Academics First Tutoring Program

Academics First Tutors are on-call paid positions for graduate and undergraduate students committed to working with individual NCAA student-athletes, Indigenous students, WUSC students and Uggla Family Scholars in a variety of disciplines with the goal of helping them understand course concepts as well as developing and improving their academic learning strategies.

Please note that we are especially interested in candidates who:

  • are a currently enrolled SFU undergraduate or graduate student, having completed at least two terms
  • have a CGPA of at least 3.00
  • have a minimum grade of A- in any course listed for tutoring
  • feel confident in their ability to tutor any of the 100- and/or 200-level courses in the following subject ares:
    • BISC (all 100- and 200-level)
    • BPK (all 100- and 200-level)
    • CHEM (all 100- and 200-level, especially Organic Chemistry)
    • CMNS (110, 130, and all 200-level)
    • CMPT (all 100- and 200-level)
    • CRIM (all 100- and 200-level)
    • ECON (all 100- and 200-level)
    • ENSC (all 100- and 200-level)
    • HSCI (all 100- and 200-level)
    • MACM (all 100- and 200-level)
    • MATH (all 100- and 200-level)
    • MBB (all 100- and 200-level)
    • PHIL (all 100- and 200-level)
    • PHYS (all 100- and 200-level)

HOW TO APPLY?

  1. Go to myinvolvement.sfu.ca and click on "Student"
  2. Log in with your computing ID and password
  3. From the left hand menu, click on "Opportunities"
  4. Click on "Getting Involved"
  5. Enter the Job ID in the "Search by Opportunity ID" search field

want to learn more?

Website: athletics.sfu.ca/sports/2015/11/9/Eligibility_1109153330.aspx?id=191
Contact: academics_first@sfu.ca

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i Note:  This opportunity is recognized on the Co-Curricular Record (CCR), an official University document that tracks students’ co-curricular involvement at SFU. Learn more about the Co-Curricular Record.

Type: Paid
Campus: In-person / Online

Hiring Period: September- December
Job ID: 6217 in myInvolvement.sfu.ca

Application deadline: August 27, 2023