Academic Peer Tutors
Paid Position
The School of Nursing Academic Peer Tutoring program provides individual and/or group tutoring for most undergraduate prerequisite science and nursing courses and for certain upper division and graduate courses. Tutoring is available to currently enrolled Pre-Nursing/Nursing majors. The position is part-time with flexible hours. Tutors may be undergraduate or graduate nursing students. Tutors are paid by the School of Nursing on an hourly basis.
Applicant must:
- Be currently enrolled at UT with at least one semester completed as a UT student.
- Be a Pre-Nursing/Nursing major.
- Have an overall UT GPA of at least 3.33.
- Have taken the courses you want to tutor and earned a grade of B+ or higher in the course.
- Have good communication skills.
- Be willing to tutor at least 5 hours a week (although you are not guaranteed 5 hours/week).
- Be able to participate in required training sessions prior to beginning work as a tutor.
- Be willing to occasionally serve on committees or help with special projects and administrative tasks.
- Provide one reference from a person (preferably a faculty member, instructor, or teaching assistant) who can comment on your academic and/or interpersonal skills with regard to this position. A Reference Form is provided for this purpose.
Application Form and Reference Form
Application and Reference forms are available in the Learning Enhancement Services Office (NUR 2.448) or students can download the forms from the links below.
- Academic Tutor Application Form (PDF - To view PDF file, download Adobe Reader)