Certified Reading Intervention Tutor

Varsity Tutors, a Nerdy Company; United States; Remote; USD 34,440,000 - 55,104,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible schedule

Remote tutoring

Fast payments

Job summary

Varsity Tutors is seeking Certified Reading Intervention tutors to join its Live Learning Platform. This remote, independent contractor role lets you set your own schedule and earn competitive rates by tutoring online with our platform.

You'll work with students nationwide, applying evidence-based strategies, phonics, fluency, and comprehension instruction, while tracking progress and adapting instruction. We handle payments and logistics; you invoice for sessions and enjoy fast compensation,

Qualifications

• Deep knowledge of evidence-based reading intervention strategies.
• Ability to explain multi-step intervention plans and progress monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Deliver explicit reading instruction online to individual students.
• Assess progress and adapt instruction based on data.
• Provide 1-on-1 tutoring sessions remotely.

Skills

Reading intervention expertise

Phonemic awareness

Phonics instruction

Fluency development

Tools

Live Learning Platform

Job description

About The Job

The Varsity Tutors Live Learning Platform has thousands of students looking for online Certified Reading Intervention tutors nationally. 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 Certified Reading Intervention Tutor

• Advanced Subject Mastery: Deep knowledge of evidence-based reading intervention strategies, phonological awareness assessment, phonics instruction, fluency development, vocabulary building, comprehension strategy instruction, and progress monitoring techniques. Ability to explain multi-tiered intervention frameworks, screening assessments, and targeted instructional approaches while preparing struggling readers for grade-level reading proficiency and academic success.
• Conceptual Teaching & Problem-Solving: Skilled at assessing reading difficulties, designing targeted intervention plans, and delivering explicit reading instruction. Guides students through phonemic awareness activities, systematic phonics lessons, fluency practice with feedback, vocabulary development, and comprehension strategy application. Emphasizes data-driven decision making and connects reading intervention to students overall academic confidence, self-efficacy, and long-term educational outcomes.
• Curriculum Awareness & Adaptive Instruction: Familiar with reading intervention programs and common challenges such as identifying specific reading skill deficits, maintaining student motivation, and coordinating with classroom instruction. Adapts instruction using diagnostic assessments, progress monitoring tools, and evidence-based intervention programs to support struggling readers from early elementary through secondary levels needing targeted reading skill development.
• 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, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia or Puerto Rico.