ACT Writing Tutor

Varsity Tutors, a Nerdy Company; Winnipeg; On-site; CAD 63,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible scheduling

Remote tutoring

Competitive pay up to $40/hour

Fast payouts

Job summary

Varsity Tutors is seeking online ACT Writing tutors to reach students nationwide. You set your own schedule, earn competitive rates, and work from home using our Live Learning Platform. The role offers flexibility, incremental pay, and reliable invoicing with payments up to twice per week.

Ideal tutors have deep ACT Writing knowledge, skill in outlining, perspective analysis, and rubric-based feedback. A strong, engaging teaching style helps diverse learners prepare for high scores.

Qualifications

• Deep knowledge of ACT Writing format and scoring rubric.
• Ability to teach rapid outline construction and time management.
• Familiarity with rubric-based feedback and practice prompts.
• Ability to identify concepts students struggle with and explain them.
• Strong communication and engaging teaching style.

Responsibilities

• Provide 1-on-1 online tutoring sessions.
• Offer on-demand tutoring when available.
• Deliver personalized instruction through our Live Learning Platform.

Skills

Advanced test mastery

Strategic test-taking

Curriculum awareness

Effective teaching methods

Strong communication

Adapt to learning styles

Job description

About The Job

The Varsity Tutors Live Learning Platform has thousands of students looking for online ACT Writing 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 Writing Tutor

• Advanced Test Mastery: Deep knowledge of ACT Writing test format, essay scoring rubric including ideas and analysis, development and support, organization, and language use dimensions. Ability to explain how to evaluate multiple perspectives, develop a clear thesis, construct persuasive arguments with evidence, and demonstrate sophisticated language while preparing students for competitive ACT Writing scores.
• Strategic Test-Taking & Problem-Solving: Skilled at teaching rapid outline construction, perspective analysis techniques, and time management within the forty-minute writing window. Guides students through evaluating three given perspectives, developing a nuanced personal position, incorporating counterarguments, and writing cohesive conclusions under pressure. Emphasizes practicing timed essays and using specific examples to strengthen analytical argumentation.
• Curriculum Awareness & Adaptive Instruction: Familiar with ACT Writing scoring criteria and common challenges such as addressing all three perspectives, developing ideas beyond surface-level analysis, and maintaining organizational coherence. Adapts instruction using scored sample essays, rubric-based feedback, and targeted practice prompts. Requires minimum ACT score of 31 to support students seeking competitive writing subscores.
• 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.