AP US History Tutor

Varsity Tutors; United States; Remote; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible schedule

Remote tutoring

Job summary

Varsity Tutors is seeking AP US History tutors to work as independent contractors on our Live Learning Platform. Earn competitive rates with the flexibility to set your own schedule and work from home, helping thousands of students nationally.

The role offers remote 1-on-1 tutoring, payment each session, and support from our AI tools to enhance your prep and efficiency. You’ll match with students that fit your teaching style and expertise.

Qualifications

• Deep knowledge of American history from pre-Columbian times to present.
• Ability to guide document-based question analysis and long essay arguments.
• Familiarity with AP US History curriculum and common challenges.
• Ability to adapt instruction to different learning styles and paces.

Responsibilities

• Provide 1-on-1 online AP US History tutoring sessions.
• Tutor remotely using Varsity Tutors Live Learning Platform.
• Inspire understanding and critical thinking through historical analysis.

Skills

Subject mastery

DBQ analysis

Curriculum awareness

Adaptive instruction

Strong communication

Flexible teaching

Job description

About The Job

The Varsity Tutors Live Learning Platform has thousands of students looking for online AP US History tutors nationaly. As an independent contractor 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.

About The Job

The Varsity Tutors Live Learning Platform has thousands of students looking for online AP US History tutors nationaly. As an independent contractor 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 AP US History Tutor

• Advanced Subject Mastery: Deep knowledge of American history from pre-Columbian civilizations through the present, including colonization, the American Revolution, Constitution, Civil War and Reconstruction, industrialization, Progressive Era, World Wars, Cold War, and civil rights movements. Ability to explain historical causation, periodization, and contextualization while preparing students for the AP US History examination.
• Conceptual Teaching & Problem-Solving: Skilled at teaching document-based question analysis, long essay argument construction, and short-answer historical reasoning for AP US History. Guides students through evaluating primary sources for point of view and purpose, developing thesis-driven arguments, making historical comparisons, and analyzing causation and continuity. Emphasizes historical thinking skills and connecting past events to contemporary American issues.
• Curriculum Awareness & Adaptive Instruction: Familiar with AP US History curriculum across nine periods and common challenges such as managing extensive content chronology, writing effective DBQ responses under time constraints, and analyzing unfamiliar primary sources. Adapts instruction using primary source workshops, timeline activities, and rubric-aligned essay practice to support students developing historical argumentation skills for the AP examination.
• 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, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia or Puerto Rico.