America Reads & America Counts (Work Study) 6 Positions - Worcester State University

Worcester State University; Worcester (MA); On-site; USD 17,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

Worcester State University is seeking tutors for the America Reads & America Counts program. Tutors will work with kindergarten through sixth-grade students to improve reading and math proficiency, primarily in one-on-one settings, with collaboration from supervisors and teachers.

Hours are based on student class schedules, with an average of 4–5 hours per week. The position is available to Worcester State University students only and pays $15 per hour.

Qualifications

• Excellent people skills and enthusiasm for helping children.
• Ability to work one-on-one with a child within a group context.
• Attention to detail in paperwork and prompt arrival/departure to school.
• Strong reading and math skills and willingness to share your love of reading/math.

Responsibilities

• Tutor kindergarten through sixth grade to improve reading and math proficiency.
• Work one-on-one, small groups, or with class activities.
• Collaborate with supervisors, teachers, and afterschool coordinators to assess needs.
• Be punctual and professional as a positive role model inside and outside the classroom.

Skills

People skills

Work with child individually

Attention to paperwork

Reading & math enthusiasm

Job description

WORCESTER STATE UNIVERSITY is a liberal arts and sciences university with a long tradition of academic excellence dating back to 1874, as well as an Aff…

Worcester State is centrally located in Massachusetts, about an hour's drive from Boston, Springfield, and Providence, Rhode Island. Our 58-acre campus is nestled in the residential northwest side of Worcester--the second largest city in New England and home to 37,000 college students at more than a dozen colleges and universities. Over 6,000 of those students attend Worcester State--approximately 5,300 are undergraduates and 1,000 are graduate students. Learn more about us atworcester.edu/about.

Job Description:

TITLE: America Reads & America Counts

SUPERVISOR: Worcester Dual Language Magnet School & May Street School

SCHEDULE: Based on student's class schedule

HOURLY RATE: $15/Hr

AVERAGE HOURS PER WEEK: 4-5

• Tutors work directly with kindergarten through sixth-grade students to improve their reading and math proficiency skills.
• Tutors perform one-on-one work with individual students, small group work, or class activities.
• Tutors collaborate with America Reads/Counts supervisors, teachers, and afterschool program coordinators to assess students' needs and how to best address them.
• Tutors are expected to be positive role models inside and outside of the classroom, be professional in their workplace behavior, which means showing up to work on time and making the proper contacts when they expect to be sick or late.

Requirements:

• Excellent people skills, enthusiasm for helping children, respectful attitude
• Ability to work separately with a child within a larger context of child/tutor groups
• Attention to detail regarding paperwork and prompt arrival/departure from school
• Excellent reading/math skills and willingness to share your love of reading/math

Additional Information:

Worcester State University is an Aff…

*This position is available for WSU students only*

Hourly Rate: $15.00