10/11/2025 Online Language A Tutor 2025-26

UWC Ad; Trieste/Trst; Hybride; EUR 15 000 - 18 000; Temps partiel

Résumé du poste

United World College of the Adriatic is seeking independent collaborators to provide online Language A: Literature tutoring for IB DP students. The role is self-employed, offering about 30 hours of direct online teaching distributed across two years, with compensation at 50 euros per hour.

Flexible scheduling from September 2025 to May 2026, with invoicing per the schedule. Candidates should have a teaching qualification and IB DP Language A: Literature experience, with strong oral and writing

Qualifications

• Teaching qualification in Language A: Literature.
• Experience in IBDP Language A: Literature teaching is preferred.
• Excellent oral and writing skills in the language of instruction.
• Experience working with 16–19-year-olds from diverse backgrounds.

Responsabilités

• Provide online tutoring support for IB DP Language A: Literature candidates.
• Share relevant materials and sample writings with students.
• Offer guidance for Paper 1 text analysis and Paper 2 essays.
• Provide feedback and grades for assessments as part of SSST coordination.

Connaissances

IB DP Language A: Literature teaching

Excellent oral & writing skills

Experience with youth 16–19

Online teaching tools

Formation

Teaching qualification

Description du poste

The College is looking for collaborators with IB DP teaching experience to fill the positions of online School-Supported Self-Taught Language A tutors.

The United World College of the Adriatic is an international school located in Duino, Italy, where 16-to-19-year-old students from over 80 countries engage in the study of the rigorous International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma programme. Exploring the cultural and linguistic wealth of the languages represented in the College is one of the key elements of the UWC Adriatic educational experience. This aligns with the philosophy championed by Kurt Hahn, the founder of the UWC movement.

Many of the candidates study literature in their best Language/mother tongue and are offered a course of instruction in the Literature in Translation part of the syllabus as well as assisted in the acquisition of the text-analysis, commentary and comparative essay-writing skills. To provide stronger support for the candidates, the College is looking for online Language A: Literature tutors.

We are currently looking for independent collaborators with IB DP teaching experience to fill the positions of Online School-Supported Self-Taught Language A tutors in many languages, among which: Slovenian, Danish, Dutch, Hindi, Japanese, Siswati and Slovak.

Position Duties and Responsibilities

The online Language A tutor is responsible for providing the candidate(s) with support, including the following:

• helping the student select a balanced booklist which meets all the IB requirements regarding the Prescribed List of Authors or compile an individual list in case of a Special Request Language A;
• sharing relevant text-related materials (for instance, notes, readings, critical articles, writing samples, interviews, etc.) with the candidate(s);
• providing professional advice on the preparation for and delivery of the Individual Oral;
• providing professional advice on writing Paper 1 text analysis and Paper 2 Essay; facilitating the development of text analysis, oral and written commentary as well as essay writing skills.
• providing feedback on a Paper 1 analysis, a Paper 2 Literature essay, a voluntary mock oral examination and the Trial Examination papers.
• providing grades for these assessments and predicted grades to the SSST coordinator.

Qualifications and requirements

• Preferably a teaching qualification and experience in IBDP Language A: Literature teaching;
• Excellent oral and writing skills in the language of instruction;
• Experience in working with youth aged 16-19 years old, coming from diverse backgrounds and environments;
• Computer with internet access to meet students virtually.

The Language A: Literature tutor will be offered a self-employed contract to include 30 hours of direct online contact teaching of the candidate or group of candidates (normally 2 to 3 people). The exact hour distribution is at the tutor’s discretion, but the recommended spread would be around 10 hours in the first-year, when the candidates have a more structured and regular school support through the Literature in Translation study classes, and around 20 hours in the second year, prior to the IB examinations and the Trial examinations. Tutoring can begin as soon as the applicants have been identified and can continue till May 2026. Compensation of 50 euros per hour taxable is offered. They will be invoiced for the professional fees and expenses at the end of May 2026. All invoices are due and payable upon presentation. Invoices will be submitted in accordance with the following billing schedule:

Months of Employment: September 2025 – May 2026