allocation table. 

  • Direct students to apply the Reader Tutor Application (RTA) system.

  • Consider advertising your job in the Baskin Engineering Undergraduate Newsletter. 

  • You will receive an email notification when a student applies for your course. 

  • Review the qualifications and availability of the applicants. You may receive applications from unfamiliar students. Please consider all employment applications. 

  • Allocate the total number of hours you would like the student to work for the entire quarter. Allocating hours does not guarantee employment.

Student Applicant's Responsibilities

  • Log in to the Reader Tutor Application (RTA) system using your CruzID and Blue password.

  • Submit your application. You will receive an email confirming that you have applied. An application is not a guarantee of employment.

  • If your application is approved, you will receive a formal offer of employment via email. You must accept the official offer in the RTA system within two days.

  • After accepting the offer, you will receive an acknowledgment notice with instructions on how to complete employment paperwork.

  • You cannot begin working before completing the required employment forms and work authorization documents.

BE Academic Payroll's Responsibilities

  • Review student applications with an allocation of hours from the instructor and contacts as needed if there are questions.

  • Approve the application when appropriate.

  • Sends instructions to the students on how to initiate remote onboarding. 

  • Completes the hiring transaction in the payroll system UCPath once the student completes their employment documents.

  • Monitors and audits timesheets.

Multicultural Engineering Program (MEP) Tutors

MEP Tutor Positions are available each quarter for qualified tutors in support of the MEP tutorial services.  Please contact the MEP Program Director for additional information.