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About the Role
As an Tutor at Tutor Me Education, you’ll provide personalized, one-on-one tutoring to students with special needs in their homes. You will be responsible for helping students with daily activities, offering moral support, and delivering tailored instruction based on their Individualized Education Plan (IEP).
Responsibilities
- Provide individualized instruction in foundational literacy, including letter recognition, phonemic awareness, phonics, and early decoding
- Support development of early writing skills through tracing, guided practice, and fine motor activities
- Deliver math instruction focused on early numeracy skills, including counting, number recognition, and simple operations
- Use visual supports, gestures, repetition, and step-by-step modeling to support understanding
- Incorporate alternative communication methods (e.g., Google Translate, visuals) to support comprehension and expression
- Implement highly structured, predictable sessions with consistent routines
- Adapt grade-level material to an accessible, foundational level
- Incorporate multisensory activities to reinforce learning and retention
- Use student interests (e.g., computer games, pets) to increase engagement and motivation
- Provide a calm, supportive, and patient learning environment
- Monitor progress and adjust instruction based on student responsiveness
- Communicate regularly with caregivers regarding progress and strategies
Requirements
- Valid teaching credential (Special Education strongly preferred)
- Bilingual in English and Arabic (preferred)
- Experience working with students with intellectual and learning disabilities
- Experience supporting nonverbal or minimally verbal students using alternative communication methods
- Strong background in foundational literacy instruction, including phonemic awareness, phonics, and sight words
- Experience teaching early math skills such as number recognition, counting, and basic operations
- Knowledge of fine motor development and early writing instruction (tracing, letter formation)
- Skilled in using multisensory, visual, and highly structured teaching strategies
- Patient, consistent, and able to provide repetitive instruction with clear modeling
- Ability to adapt instruction significantly to meet early developmental learning levels
Skills
- Foundational literacy instruction
- Phonemic awareness
- Phonics
- Sight word instruction
- Early math instruction
- Number recognition
- Counting
- Basic math operations
- Fine motor development knowledge
- Early writing instruction
- Multisensory teaching strategies
- Visual teaching strategies
- Highly structured teaching strategies
- Patience
- Consistency
- Repetitive instruction with clear modeling
- Instruction adaptation for early developmental learning levels
- Alternative communication methods
Location
- South San Francisco, CA
Work Type
- In-person
- Part-time
Experience Level
- Experience working with students with intellectual and learning disabilities
- Experience supporting nonverbal or minimally verbal students
- Strong background in foundational literacy instruction
- Experience teaching early math skills
Education Level
- Valid teaching credential
- Special Education credential (preferred)
Salary/Compensations
- Hourly rate: $25 - $35
Benefits
- Performance-Based Pay Incentives
- Voluntary retirement program
- Referral program
- Flexible schedule
About the Company
- Revolutionizing student learning
- Provides 1:1 in-home tutoring
- Dedicated to providing a nurturing, supportive environment for students
- Offers meaningful tutoring opportunities that make a lasting impact in communities
Equal Opportunity
- Tutor Me Education is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to diversity and inclusion.
- Does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or veteran status.
- Encourages candidates from all backgrounds to apply.
- Committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where every team member feels valued, respected, and empowered.
- Believes diversity drives innovation and is essential for success.