TUTORS

The Center for Academic and Tutorial Services’ tutoring program is available for all student-athletes. Tutors include graduate and undergraduate students from UK as well as qualified teachers and professionals from the community.
CATS provides the appropriate atmosphere for tutoring. While working together, tutors and student-athletes have a quiet area in which to discuss important concepts related to specific coursework. We have twenty-four individual tutor rooms available.
The CATS ADVANTAGE — We ensure student-athletes receive highly individualized support by matching them with tutors based on their exact courses, strengths, and learning approaches. Our student-athletes thrive because we proactively establish routine and consistent tutoring schedules as soon as the semester starts.

MENTORS

Mentors, retired teachers or business professionals, meet on a weekly basis with student-athletes.
The mentoring program at CATS provides one-on-one developmental opportunities that help student-athletes develop time management techniques and improve study skills.
The basic responsibilities of the mentors are to dissect the syllabi, help students organize their academic, athletic, and personal responsibilities, and to remediate any deficient study skills. Making daily, weekly, and monthly calendars, which list all class projects, homework, exams, and papers as well as sports’ travel dates are a weekly task. Reports of any grades and/or professors’ comments that are returned to the student-athletes are discussed.
Mentors communicate important information related to the student-athletes’ academic progress, both verbally and in written report form, to the assigned CATS counselor.

Qualifications

Please note:

Be prepared to submit a PDF of your unofficial transcript with your application for evaluation of ability to tutor.
No regular, full-time employee who is paid bi-weekly can tutor.
If you are a T.A., R.A., or G.A., you can only work so many hours a week and your status will be determined on an individual basis
If you work somewhere else on campus, you cannot work over 40 hours/week total. International students are limited to 20 hours per week.

Tutor FAQs

Q: What is the pay?
A: Pay determined by experience and year in school, with hourly rates starting $15/hour.

Q: Where does tutoring occur?
A: Within the tutoring rooms located in CATS.

Q: What is the schedule?
A: It depends!

You’ll share your availability: Let us know all the days and times you’re available to work. Be as thorough as possible.
- Please note during the regular semesters: We are open 12pm-10pm Sunday, 8am-10pm Monday-Thursday, 8am-5pm Friday, Closed on Saturday.
We’ll assess student-athlete demand: Based on the needs of the student-athletes, we’ll identify the best match.
We’ll create a consistent schedule: We’ll then match your availability with the student-athlete needs to establish a set number of hours and a consistent weekly schedule for the entire semester.