Math Instructor/Tutor

Formal Title: Mathnasium Instructor

Position Summary:

The Mathnasium Instructor is responsible for delivering mathematical instruction to students using the Mathnasium Method. The Instructor is committed to providing exceptional customer service through an expert approach that is personal and prescriptive, attending to each individual student’s needs. The Instructor builds students’ confidence and self-esteem through successful encounters and interactions with carefully selected materials. The Instructor works as part of a team and operates in a team teaching environment where collaboration and communication ensure all student needs are addressed. The Mathnasium Instructor is the backbone of Mathnasium’s customer service by delivering exceptional math instruction for students.

Role:

• Teach through Mathnasium methodology and terminology, using prescribed teaching practices
• Actively encourage, motivate, and engage with students during the instructional session
• Evaluate and document student progress
• Correct student work and provide positive, constructive feedback
• Maintain student attention and re-engage distracted students
• Manage student behavior to create a positive environment that optimizes learning
• Communicate student needs to center leadership and to instructional staff in a team teaching environment
• Assist in non-teaching tasks, which may include cleaning, administrative assistance, curriculum preparation, or other duties as assigned

Characteristics:

• Strong math Skills:

Instructors must be passionate about math and have strong skills through Algebra I. Instructors who work with high school students must also excel in math through Algebra II, Trig, and higher math topics. Instructors must be willing to successfully complete training and apply our Mathnasium way of instructing.

• Engaging:

Instructors must interact well with students and be able to instruct students clearly and concisely. Sense of humor and warm personality are big plusses! Instructors should be able to inspire students to do well, establish a fun learning environment, and consistently demonstrate enthusiasm in teaching math. Instructors should also be able to build strong relationships with students in order to keep them engaged with work.

• Facilitator:

Instructors must move easily from one student to another and be able to keep track of multiple instructional lessons that happen concurrently. Instructors must be able to evaluate and document progress in order to facilitate student learning. Instructors must also be able to correct work and provide students constructive feedback using positive reinforcement techniques that bolster confidence with math.

• Professional:

Instructors must interact with parents, students, and co-workers in a friendly but professional manner at all times, and establish a high level of confidence and program value with Mathnasium families. Instructors must also be a role model for students, demonstrating the capabilities and competence that math can bring.

Tasks Performed:

• Teach mathematical concepts to students
• Monitor student performance and assist students in a learning center environment
• Utilize multiple instruction methodologies, such as team teaching
• Actively search the room to respond to raised hands from students in order to answer their questions, grade their work, and address any concerns
• Provide feedback to students using positive reinforcement techniques to encourage, motivate, and build confidence in them
• Monitor student behavior and intervene when appropriate to address any behavioral concerns or redirect attention back to course work
• Be reliable, responsible, and dependable in fulfilling assigned duties and obligations
• Grade and correct student assignments to provide feedback to students
• Assign students’ binder material during their sessions
• Work with team members to ensure all students in the center have their instruction needs met
• Monitor and assess current self-performance to make improvements; take corrective actions in order to become a better instructor
• Be honest and ethical in interactions with customers
• Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among students
• Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs and interests
• Assist students with math homework
• Manage students’ time while they are at the center
• Participate in training and development sessions to improve instruction practices or learn new instruction techniques
• Assess students' progress throughout instruction sessions
• Verbally check in with students at the beginning of and during their sessions
• Clean center tables, chairs, bathroom, trash, and/or other center areas as directed
• Use manipulatives (objects) to teach students math
• Report to Center Director, Assistance Center Directors, and/or Lead Instructors, to receive instruction/work
• Communicate with team members via email, phone, and in person
• Provide private instruction to individual and/or small groups of students to improve academic performance

The Mathnasium Mission
Teach children math so they understand it, master it, and love it.
Math can change their lives, and they can change the world.
Mathnasium makes math make sense, building children's confidence and a deep understanding and lifelong love of mathematics. With more than 1,000 locations on four continents, our franchised and company-owned learning centers provide tutoring from pre-K through high school.
The Mathnasium Method™ increases a child's math competency and improves their lives by opening the doors to higher education, greater career opportunities, and a better future. It is in that sense that we aim to change the world ... one child at a time.
Our teaching method, the Mathnasium Method™, is the life’s work of Larry Martinek, Mathnasium’s Chief Instructional Officer and a teacher and math teaching consultant in the Los Angeles area for more than 35 years. The Mathnasium Method™ uses a time-tested, customized program which stems from a unique assessment to identify what students need to improve their math skills. We offer personalized instruction, proprietary worksheets, and games to build Number Sense and provide a fun and supportive environment in which children can learn and practice math.