Ymca Reads! Program Tutor

The YMCA READS! Program is an exciting literacy/mentoring initiative for kindergarten through fifth-grade students, taking place at Pinellas County Schools throughout St. Petersburg, FL. The program uses curriculum-based literacy instruction to help struggling readers in areas of phonetics, sight word recognition, spelling, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.

As a tutor, you would provide assistance and support to the program coordinator during YMCA Reads! hours to ensure that outlined program goals and procedures are being achieved.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Assists in student supervision, help maintain order, and positively reinforce "good choices" when appropriate.

• Assists students to and from the restroom.

• Assists coordinator in picking up and dropping off students around the school.

• Oversees and ensures that mandatory procedures are being followed when parents or guardian are picking up students.

• Maintains necessary paper work: testing, volunteer and student sign in and out logs.

• Required to teach basic reading skills using lessons developed by the YREADS Coordinator using all curricula.

• Attends required abuse risk management training.

• Follows mandated abuse reporting requirements.

• Adheres to job specific abuse risk management responsibilities.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Must be 16 years or older

• Desire or interest in learning about literacy intervention

• Experience working with children in an educational environment

• Compassion and empathy for struggling readers

• Tutoring experience strongly preferred

After school hours, 4 days per week. Approximately 15 hours per week. $12-13/hour with excellent benefits including retirement savings and child care before/after school upon meeting eligibility requirements. Free individual YMCA membership for employee and discount for family. Pre-employment drug screen and clear background check required.