WTP–ME - Residential Tutor Application
WTP-ME Track Coordinator: Barbara Hughey bhughey@mit.edu
If you are a current female MIT undergraduate in course 2/2A/2OE (or expect to declare course 2/2A/2OE and will have
the required courses) and want to be a WTP-ME Residential Tutor, please complete this Application Form and send by
email along with a copy of your MIT WEBSIS Transcript (unofficial printout from WebSIS) and your Resume to:
wtp-me@mit.edu Interviews will be scheduled as applications are received.
Be sure to read the “WTP-ME Residential Tutor Job Description” attached to this Application Form.
Name:
MIT Student ID#:
Email address:
Phone #:
WTP staff must be 18 or older. On June 13, 2016 will you be:
MIT Department Major:
__ 18 __ 19 __ 20 __ 21 __ older than 21?
Current Year at MIT: Frosh Soph Junior Senior
(if 2A, indicate concentration)
(circle or highlight one)
Will you be a continuing MIT student next fall?
If not, why?
Current MIT Advisor:
Were you a WTP student?
When?
UROP &/or Thesis Advisor (if applicable):
Curriculum: WTP students attend three 90 minute class periods each day. Classes start with an introduction/review of
physics (8.01X material), and then move on to ME topics essentially covering the material in 2.001, 2.002, 2.005 as well
as topics in bioengineering and alternative energy. Additional topics may be added at the request of students. Matlab is
used to introduce concepts of numerical integration and differentiation, as well as solving complicated equations, and the
students learn to use SolidWorks for mechanical design.
Tutors must be comfortable with pre-calculus math and physics (mechanics) and preferably be able to use Matlab for
graphing and solving simple systems and SolidWorks for mechanical design. Tutors must have completed 2.001 and
2.007/2.017 (or have equivalent experience with fabrication), and preferably also 2.003, 2.005, 2.008, or 2.72
Course*
Semester
Grade
Comfort Level, Interest in Subject, and Other Comments
8.01(X)
2.001/2.01
2.002/2.02
2.005/2.05/2.051
2.006/2.06
2.007
or describe equivalent fabrication experience
2.008
2.671
2.72
Matlab or 2.086
SolidWorks
N/A
N/A
*Required Courses are in BOLD
Have you ever worked as a:
TA
Tutor
Teacher
Please describe you responsibilities and feelings about the experience:
or
Camp Counselor?
Other jobs you have held (please also attach a Resume):
Outside interests (music, dance, sports, cooking, artistic, community activities, other):
What kinds of evening and weekend activities would you enjoy leading for the WTP students?
Do you speak any languages other than English?
If yes, which one(s)?
Why do you want to be a WTP Residential Tutor?
Have you read the “WTP Residential Tutor Job Description” attached to this Application Form?
YOU MUST NOT HOLD ANOTHER JOB DURING THE 7 SUMMER WEEKS YOU WORK FOR WTP !
Please email:
 this completed Application Form
 your MIT WEBSIS Transcript (PDF printout or HTML copy, no official transcript required) and
 your Resume
to: wtp-me@mit.edu as soon as possible.
Interviews will be scheduled as applications are received and we anticipate making offers on a rolling basis, hopefully
completing in late February. If you have problems with this timeline, please contact us and we will try to accommodate
your schedule. Even if you are unsure of your summer plans, please apply now. If we decide to extend you an offer we
will discuss the date by which you would need to commit to WTP.
WTP-ME Residential Tutor Job Description
This is a paid full-time position for 7 weeks, plus MIT dorm housing and free food. Residential Assistants may not have
any other jobs, classes, or responsibilities during the 7 weeks of WTP: Monday, June 13 through Friday, July 29,
2016.
June 13 Move-in day: you may move into dorm after 3pm. WTP will reserve (and pay for) dorm Housing for Residential
Assts. from 6/13-7/29. Please note: WTP cannot provide housing for the weeks before or after WTP- it is up to the Tutor
to make her own arrangements.
June 14-24 Staff Training: meetings and class preparations M-F 9:30am – 5:30pm.
