AVID Tutor: Inspire Collaborative Learning for College Readiness

Salem Keizer Public School District; Salem (OR); On-site; USD 23,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Salem-Keizer Public Schools is seeking AVID Tutors to support AVID students in small group and individual tutorial settings across subjects, using collaborative learning and Socratic questioning to promote college and career readiness.

Tutors help students learn to take notes, discuss concepts, and apply strategies with guidance from AVID coordinators; interviews are part of hiring, and references may be requested.

Qualifications

• AVID tutors should be excellent role models of motivated, organized, successful college students who believe that the AVID students will succeed, too.
• The tutors 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

AVID tutoring

Socratic questioning

Collaborative learning

Secondary students support

Job description

Salem-Keizer Public Schools is seeking AVID Tutors to support AVID students in small group and individual tutorial settings across subjects, using collaborative learning and Socratic questioning to promote college and career readiness.

Tutors help students learn to take notes, discuss concepts, and apply strategies with guidance from AVID coordinators; interviews are part of hiring, and references may be requested.