American Sign Language Tutor

Varsity Tutors, a Nerdy Company; Toronto; Remote; CAD 63,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible schedule

Remote work

Up to $40/hour

Job summary

Varsity Tutors is seeking American Sign Language tutors for its Live Learning Platform. You’ll set your schedule, earn competitive rates, and impact students’ academic success from home.

The role offers remote tutoring with flexible hours and the potential to earn up to $40/hour across national student requests. Join us to work with a purpose-built platform and our Tutor Copilot, which supports real-time instruction, session planning, and engagement features.

Qualifications

• Advanced Subject Mastery: Deep knowledge of ASL grammar and syntax, manual alphabet, number systems, classifiers, non-manual markers including facial expressions, spatial referencing, iconic and arbitrary signs, and Deaf culture and history.

Responsibilities

• 1-on-1 Online Tutoring: Provide personalized instruction to individual students.
• Instant Tutoring: Accept on-demand tutoring requests whenever you're available.
• Instruct using visual and kinesthetic methods to develop signing skills and comprehension.

Skills

ASL Mastery

Teaching & Problem-Solving

Curriculum Awareness

Effective Teaching

Strong Communication

Adaptive to Learning Styles

Tools

Live Learning Platform

Job description

About The Job

The Varsity Tutors Live Learning Platform has thousands of students looking for online American Sign Language 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' academic success and understanding. 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 American Sign Language Tutor

• Advanced Subject Mastery: Deep knowledge of ASL grammar and syntax, manual alphabet, number systems, classifiers, non-manual markers including facial expressions, spatial referencing, iconic and arbitrary signs, and Deaf culture and history. Ability to explain ASL sentence structure, topic-comment word order, and the role of facial grammar while preparing students for ASL proficiency assessments and Deaf community engagement.
• Conceptual Teaching & Problem-Solving: Skilled at teaching sign production, receptive comprehension, and ASL conversational skills through visual and kinesthetic methods. Guides students through finger-spelling practice, vocabulary expansion through thematic units, narrative construction using classifiers, and understanding non-manual grammatical markers. Emphasizes developing visual-spatial communication skills and connects ASL to Deaf culture, accessibility, and interpreting career pathways.
• Curriculum Awareness & Adaptive Instruction: Familiar with ASL curricula and common challenges such as developing non-manual marker fluency, understanding spatial grammar concepts, and building receptive speed. Adapts instruction using video modeling, interactive signing activities, and Deaf cultural content to support hearing students from beginning through advanced levels seeking language credit, interpreter training preparation, or personal communication skills.
• 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.