[Hiring] Tutor Educator @Ignite Reading

Role Description

Ignite Reading is hiring Tutor Educators to join our certification program and tutor students throughout the academic year. Our Tutor Educators conduct daily, one-on-one virtual tutoring sessions lasting 15 minutes with the same students, five days a week, focusing on foundational reading skills.

Please note that we cannot consider applicants who reside in California, Illinois, Iowa, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota, South Dakota, Seattle or the District of Columbia. Additionally, candidates who spend 51% or more of their time living and working outside of the United States are also ineligible. Finally, candidates must be eligible to work within the United States, successfully pass a background check, complete fingerprinting when required by Ignite Reading partners, and pass a sexual misconduct and former employment verification check.

Through our PAID training course in the Science of Reading Instruction, our Tutor Educators master instructional skills and teaching best practices grounded in research.

Qualifications

• Complete a 7-week Tutor Training Program.
• Commit to a minimum of 3+ hours of consistent daily availability to provide high-quality, high-dosage tutoring to students.
• Navigate virtual platforms and personal computer hardware and software (including toggling between multiple screens and tabs).
• Positively receive and then implement feedback.
• Cultivate trusting, meaningful relationships with students and peers.
• Focus on outcomes and student learning with high attention to detail.
• Complete and meet deadlines for all ongoing coursework.
• Approach each day of tutoring excited to work with students and hold promises sacred.
• Practice empathy and understanding, hold high expectations for students, and never give up on them.
• Arrive on time for all tutoring sessions and maintain strong attendance.
• Fulfill all duties associated with the role while representing the Ignite Reading program with professionalism.
• Deliver Ignite Reading’s curriculum with fidelity and record student data.
• Meet performance standards for attendance, punctuality, instruction, and student growth and learning.
• Bilingual individuals who speak Spanish or other languages are strongly encouraged to apply.

Requirements

• Complete a 7-week Tutor Training Program that includes 3 weeks of tutoring (concurrent with training).
• Training runs Monday - Friday, 5 days a week, for the entirety of the Tutor Training Program.
• Commit to 2-hour classes daily, plus a minimum of 1 hour of tutoring daily during the practicum.
• Attend live, synchronous classes up to 3 days a week and complete asynchronous learning 2 days a week.
• Attendance at live courses requires being on camera, in a stable location, and with strong internet.
• Meeting deadlines for asynchronous courses is mandatory for the entirety of the 7-week program.
• Provide a minimum of 3 hours a day of availability between 8:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. ET for tutoring.

Benefits

• Tutors are paid $17.50 per hour while successfully completing the training program.
• After graduating from Tutor Training, tutors begin earning $20 per hour.

Company Description

Ignite Reading is a mission-driven public benefit corporation focused on solving America’s education crisis by delivering one-to-one virtual tutoring that teaches foundational reading skills.

We believe in building and fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.