How to Get Tutoring and How to Volunteer as a Tutor at the ETC

Who is eligible for tutoring at the ETC?

To be eligible for tutoring services at the ETC, you must be enrolled in at least one of the following English courses:

ENG 48: Intro to College Writing I
ENG 51: Intro to College Writing II
ENG 118: Effective College Reading I
ENG 121: Effective College Reading II
ENG 114: First Year Composition
ENG 214 Second Year Composition
ENG 414: Elements of Writing
ENG 208: Grammar for Writing
ENG 209: ESL Composition I
ENG 212: ESL Advanced Grammar for Writing
ENG 310: ESL Composition II
ENG 410: ESL Elements of Writing
ENG 411: ESL Literature & Composition

How can I sign up for tutoring at the ETC?

During the first three weeks of every semester, English instructors refer students who they believe would benefit from tutoring at the ETC. If your instructor has not referred you, but you would like to receive tutoring, you may request an ETC tutor by doing the following:

1. Speak with your English instructor and request a referral to the ETC. Your instructor will give you an ETC Tutoring Referral Packet to fill out and bring to the ETC.
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Stop by the ETC during office hours and pick up a Tutoring Referral Packet.

2. Bring the completed Tutoring Referral Packet, along with a sample of your writing, to the ETC at the beginning of the semester.

3. Check in the following week (in person or by calling 415-338-1821) to find out if we have matched you with a tutor or not.
4. If we have matched you with a tutor, we will enroll you in English 112, Reading and Writing Techniques, a one-unit course for which you will receive credit/no credit (CR/NC). Please see Tutee Resources for more information on receiving credit for English 112. We will notify you of your tutor's name, your weekly meeting time, and the date of your first meeting.
5. If we were unable to match you with a tutor, we will refer you to one of the other tutoring services on campus (Useful Links: Other Tutoring Services on Campus).

TO VOLUNTEER AS A TUTOR

Our volunteer tutors are graduate students and upper-classmen (Senior and Junior level undergraduates) from various disciplines such as English Composition, English Literature, Teaching English as a Second Language (TESOL), Linguistics, Comparative Literature, or Creative Writing. We encourage students who are interested in teaching, and who would like to gain tutoring experience, to volunteer. Though we require proficiency in spoken English, previous tutoring experience is not necessary.

To become a tutor:
1. Obtain a tutor card either from your instructor or the ETC. Please use a yellow tutor card if you're are a TESOL student, gray if you are a Composition, Literature, Creative Writing student or a grad student in another discipline.
2. Fill the tutor card completely. Be sure to include specific times you are available to tutor and return your card to the ETC no later that Friday, February 14.
3. To receive credit, enroll in ENG 699 (if undergraduate) or ENG 899(if graduate). You can earn one unit for tutoring two students, two units for tutoring four students and three units for tutoring five students. Please contact the ETC for more information.
4. The ETC will offer two orientations - the first on the administrative aspects of tutoring, the second as an introductory workshop to tutoring methods and issues. All new tutors are required to attend the first orientation, at which you will receive your tutoring assignment.

(Orientation and Workshop Dates for Spring 2005 are forthcoming)

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Orientation
dates/times TBA

Workshop

dates/times TBA

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Who can use the private rooms at the ETC?

Priority is given to ETC tutors and students for usage of the three private rooms in the ETC: 290 B, C and D. Sign-up sheets are posted outside of each room.

English instructors may also use 290B, 290 C, and 290D to meet with students. However, in consideration of our tutors and students. we ask that you reserve no longer than one two-hour block per day for these meetings (except for the first month of each semester).