Become a Tutor

You must:

1. Be currently enrolled in McGill courses
2. Have obtained an A- or higher in the course(s) to be tutored.
3. Have a CGPA of 3.2 or greater
4. International students must have a valid study permit and Social Insurance Number (SIN)

If you have successfully completed courses at another university and are interested in tutoring these courses at McGill, you must provide:

1. Transcript from the other university
2. Course outline

Tutoring offered through the Tutor Matching Program is not considered course-specific tutoring, but rather tutoring offered to support a student’s specific needs. This means that tutors who are hired through the Tutor Matching Program are not assigned a specific course and may be matched for tutoring in any course they have already passed with at least an A- or greater, and they would like to tutor.

Conflicts of interest: Students can’t tutor for a course for which they are currently a teaching assistant, course grader, or any position that may cause a conflict of interest.

• Respect the Charter of Students' Rights and the Code of Student Conduct in all activities as a tutor, and treat the tutee with respect.

• Maintain confidentiality (do not share your students’ names, subsidy, etc)
• Be on time
• Help your student understand course content – don’t complete their assignments for them.
• Cancel your session at least 24 hours in advance if you cannot attend. If you cancel more than 3 times per academic year without 24-hour notice we may remove you from our database.
• Only book 1-on-1 tutoring sessions. Group tutoring must be authorized in advance by Student Accessibility and Achievement.
• Keep an eye on time: don’t feel pressured to go beyond the agreed upon time.
• Ask for payment at the end of each session (subsidized students need only submit the Confirm a Tutoring Session form, non-subsidized students pay you directly).
• Let us know if you can’t take additional students.

Non-subsidized tutoring:

The student will pay you directly at the end of each session.

Subsidized tutoring:

1. Take the last 5 minutes of your session to ask the student to complete the Confirm a Tutoring Session form.
2. Submit your hours in Workday (do a separate entry for each subsidized student; include their name and subject code in the comments section).

Having trouble with Workday?

• Make sure you're connected to McGill's VPN if you're not on campus.
• Click on the Enter Time button at the bottom of the screen.
• Select Enter Time.
• Enter your In and Out times
• You can toggle between all days of the week in the top menu bar.