June 25 - July 23: WTP is In Session: Make the dorm your primary residence; sleep there unless it is your assigned
night off. During staff training you will receive your schedule of days/evenings off.
July 23 – 24: Planned WTP-ME 10th Reunion Activities: be available to participate and help as needed
July 25 - 29: Cleanup, hours 9:30am – 5:30pm, we will most likely finish on Thursday. Move out no later than 11 AM on
Fri July 29, 2016.
Residential Tutors may not have any other jobs, classes, or responsibilities during the 7 weeks of WTP.
There will be 6 Residential Tutors for WTP-ME who help the 3 WTP-ME Instructors in the classroom and the Residential
Assistant (WTP alumna who just finished her freshman year at MIT) in the dorm.
WTP-ME Residential Tutors will have the following responsibilities:
 Be a mature influence and role model; provide the WTP students with emotional support and encouragement and
work to ensure their safety and well-being. Follow and enforce all WTP and MIT rules and behavior expectations.
Monitor that students sign out when leaving the dorm so we know where they are, especially if they are leaving
campus. Know the WTP emergency procedures and when to contact Campus Police or MIT Medical.
 Work in the classroom during assigned weekday class hours. This work will involve setting up labs, preparing class
materials, assisting students with concepts, assignments and class projects, and correcting homework. Residential
Tutors are also encouraged to prepare and teach one class lecture during the 4 weeks, on a mutually agreed topic
within the curriculum.
 Tutor students in the evenings (often late at night) and lead or help with special evening study sessions.
 When you are on duty, proactively engage with the students, either on academic work or social activities. Do not
stay in your room and expect them to come find you, you should always seek them out and see if you are needed.
When on trips away from the dorm, stay with the students and engage with them.
 Help students and staff keep the floor kitchens organized and stocked with community food and other supplies.
 Socialize and dine with the students most evening and weekends and talk with them about MIT, prospective
majors, and college life, and be a person they feel they can approach with problems or concerns. Individual
requests for weekend time off to attend special events can be approved in advance by the WTP-ME Track
Coordinator.
 Check-in WTP students at curfew each night (11pm Sun-Thurs, midnight Fri & Sat) when assigned this task.
 Initiate and lead safe and fun activities and entertainment in the dorm (such as movies, cooking, crafts, games).
 Plan and/or accompany students on field trips and on other group trips on or away from campus.
 Check-in WTP students at curfew each night (11pm Sun-Thurs, midnight Fri & Sat). 4-5 students will be assigned
to each tutor for check-in.
 Attend scheduled daily staff meetings (Monday through Friday) when on duty with the WTP-ME staff.
 On arrival day greet WTP students arriving at MIT by car with their parents; assist WTP students arriving at Logan
Airport or South Station by meeting them at the baggage claim and helping them into the chartered bus or cabs to
MIT. Help all students get settled into their rooms and welcomed to the program.
 During the 4 weeks when the WTP students are at WTP, you must make McCormick your primary residence and
spend nights in your assigned WTP dorm room unless it is a scheduled off-duty night. No overnight guests (of
either gender) are ever allowed to stay in the Residential Tutor or WTP student dorm rooms.
 Do everything you can to make the WTP experience fun, educational, and safe for our students!
Residential Tutors will be provided with McCormick housing for all 7 weeks of WTP and do not need to reserve or pay for
their McCormick dorm housing--WTP will make their housing arrangements.
The Residential Tutors must sign and abide by the MIT Code of Conduct for Programs Involving Minors. You will also be
asked to undergo a routine background check before you are hired for the position. Residential Tutors are friendly to the
WTP high school students, but they are also figures of authority and responsibility who must enforce WTP rules and
policies. It is very important that Residential Tutors report anything that might require counseling, medical attention, or
judicial follow up as soon as possible to the WTP Track Coordinators to ensure the safety of the WTP students.
This is a time-consuming position that takes up days, nights, and weekends.
The job requires true commitment and dedication, but it is also lots of fun and very rewarding!