AVID Tutor: Empowering Students to Succeed

Salem Keizer Public School District; Salem (OR); On-site; USD 21,000 - 28,000; Part time

Job summary

Salem-Keizer Public Schools is seeking AVID Tutors to support middle and high school students within the AVID program. Tutors facilitate small-group and one-on-one sessions using Socratic questioning and collaborative learning to advance academic progress and college and career readiness.

Tutors serve as positive role models, guiding students across subjects, providing feedback, and coordinating with the AVID coordinator to track progress and schedules.

Qualifications

• AVID tutors should be excellent role models of motivated, organized, successful college students.
• They should be people who will work in a supportive manner with secondary students and will be able to understand the delicate position they will occupy; they are advocates of students, yet ultimately, they are responsible to the teacher.

Responsibilities

• Conduct in-person tutorial sessions that underscore the principle of collaborative learning and the practice of students teaching other students through discussion of class and text notes.
• Determine from student tutorial worksheets, notes, and discussions the concepts that need to be the focus of tutorial sessions.
• Allow students to shoulder the responsibility for their own active learning while guiding them with strategies that they will become accustomed to using independently.
• Assist students in any subject area, by being familiar with students' textbooks and AVID classroom resources.
• Provide constructive feedback online and/or in-person on student work.
• Support AVID scholars through care and connection
• Take responsibility for the tone and atmosphere of the AVID classroom.
• Assist the AVID coordinator as requested, such as contacting teachers regarding course outlines and assignment schedules, helping with field trips, contacting parents, etc.
• Communicate regularly with the AVID coordinator/teacher regarding student progress and areas of concern.
• Set an example of personal excellence and high expectations for AVID students to follow

Skills

collaborative learning

Socratic questioning

group facilitation

Job description

Salem-Keizer Public Schools is seeking AVID Tutors to support middle and high school students within the AVID program. Tutors facilitate small-group and one-on-one sessions using Socratic questioning and collaborative learning to advance academic progress and college and career readiness.

Tutors serve as positive role models, guiding students across subjects, providing feedback, and coordinating with the AVID coordinator to track progress and schedules.