Are you a WOU student interested in being a student worker for the WOU Mathematics Department?

Paper Graders

• The Mathematics Department frequently hires student workers to help with grading papers fall, winter and spring terms.
• Grades of at least a B in your mathematics courses are required.
• You must have taken mathematics courses beyond the course you wish to grade for to qualify as a grader. Please ask at the Mathematics Department if you are not sure.
• Dr. Leanne Merrill (merrill@wou.edu)

Math Center Tutors

• The Mathematics Department hires student workers each term to tutor math in the Math Center. The Math Center tutors tutor 100 and 200 level math courses.
• Grades of at least a B in your mathematics courses are required.
• You must have taken mathematics courses beyond most of the courses we tutor to qualify as a tutor. Please ask at the Mathematics Department if you are not sure.
• Dr. Leanne Merrill (merrill@wou.edu)

Application Process

• You must be at least a half-time (6 credits or more) WOU student to be a WOU Mathematics Department student worker.
• We hire both undergraduate and graduate students.
• For the full WOU Student worker employment policy, see wou.edu/hr/student-employment-policy/.
• Math student workers are paid using the standard, on campus, student wage rate.
• If you are interested in working as a WOU Mathematics Department student worker, please fill out our online application

Math Student Worker Application

Application Questions

Here are the list of questions on the application form, they are listed here for your reference

Personal information

• Name
• Pronouns
• Languages you are comfortable with
• WOU V#
• Phone number
• WOU major
• WOU minor (if you have one)
• Year in school
• Expected graduation term
• College Mathematics GPA (include dual credit)
• Overall College GPA
• Do you have work study? (yes or no)

Position(s) you are applying for (you may apply for 1, 2 or all 3)

• Paper grader
• Math Center tutor

Term(s) you would like to work

• Academic year you would like to work
• Terms you would like to work
• (tutor-interest only) Your interest in in-person and/or remote (Zoom) tutoring (COVID protocols or not)

Math information

• Math courses and grades
• Math ed courses and grades
• Grades of B or higher in math and math ed courses are generally required to be a WOU Math student worker

Background

• Describe your past experience(s) grading papers, tutoring and/or mentoring others in math.

References (at least one)

• Please list any WOU Math professors that can provide a reference for you.
• Please list any WOU (non-math) professors or other WOU personnel that can provide a reference for you
• Please provide contact information (name and email) for a recent non-WOU mathematics instructor that can provide a reference for you (required only if no WOU Math professor listed in previous question)
• Reference letter – if you already have a non-WOU grading and/or tutoring letter of reference, you may attach it to the form.