[Hiring] Hebrew Home Page Tutor @Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan

Role Description

The Center for Jewish Life within the Marlene Meyerson Jewish Community Center in Manhattan (the JCC) is seeking a highly organized, relationship-driven, and mission-oriented Hebrew Home Page Tutor to join our team of part-time virtual Hebrew reading tutors. This role is ideal for a thoughtful, organized, tech-savvy educator passionate about sharing their love of Hebrew with children, teens, and adults.

• Experience teaching students in grades 3-7.
• Certified to teach students with language-based learning challenges.
• Availability of between 2-25 hours per week.
• Experience teaching Hebrew reading, Prayerbook fluency, and Modern Hebrew conversation.
• Comfortable in a virtual, digital environment.
• Able to facilitate Zoom meetings, use Google Drive and Google Calendar, and learn new apps.
• Strong time management skills.
• Ability to foster connections with students and communicate clearly and reliably with parents.

Key Responsibilities

• Tutor three (3) or more 30-minute sessions per week from September through June.
• Manage a series of 24 sessions for each student on Google Calendar.
• Document each student's progress through accurate attendance and session reports each week, prepared following each session.
• Communicate with parents and Education Directors as needed.
• Follow the curriculum laid out by the Director of the Hebrew Home Page and participating Education Directors.
• Use materials provided by various Conservative and Reform synagogues to teach Prayerbook Fluency in various siddurim and with diverse liturgies.
• Connect with each student to foster growth in reading accuracy and fluency to help each student advance towards their goals in either leading prayers and/or Hebrew conversation.
• Facilitate connection and meaning-making so that each student develops a love of learning Hebrew.

Professional Development

• Tutors will attend professional development focused on differentiation of learning and student motivation.
• Tutors will set goals in their own growth and work towards achieving them.

Qualifications

• Fully fluent in speaking and writing Hebrew.
• Experience teaching or tutoring Hebrew.
• Minimum age of 18 years or older.
• Strong organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Experience in educating elementary and middle school students.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Comfort working in a flexible schedule, including evenings and weekends.
• Proficiency with Google Drive, Zoom, email, and other apps.

Work Schedule

• This is a part-time position. Tutors are often able to set their own schedules, assuming their availability matches that of students.

Work Location

• This is a fully remote position.

Salary

• The starting rate is $32 per hour with opportunities for increases with experience and longevity, as well as taking on more students.

To Apply

Please visit mmjccm.org/careers to apply. Please submit a cover letter and resume.