ACT English Tutor

Varsity Tutors, a Nerdy Company; Surrey; On-site; CAD 46,000 - 77,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly pay

Remote tutoring

Flexible hours

AI Tutor Copilot support

Invoices handled

No commuting

Job summary

Varsity Tutors offers online ACT English tutoring to students nationwide. Tutors set their own schedule, earn competitive rates, and work from home. Instructors are matched with students and supported by AI tools to enhance session quality.

Role emphasizes strong grammar knowledge, teaching strategies, and adaptability to different learning styles. Instructors are paid weekly and can invoice for sessions conducted.

Qualifications

• Advanced grammar and rhetoric mastery with ability to explain rules.
• Experience teaching ACT English strategies and editing approaches.
• Ability to adapt instruction to individual learner needs.

Responsibilities

• Provide 1-on-1 online ACT English tutoring sessions.
• Deliver on-demand tutoring when available.
• Support student test readiness and score improvement.

Skills

Grammar mastery

Rhetoric mastery

Editing strategies

Test strategy

Adaptive instruction

Strong communication

Tools

AI Tutor Copilot

Job description

About The Job

The Varsity Tutors Live Learning Platform has thousands of students looking for online ACT English tutors nationally. As a tutor on the Varsity Tutors Platform, you'll have the flexibility to set your own schedule, earn competitive rates, and make a real impact on students' scores and test readiness. All from the comfort of your home.

About The Job

The Varsity Tutors Live Learning Platform has thousands of students looking for online ACT English tutors nationally. As a tutor on the Varsity Tutors Platform, you'll have the flexibility to set your own schedule, earn competitive rates, and make a real impact on students' scores and test readiness. All from the comfort of your home.

Why Join Our Platform?

• Earn incrementally higher pay for each session with the same student, reaching up to $40/hour.
• Get paid up to twice per week, ensuring fast and reliable compensation for the tutoring sessions you conduct and invoice.
• Set your own hours and tutor as much as you'd like.
• Tutor remotely using our purpose-built Live Learning Platform. No commuting required.
• Get matched with students best-suited to your teaching style and expertise.
• Our AI-powered Tutor Copilot enhances your sessions with real-time instructional support, lesson generation, and engagement features, helping you save prep time and focus on impactful teaching.
• We handle the logistics—you just invoice for your tutoring sessions, and we take care of payments.

What We Look For In a ACT English Tutor

• Advanced Grammar & Rhetoric Mastery: Deep knowledge of standard English conventions (punctuation, grammar, sentence structure), production of writing (topic development, organization), and knowledge of language (word choice, style, tone). Ability to explain comma rules, subject-verb agreement, modifier placement, transition effectiveness, and rhetorical strategy for 75 questions in 45 minutes.
• Strategic Editing & Reasoning Skills: Skilled at teaching systematic error identification, conciseness principles, and rhetorical question strategies. Guides students through passage organization, sentence addition/deletion decisions, tone consistency, and parallel structure. Emphasizes reading for grammar errors first, then rhetorical effectiveness, with fast pacing strategies for time management.
• Test Strategy & Adaptive Instruction: Familiar with ACT English question types, common grammar traps (comma splices, fragments, wordiness), and passage difficulty progression. Adapts instruction using grammar drills, rhetorical analysis practice, and edited passages to build recognition speed. Requires minimum ACT English score of 31 and experience improving language arts subscores efficiently.
• Effective Teaching Methods: Ability to identify concepts students commonly struggle with, explain material using multiple approaches, and adapt instruction to meet individual learning needs and styles.
• Strong communication skills and a friendly, engaging teaching style.
• Ability to adapt to different learning styles and student needs.

Ways To Connect With Students

• 1-on-1 Online Tutoring - Provide personalized instruction to individual students.
• Instant Tutoring - Accept on-demand tutoring requests whenever you're available.

About Varsity Tutors And 1-on-1 Online Tutoring

Our mission is to transform the way people learn by leveraging advanced technology, AI, and the latest in learning science to create personalized learning experiences. Through 1-on-1 Online Tutoring, students receive customized instruction that helps them achieve their learning goals. Our platform is designed to match students with the right tutors, fostering better outcomes and a passion for learning.

Please note: Varsity Tutors does not contract in: Alaska, California, Colorado, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia or Puerto Rico.