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Tutor Name

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Dear Tutor Name:

I am pleased to have learned that you were offered and have accepted an hourly appointment as a Tutor in the enter hiring department name for student enter student’s names.

The effective dates for your appointment are enter dates here, with hourly compensation of $25.00 funded through the SPH Dean’s Office Tutoring Funds. Eligibility for this appointment is contingent on you continuing to meet enrollment requirements as outlined at https://hr.uw.edu/comp/student-employees/. This appointment is for a maximum of enter number here session hours across no more than six sessions. Upon the acceptance and for the duration of this enter duration –quarterly, etc. appointment, you will be compensated solely by the University of Washington.

The responsibilities of your appointment involve tutoring the student with the goal of improving performance in Enter Course Name Here. You should meet Enter Weekly Session Rate Here hour(s) per week with the above-named student at a mutually agreeable time and location. You are expected to arrive at these meetings on time and to use the entire session to help the student with their studies for the specified class or examination. Continuation of the position is contingent upon acceptable performance of your duties.

It is your responsibility to track your session to ensure that you do not exceed the hours of the appointment. If you feel that you may exceed the hours authorized in this offer letter, you must contact your hiring department of authorization prior to that occurring. Such authorization will be contingent upon available funding and/or your status with your allowable hourly allotment per quarter (not to exceed 219 hours.)

While employed as a tutor by the University of Washington, you may not accept payment directly from students in exchange for these tutoring services. This appointment does not provide a tuition waiver or eligibility for GAIP insurance.

With this appointment, you will be classified as an Academic Service Employee (ASE), an appointment that is governed by the contract between the University of Washington and GSEAC/UAW. The contract can be found at the following website: https://hr.uw.edu/labor/unions/uaw/contract. Both you and the University of Washington are bound by the terms of the contract, and I encourage you to familiarize yourself with its provisions. At the same time, you will not be asked to join the UAW as this hourly appointment does not meet the requirements for representation.

It is important that you respond to this letter as soon as possible by email to Enter Department Contact Email so that your appointment may be processed in a timely manner. Please return a signed copy of this offer as soon as possible by mail, hand delivery, fax or scanned email attachment to Enter Department Contact information, as you may not begin tutoring until the appointment is entered in the payroll system. A signed copy of this letter will be placed in your personnel file together with your acceptance correspondence, and I encourage you to keep a copy of all documentation for your own records as well.

If you have questions, please contact Enter Appropriate Contact Information Here.

Sincerely,

Your Name/Title

Student signature confirms acceptance of the terms of this appointment:

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