Join Our Staff
Thanks for your interest in joining the TLC staff!
We offer study groups for a large variety of introductory courses across all three colleges, staff math help sessions for Calculus I-III and Statistics, and offer one-on-one tutoring appointments in some introductory STEM courses. You may apply to be a study group facilitator or math help session leader, and have the option of adding up to 90 minutes of one-on-one tutoring per week. You may work in any course for which you qualify (by having earned an A- or above). To join our staff, students must either be nominated by or have a recommendation from at least one professor in the relevant content area.
All TLC staff members will attend a weekly staff meeting to progress through our staff curriculum. Those who successfully complete the first year of our training program will be awarded the internationally recognized title of CRLA Certified Level 1 Tutor. Staff who choose to continue will progress to Level 2 Advanced staff. Pay rates and autonomy increase at each staffing level.
Please email learning@bucknell.edu with any questions.
Study Groups Program
TLC study groups provide meaningful and efficient mechanisms for learning; they can help students keep up with material, actively review and study and engage with diverse perspectives. Your group will meet every week for 90 minutes at a time that you choose. Groups are heterogeneous but organized by professor; any student enrolled in a particular professor's section of a course served by the program is eligible to join a group. You will facilitate group members working together to clarify course material, engage in deep processing techniques for learning and active problem-solving. There may be some options to co-facilitate occasionally. You can lead more than one group and/or lead in one or more subjects per term.
Study group course coverage may vary based on staffing.
Recent covered courses have included:
ACFM 104 ANOP 102 ARBC 101 BIOL 121 CHEM 203 | CHIN 101 CSCI 203 ECEG 100 ECON 101 ENGR 229 | GEOL 203 GREK 102 GRMN 101 ITAL 101 JAPN 101 LATN 101 | LING 105 MATH 112 MECH 220 PHIL 103 PHYS 211 |
The most up-to-date list will be online at my.bucknell.edu/StudyGroups when registration and groups are active.
Tutoring Program
TLC tutoring offers assistance to students seeking extra help in some introductory courses in biology, chemistry, mathematics and physics. New tutors must also lead a study group in their first semester on the TLC staff in order to ensure adequate student contact hours in their content area to progress through our staff curriculum. New tutors will schedule one weekly tutoring appointment, which can be booked by any student in that course. You will staff your assigned tutoring location during your weekly tutoring time even if not all your appointments are booked in advance. We will pay you for 30 minutes of prep time in addition to your group meeting and tutoring appointment times. You must commit to your regular weekly tutoring schedule after training and continue it throughout the semester.
Courses covered by tutors include:
BIOL 121 BIOL 122 BIOL 203 BIOL 204 | CHEM 105 CHEM 203 CHEM 205 CHEM 211 CHEM 212 CHEM 230 CHEM 231 | MATH 192 MATH 201 MATH 202 MATH 211 MATH 216 | PHYS 211 PHYS 212 |