The Learning Support Center is Hiring!

Do you want to engage in learn by doing and make a positive impact on transfer student success at Cal Poly? 

Join a team of Transfer students who work to support other Transfer students through an academic coaching model! Coaches engage in 1:1 conversations with their peers in order provide support developing skills, behaviors, and habits that contribute to academic success.

Learning Support Center coaches generally work between 4-12 hours per week, with shifts that accommodate their course schedules. The starting pay rate for this position is $17.50 per hour. 

Required Qualifications 

• Currently enrolled transfer student
• Minimum GPA of 2.7 and with good academic standing throughout employment
• Demonstrated professionalism, discretion, diplomacy, and confidentiality when working with students, faculty and staff
• Demonstrated commitment to helping other students learn
• Demonstrated organizational and time management skills
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills when interacting with people of diverse cultural, socioeconomic, and educational backgrounds
• Demonstrated initiative and follow through with an eye for detail when completing tasks
• Excellent problem-solving and critical thinking skills
• Willingness to grow and learn

Preferred Qualifications 

• Prior experience as a peer tutor, mentor, or academic coach
• Willingness to commit to work for a full academic year

Application Process 

Complete an Academic Coaching Application, and a program coordinator will contact you.