Remedial / Support English Tutor
Simone's Tutoring
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Job summary
Simone's Tutoring is seeking an experienced Remedial English Tutor to deliver targeted literacy intervention for learners needing extra English support. You will work with children, teens and adults with gaps in literacy, providing diagnostic assessments, personalised intervention plans, and structured instruction to improve confidence and academic progress.
This role complements school learning and does not replace specialist clinical services, with a focus on safeguarding and collaboration
Qualifications
- Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Education, English, Literacy, Special Education, Primary Education, Applied Linguistics, or a related field.
- MOHRE Tutor Permit or eligibility to obtain.
- 3+ years' experience teaching English or literacy intervention.
- Strong knowledge of evidence-based literacy instruction.
- Excellent spoken and written English.
Responsibilities
- Conduct diagnostic literacy assessments within an educational scope.
- Identify learning gaps and develop personalised intervention plans.
- Deliver one-to-one and small-group remedial English sessions.
- Teach phonological awareness, phonics, vocabulary, grammar, spelling, reading fluency, comprehension, and written expression.
- Support sentence construction, paragraph writing, and academic writing skills.
- Reinforce classroom learning using differentiated instruction.
- Adapt lessons for learners with dyslexia, ADHD, language delays, EAL, or other educational needs within the tutor's qualifications.
- Build confidence, motivation, and positive learning habits.
- Monitor learner progress through ongoing formative assessment.
- Provide regular feedback and home support strategies to parents.
- Collaborate with schools, SEN departments, and multidisciplinary professionals where appropriate.
- Refer families to appropriately qualified professionals when concerns extend beyond educational intervention.
- Maintain safeguarding, confidentiality, and professional boundaries.
Skills
Education
Job description
Workspace
Online (remote)
Student's home
Tutor's home (where approved)
Schools (where contracted)
Community venues (where applicable)
We are seeking an experienced and compassionate Remedial / Support English Tutorto provide targeted literacy intervention for learners requiring additional support in English language development.
The successful candidate will work with children, teenagers, and adults who are performing below expected academic levels due to learning gaps, interrupted education, English as an Additional Language (EAL), learning differences, or other educational needs. The tutor will provide structured, personalised instruction to strengthen foundational literacy skills while building confidence, independence, and academic success.
This role complements school learning and does not replace specialist clinical services where these are required.
- Conduct diagnostic literacy assessments within an educational scope
- Identify learning gaps and develop personalised intervention plans
- Deliver one-to-one and small-group remedial English sessions
- Teach phonological awareness, phonics, vocabulary, grammar, spelling, reading fluency, comprehension, and written expression
- Support sentence construction, paragraph writing, and academic writing skills
- Reinforce classroom learning using differentiated instruction
- Adapt lessons for learners with dyslexia, ADHD, language delays, EAL, or other educational needs within the tutor's qualifications
- Build confidence, motivation, and positive learning habits
- Monitor learner progress through ongoing formative assessment
- Provide regular feedback and home support strategies to parents
- Collaborate with schools, SEN departments, and multidisciplinary professionals where appropriate
- Refer families to appropriately qualified professionals when concerns extend beyond educational intervention
- Maintain safeguarding, confidentiality, and professional boundaries
- Bachelor's degree in Education, English, Literacy, Special Education, Primary Education, Applied Linguistics, or a related field
- MOHRE Tutor Permit or eligibility to obtain
- Minimum 3 years' experience teaching English or literacy intervention
- Strong knowledge of evidence-based literacy instruction
- Excellent spoken and written English
- Master's degree in Literacy, Reading Education, Special Education, or a related discipline
- PGCE, B.Ed., QTS, or recognised teaching qualification
- Training in structured literacy, Science of Reading, Orton-Gillingham, or recognised remedial reading programmes
- Experience supporting EAL learners
- Experience in international schools or specialist learning-support settings
- Experience working with learners with mild to moderate learning differences
Tutors providing remedial English instruction must hold a valid MOHRE Tutor Permit or equivalent work authorisation before providing private educational services.
Applicants must not diagnose learning disorders or provide regulated healthcare services unless separately licensed and legally authorised under UAE law.
- Own UAE Employment Visa
- Green Visa
- Freelance Permit
- Dependent Visa with legal work eligibility
- Any other valid UAE work authorisation
- 3+ years teaching remedial English or literacy intervention
- Experience developing personalised intervention programmes
- Experience supporting struggling readers and writers
- Experience working with learners across different curricula
- Experience collaborating with parents and schools
- Experience monitoring learner progress through evidence-based assessment
- Literacy intervention
- Reading instruction
- Writing intervention
- Vocabulary development
- Structured literacy
- Differentiated instruction
- Academic English
- Progress monitoring
- Parent coaching
- Learner motivation
- Safeguarding
- Professional ethics
- Competitive hourly rates
- Opportunity to support learners across multiple international curricula
- Collaborative multidisciplinary team
- Opportunity to make a lasting impact on learners' literacy, confidence, and academic achievement
Simone's Tutoring is a premium home-based educational support company providing tutoring, learning support, early intervention, special educational needs support, therapy partnerships, coaching, and holistic wellbeing services across Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman and Al Ain. We deliver personalised, child-centred services in students' homes, online, and in schools while collaborating with qualified professionals from multiple disciplines.
Simone's Tutoring is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all professionals. We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds, nationalities, and experience levels.
Compensation
- Earn 60% commission on all checked-in, completed, and fully paid student lessons and packages.
- Commission is calculated after the student's payment has been received by Simone's Tutoring.
- Payments are processed monthly.
- Tutors are engaged as independent contractors and manage their own tax and visa obligations.
- Additional earnings may be available through workshops, holiday programmes, group classes, and corporate training opportunities.
Compensation
- Earn 60% commission on all checked-in, completed, and fully paid student lessons and packages.
- Commission is calculated after the student's payment has been received by Simone's Tutoring.
- Payments are processed monthly.
- Tutors are engaged as independent contractors and manage their own tax and visa obligations.
- Additional earnings may be available through workshops, holiday programmes, group classes, and corporate training opportunities.
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