Tutor

Tutor Position

Approved candidates are hired by Elkin City Schools to serve from mid September to mid May. This position would consist of 10 -20 hours/week. A tutor will work directly with the Administrator to administer tutoring sessions with students on a 1:1 or small group setting. Tutoring sessions focus on early literacy and Math skills, reinforcing lessons introduced by teachers.

Responsibilities

• Remain an employee in good standing with partner school.
• Commit to tutoring students for the full duration of the program during school day hours.
• Build positive relationships with students, families and colleagues.

Early Literacy Instruction and Assessment

• Conduct 1:1 and/or small group sessions with students.
• Assist children to improve their reading and/or math skills and abilities.
• Maintain a weekly tutoring schedule for students
• Act on feedback and coaching from Administrators and/or Teachers
• Use materials and activities provided the school to reinforce literacy concepts introduced by the student's teachers
• Closely monitor students' progress, capturing and reporting data as assigned by the partner schools.

Communication

• Communicate with students in an age and developmentally appropriate way.
• Professionally communicate with the school leadership regarding student schedules, interventions and student progress.
• Act on constructive feedback provided by the corps member learning team.
• Build professional relationships with school staff to maintain good communication and ensure the integrity of the program.
• Ensure confidentiality of student information.

Attendance

• Meet job attendance requirements of assigned public school employers.
• Serve for a full cohort commitment, mid-September to mid-May.

Characteristics of an Ideal Candidate

Required

• High School Diploma
• Commitment to the mission and vision of North Carolina Education Corps
• Commit to roughly 25 weeks of service, September through May
• Must be 18 years of age or older by your start date
• Must be either a citizen, national, or lawful permanent resident alien of the United States
• Speak, read, and write English fluently, Spanish fluency preferred, but not required
• Interest in education, specifically helping young children develop early literacy and math skills
• Demonstrates genuine care for children and investment in their growth and development
• Flexible and keen ability to adapt. Displays teachable attitude
• Personal commitment to success of students and the mission of NCEC
• Dedication to community service
• Basic computer skills, including the ability to navigate online systems and email
• Attention to detail
• Organized, responsible, motivated and professional
• Excellent time management and decision-making skills
• Ability to work with diverse personalities; seeks to learn and understand while developing cultural awareness
• Ability to adapt to a sometimes challenging, evolving environment
• Strong personal standards of excellence, ethics, and integrity

Minimum Standards Required to Perform Responsibilities

Physical Requirements: Must be physically able to operate a variety of equipment including computers, copiers, calculators, etc. Must be physically able to operate a motor vehicle. Must be able to exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Light Work usually requires walking or standing to a significant degree.

Data Conception: Requires the ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable, functional, structural or composite characteristics (whether similar or divergent from obvious standards) of data, people or things.

Interpersonal Communication: Requires the ability to speak and/or signal people to convey or exchange information. Includes giving instructions, assignments or directions to subordinates or assistants.

Language Ability: Requires the ability to read a variety of correspondence, reports, forms, strategic plans, etc. Requires the ability to prepare correspondence, reports, forms, evaluations, budgets, etc., using prescribed formats and conforming to all rules of punctuation, grammar, diction, and style. Requires the ability to speak before groups of people with poise, voice control and confidence.

Intelligence: Requires the ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions;

Verbal Aptitude: Requires the ability to record and deliver information, to explain procedures, to follow oral and written instructions. Must be able to communicate effectively and efficiently in standard English.

Numerical Aptitude: Requires the ability to utilize mathematical formulas; to add and subtract; multiply and divide; utilize decimals and percentages; and to apply the principles of algebra, descriptive statistics and statistical inference.

Form/Spatial Aptitude: Requires the ability to inspect items for proper length, width and shape.

Motor Coordination: Requires the ability to coordinate hands and eyes rapidly and accurately in using office equipment.

Manual Dexterity: Requires the ability to handle a variety of items such as office equipment and hand tools. Must have minimal levels of eye/hand/foot coordination.

Color Discrimination: Does not require the ability to differentiate between colors and shades of color.

Interpersonal Temperament: Requires the ability to deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions. Must be adaptable to performing under stress and when confronted with emergency situations.

Physical Communication: Requires the ability to talk and hear: (Talking: expressing or exchanging ideas by means of spoken words. Hearing: perceiving nature of sounds by ear.) Must be able to communicate via telephone.