Home Instruction Tutors

Beacon City School District; City of Beacon (NY); On-site; USD 55,000 - 72,000; Part time

Job summary

Beacon City School District in Beacon, NY seeks Home Instruction Tutors to support students who cannot attend school due to health, safety, or other reasons. Tutors provide targeted instruction for grades 1-12, following NYS requirements, and coordinate with the student’s home school.

Tutors are assigned cases as needed, maintain progress logs, submit timesheets, and may administer NYS assessments when required.

Qualifications

• Must hold NYS certification as an educator.
• Experience with home instruction programs preferred.
• Ability to work with students in grades 1–12 and coordinate with the home school.

Responsibilities

• Provide the regulatory instructional time (as specified for each grade).
• Pickup and return all instructional materials in a timely fashion.
• Provide academic grades to the BCSD.
• Accept student assignments and teach all current subjects.
• Communicate professionally with students and families.
• Serve as facilitator of learning and maintain contact with the student’s home school.
• Submit a timesheet in a timely manner.
• Coordinate NYS assessments if the student is out due to medical reasons.
• Submit requests for NYS Regents Exams when necessary (HS only).
• Keep a grade log to be submitted to teachers as agreed.

Skills

Professional communication

Time management

Education

NYS Certification

Job description

HOME INSTRUCTION TUTORS

Job Description: The Beacon City School District (BCSD) is committed to providing students and parents with pathways to opportunity that will lead to achievement and success. Alternate educational services are provided to any BCSD student who is within compulsory school age and is unable to attend school due to health, safety, or school removal. Tutors work with students that are placed in home instruction for various reasons including but not limited to medical needs. Tutors are assigned student cases on an as needed basis. Once a student has been assigned, the tutors work with assigned students until reassignment.

Duties

• Provide students with the regulatory instructional time (3 hrs. of instruction daily grades 7-12 for a maximum of 15 hrs. a week; 2 hrs. of instruction daily for grades 1-6 for a maximum of 10 hrs. a week);
• Pick up and return all instructional assignments and materials in a timely fashion;
• Provide academic grades to the BCSD;
• Accept student assignments when contacted – Tutors teach all subjects the student is taking and grade all assignments;
• Communicate professionally at all times with students and families;
• Serve as facilitator of learning, maintaining contact with the student’s home school;
• Submit a timesheet in a timely manner;
• Make arrangements with the student’s home school to administer NYS assessments if the student is out for a medical reason and unable to return to their home school for testing;
• Fill out appropriate requests for NYS Regents Exams if the student is out for medical reasons and is unable to return to school for exams (HS only);
• Keep a log in grades to be submitted to teachers as agreed upon;
• Submit student attendance to BCSD.

NYS Certification Required, Compensation per BTA Contract Appendix A Group 8

$40.00-$52.02/hour