The Study Jam Team
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 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.
2023-2024 Co-Coordinators
Christian Newby
Senior, Neuroscience major with a concentration in Cellular and Molecular Sciences and a Psychology major
Claire Broling
Senior, History and Pre-Med
claire.broling@umconnect.umt.edu
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.
2023-2024 Tutors
Biology
Ella, BIOB
Sophomore, Biology major with a concentration in Genetics and Evolution, DHC student
Hiring, BIOB
Business Management Information Systems
Hiring, BMIS
Justin Bangtson, BMIS
Senior, Management Information Systems major with a minor in Business Administration
Chemistry
Bethany Rippeon, CHMY 121/123
Junior, Music major with a minor in Biology
Tessa Jarden, CHMY 121/123
Junior, Environmental Science major with minors in Wildlife Biology and Climate Change Studies
Trevor Wilson, CHMY 121
Sophomore, Geoscience
Hiring, 121/123
Hiring, 141/143
Hiring, 141/143
Hiring, 141/143
Music Theory
Matthew Knight
Senior, Music Composition major with a Media Arts, Sonic Arts minor
Physics
Mary Catlett
Sophomore, Physics, and Math double major with a concentration in Astronomy
Sydney Jetton
Junior, Physics with a concentration in Astronomy
Hiring
Spanish
Charles Bryne
Retired High School Spanish Teacher