Part Time Title Tutor @ Heritage Christian School Reading And Math Grades 6-8

This position is Part-Time, 29 hours per week, 40 weeks, $31.72 per hour

This position is for the 2024-25 school year only - grant funded

Proper certification in the grade level and content area required

Position: Part-Time Title Tutor

Reports to: Building Principal

Employment Status: Regular/Part-Time

Description: Provide tutorial services for students in grades 6-8, ELA, within the district

NOTE: The below lists are not ranked in order of importance

Essential Functions:

• Ensure safety of students

• Tutor in subject area assigned and evaluate the students using sound instructional practices

• Effectively manage individual student behavior to maintain a good learning environment

• Prepare clear and timely lesson plans

• Evaluate student subject level

• Maintain accurate, complete and correct records as required

• Provide guidance and counsel to the students which will promote their welfare and their proper educational development

• Attend parent/teacher conferences

• Counsel with colleagues, students and parents

• Attend educational field trips

• Distribute homework assignments

• Ensure students are learning all subject material by testing or quizzing on a regular basis

• Provide complete lesson plans for substitute

• Make provisions for being available to students and parents for educational-related purposes outside the instruction day

• Maintain and improve professional competence

• Establish and maintain cooperative relationships with parents through effective use of interim reports, report cards and conferences

• Tutor students in the locations and at the times designated

• Assess the accomplishments of students on a regular basis and provide progress reports as required

• Refer students suspected of learning disabilities for diagnosis on a regular basis, seeking the assistance of district specialists as required

• Assist the administration in implementing all procedures and rules governing student life and conduct, and develop reasonable rules of classroom behavior and procedure for the classroom, and maintain order in the classroom in a fair and just manner

• Notify parents if student is not meeting classroom goals

• Follow the scope and sequence of the instructional program as defined in the content standards which have been approved by the Board of Education

• Take all necessary and reasonable precautions to protect students, equipment, materials and facilities

• Demonstrate knowledge of subject matter and present clear, complete, and accurate explanations utilizing a variety of instructional techniques and media suitable to the level of learners

• Act as teacher, facilitator and information source in subject area specialty

• Teach new concepts and facilitate different activities enabling students to learn in different ways

• Participate on building "teams" when requested and agreed upon

• Organize various subject-specific programs within assigned building, e.g., Right to Read Week

• Make contacts with the public with tact and diplomacy

• Maintain respect at all times for confidential information, e.g., home and discipline situations, medical background and family history

• Interact in a positive manner with staff, students and parents

• Promote good public relations by personal appearance, attitude and conversation

• Attend meetings and in-services as required by Principal

Other Duties and Responsibilities:

• Perform other duties as assigned by the Building Principal

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree (B.A.) from an accredited institution of higher learning

• Proper certification in the grade level and content area required

• Alternatives to the above qualification as the Superintendent and/or Board of Education may find appropriate

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Knowledge of academic area and teaching methodology

• Basic knowledge of all other subject matter

• Ability to work effectively with others

• Ability to communicate ideas and directives clearly and effectively both orally and in writing

• Effective, active listening skills

• Organizational and problem solving skills

• Experience working with children

• Training in varied instructional methods

• Basic computer skills

• Excellent reading comprehension

Equipment Operated:

• CCSD Technology

• Overhead projector

• Computer

• Copy machine

• Calculator

• Camcorder

• Telephone

Additional Working Conditions:

• Occasional requirement to travel daily and overnight

• Occasional interaction among unruly children

• Occasional exposure to blood, bodily fluids and tissue

• Frequent requirement to sit, stand, walk, talk, hear, see, read, speak, reach, stretch with hands and arms, crouch, kneel, climb, and stoop

• Frequent operation of a vehicle in inclement weather conditions, i.e., being prepared to come to work on all scheduled work days, except calamity days

• Weekend/evening/summer work

• Requirement to lift and/or carry up to a maximum of 50 pounds, and push/pull up to a maximum of 100 pounds, various supplies and/or equipment

This job description is subject to change and in no manner states or implies that these are the only duties and responsibilities to be performed by the incumbent. The incumbent will be required to follow the instructions and perform the duties required by the incumbent's supervisor, appointing authority.