Experienced Teacher (Part-time Tutor)

Job Description

Job Description

Teacher Tutors is hiring a part-time Tutor to join our team on a flexible basis. This role is ideal for tutors with strong subject-matter backgrounds who want to work one-on-one with motivated students. Supporting students from Kindergarten - College Level in the subject areas you are most confident tutoring.

You'll work with students across a range of levels and goals: elementary, middle school, high school honors/regular, AP, college-level coursework. Sessions take place in students' homes or at our Livingston, NJ office. This is an in-person role, not an online-only position. We do our best to match families to tutors based on your preferred travel radius. You tell us how far you're willing to drive, and we work within that.

Responsibilities

• Deliver one-on-one tutoring sessions tailored to each student's course, instructor's expectations, and learning goals.
• Plan lessons and prepare materials (practice sets, review guides, skill-building exercises, exam-style questions, and structured exam-prep schedules as test dates approach).
• Build students' fluency with core skills and concepts in the subject area you will be tutoring, and their ability to move between different ways of understanding and applying the same material.
• Track progress across sessions and adjust pacing, materials, and difficulty based on what's working.
• Submit a short session note after each tutoring session and flag concerns to our Director early.
• Communicate clearly and warmly with parents.
• Contribute to our team's shared practice: share what's working, ask questions, and help us keep raising the bar.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or a closely related field. Master's or PhD candidates are welcome.
• Demonstrated mastery of at the level(s) you'll be tutoring, with the ability to scale up to more advanced coursework.
• Tutoring, TA, or classroom teaching experience (formal or informal) with students at the relevant grade levels.
• Working familiarity with the relevant curriculum standards or exam frameworks (e.g., state standards, AP course frameworks) and the common areas where students struggle.
• Strong communication skills and the patience to work with students who may arrive frustrated, anxious, or burned out after a rough test or assignment.
• Ability to plan individualized sessions and adapt in real time when a planned approach isn't landing, including explaining the same concept in multiple ways until it clicks.

• Availability for afternoon, evening, or weekend hours during the school year, with extra capacity around exam season and finals.
• Comfort with educational technology.
• Reliable transportation and a valid driver's license for in-home sessions.

Preferred

• A track record of strong outcomes with students in the subjects and levels you will be tutoring (e.g., grade improvement, test score gains).
• Background or experience that allows you to support advanced or specialized coursework within your subject.
• Familiarity with the major textbooks or curricula commonly used in the courses you'd support, so you can meet students inside the framework their teacher or professor is using.
• Real-world or professional experience (academic, industry, or research) that helps you make abstract concepts concrete.
• Bilingual (Spanish, Mandarin, or other languages common in the communities we serve).

Benefits

Compensation & employment status

• Pay range: $40 - $50/hour, based on degree and experience
• W-2 (default): Most part-time tutors join as W-2 employees. Teacher Tutors handles payroll, taxes, and provides liability coverage during sessions.
• 1099 (optional): Tutors who prefer 1099 contractor status are welcome, provided they carry their own professional liability insurance and operate through a registered LLC. Documentation will be requested during onboarding.

Coverage area

We serve families across northern New Jersey, with most in-home sessions concentrated in Essex, Morris, Union, and Bergen counties. When you join, you'll let us know your preferred travel radius from home, and we'll match you with students within that range.