Upward Bound Assistant/Tutor

Title: Upward Bound Assistant/Tutor

Agency: Rappahannock Community College

Location: Richmond County - 159

FLSA: Nonexempt

Hiring Range: Pay rate will be $16/hr.

Full Time or Part Time: Part Time

Additional Detail

Job Description:

Rappahannock Community College (RCC), founded in 1970, provides high-quality educational and training opportunities throughout a 12-county service region an hour east of Richmond on the beautiful western shore of the Chesapeake Bay with access to fresh local seafood and water activities. RCC delivers accessible and affordable educational opportunities, including for-credit transfer and career technical programs, robust distance education coursework, quality dual enrollment courses, and award-winning workforce training and credentialing programs. RCC’s annualized enrollment of 3,259 credit students and over 1,000 workforce and community development students are supported by over 120 full-time employees and 200 part-time/adjunct employees across two main campuses and four satellite sites.

RCC is a two-campus institution serving a rural and diverse 12-county area in the Chesapeake Bay region of Virginia, whose mission is to provide inclusive access to exceptional training and educational opportunities meeting the community’s needs and preparing individuals for success as learners, employees, and citizens.

RCC seeks applicants for a Program Assistant/Academic Tutor for the Upward Bound Program who shares RCC’s values of integrity, diversity, equity, inclusion, excellence, access, and learning for life. This position is a part-time grant funded position and would require a flexible working schedule to include Saturdays as scheduled. The position is up to twenty-nine hours a week for the summer with the possibility of continuation during the academic year (September 1, 2025 –May 30, 2026). This position may require attendance on overnight trips with the students. Pay will be $16 per hour.

RCC Upward Bound (UB) is a free college preparatory program funded by the U.S. Department of Education to provide academic and non-cognitive support to low-income, first-generation high school students.

This position enhances the academic and emotional skills of the Upward Bound participants through academic coursework and other social, cultural, and recreational enrichment activities. The primary objective of this position is to ensure the well-being of program members in grades entering 9th-12th grade with regard to health, safety, morale, discipline, interpersonal relationships and academics during the six weeks summer program. The individual develops positive and supportive relationships with Upward Bound participants, mentor them, assist with planning, leading, implementing, and participating in free-time, elective workshops, and structured activities for the students. The individual must provide assistance in the supervision of participants at recreation, co‐curricular activities, and preparation of meals.

This position also provides tutoring to individuals and small groups both virtually and in person. The incumbent assists students in improving academic achievement, supports students by reviewing and clarifying learning problems, and provides useful study skills to students that need supplemental help. Additionally, peer tutors provide subject-area knowledge in the subjects of English, math, science, history, foreign language, technology, or an appropriate academic field.

This individual serves as a model for students in the techniques, strategies, attitudes, and beliefs that successful learners employ as they acquire new knowledge, solve problems, and complete academic tasks. Other assistance might include reviewing class material, discussing text, reviewing test questions, generating ideas for papers, or working on solutions to problems and helping to monitor the students’ progress and attend workshops and field trips and outings with Upward Bound students.

Lastly, this position provides assistance in handling and/or refer student disciplinary issues, crisis, and personal issues to appropriate Upward Bound staff. Preference will be given to candidates who have experience working with low‐income and first-generation students from diverse backgrounds and those who have experience in overcoming barriers similar to those confronting student participants.

• Must have knowledge, skills and experience to tutor in math, science, English, foreign language, or science and track academic progress.
• Excellent organizational, verbal, and communication skills.
• Position requires a positive attitude and the ability to work effectively with and display sensitivity toward a wide range of ethnic, socioeconomic, cultural and life‐style differences among staff and student participants.
• Personal interaction, the ability to be a team player, and leadership skills are essential.
• Knowledge of technology and/or willingness to learn; ability to effectively use modern office equipment, technology, and software.
• Ability to follow directions, complete assigned projects with minimal supervision, prioritize tasks, multitask, maintain accurate records and files, complete tasks under strict deadlines, and analyze and resolve complex problems and situations.
• Demonstrates professionalism and behaves in accordance with the college’s mission, goals, and values.
• Must be available during the training and to be part of the overnight college tour (July 14, 2025 – July 18, 2025).