Remote Phonics Specialist Tutor for Early Readers

Simone's Tutoring; Dubai; On-site; AED 40,000 - 70,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

60% commission on lessons

Job summary

Simone's Tutoring in Dubai seeks a dedicated Phonics Specialist Tutor to help young learners build early literacy through explicit, evidence-informed phonics, delivering personalised lessons online and in homes across Dubai.

You will assess literacy skills, develop intervention programmes, and teach phonemic awareness, blending, decoding, and high-frequency words using multisensory, structured approaches; experience with EAL, British/IB curricula preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Education or related field.
• MOHRE Tutor Permit or eligibility to obtain.
• Minimum 2 years' experience in early literacy or phonics instruction.
• Solid knowledge of systematic synthetic phonics and structured literacy methods.
• Excellent command of English, both spoken and written.

Responsibilities

• Assess learners' early literacy skills and phonological awareness.
• Develop personalised phonics intervention programmes.
• Deliver one-to-one and small-group phonics instruction.
• Teach phonemic awareness, letter-sound correspondence, blending, segmenting, decoding, encoding, and high-frequency words.
• Support reading fluency, spelling, vocabulary, and comprehension.
• Use multisensory, systematic, and cumulative teaching approaches.
• Adapt lessons to different learning profiles and developmental stages.
• Support learners following British, American, IB PYP, UAE MOE, and other curricula.
• Monitor progress through ongoing assessment and observation.
• Provide practical home-reading and phonics strategies for parents.
• Collaborate with classroom teachers and learning-support specialists.

Skills

Systematic synthetic phonics

Phonemic awareness

Early literacy

Reading intervention

Structured literacy

Multisensory teaching

Blending and segmenting

Decoding and encoding

Reading fluency

Vocabulary development

Parent coaching

Learner assessment

Progress monitoring

Safeguarding

Child-centred instruction

Education

Bachelor's degree in Education, Early Childhood Education, Primary Education, Literacy, Reading, Special Education, or a related field

MOHRE Tutor Permit or eligibility to obtain

2+ years' experience teaching early literacy or phonics

Strong knowledge of systematic synthetic phonics and structured literacy principles

Excellent spoken and written English

Job description

Simone's Tutoring in Dubai seeks a dedicated Phonics Specialist Tutor to help young learners build early literacy through explicit, evidence-informed phonics, delivering personalised lessons online and in homes across Dubai.

You will assess literacy skills, develop intervention programmes, and teach phonemic awareness, blending, decoding, and high-frequency words using multisensory, structured approaches; experience with EAL, British/IB curricula preferred.