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Readers and Tutors

The CSE Department is seeking qualified undergraduates to work as Readers or Tutors for CSE courses. For a list of courses being offered each quarter, please refer to the undergraduate course schedule.

About Tutoring

Tutoring benefits not only the students who need additional help in the class, but also those who provide the service. For many CSE students tutoring is the first step into their professional future, their first contact with the professional world. The tutoring experience on a resume is as good as a guarantee for an internship or a full time job with Amazon, Google, Microsoft, or Qualcomm, to mention just a few.
The growing popularity of the Tutoring Program resulted in the need to create a student organization - Students Achieving, Guiding, Enriching (SAGE), to accommodate more qualified students the department is not able to employ due to a limited budget. Engaging SAGE volunteers allows a greater number of students to experience assisting their fellow students in the classroom, in a “students helping students” atmosphere. Eventually, a SAGE volunteer gets to be hired as a paid tutor. A SAGE volunteer needs the instructor’s consent to become a SAGE member. To find out more about SAGE membership, please visit their website:

Position Descriptions

Reader

A Reader assists a course instructor by grading homework, papers, or exams and may also hold office hours to answer students questions about such assignments. The pay rate is $12.57/hour.

Tutor

A tutor assists the faculty member by providing instruction to individual students or small groups of students who require additional help. A tutor, as needed, is expected to facilitate discussion sections, hold office hours and be accessible to students. The pay rate is $15.06/hour.

In order to be considered for a position you must:

  • Have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 and a minimum of 90 units completed
  • Be a registered UCSD undergraduate student with fees paid.
  • Enroll in CSE 90 (Tutor Training) during the quarter you are hired for if you have not already completed it. We will clear students for enrollment in this class.

Tutor/Reader Application Form

Actual appointment to Reader or Tutor position is determined by individual instructors. A student may not assist in a course in which s/he is enrolled.

If you have any questions please contact the Virtual Advising Center.

 



by Dr. Radut.