MATH Tutor - CAT Grant

Essex County College; Newark, Northern (NJ, KY); Hybrid; USD 15,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Essex County College seeks a tutor to teach Math skills to students with intellectual and developmental disabilities through individualized sessions, group workshops, and tutorials. You will create authentic lesson plans, assessments, and engaging activities using multimedia tools, while documenting progress and maintaining confidentiality.

Open Date 09/16/2026; Close Date 12/30/2026. The college emphasizes authorization to work in the United States and does not sponsor visas.

Qualifications

• Minimum Education Requirements High School Diploma.

Responsibilities

• Teach Math skills needed for independent living to students with intellectual and developmental disabilities through individualized sessions, group workshops, and/or group tutorial sessions.
• Create authentic lesson plans using real-life scenarios.
• Create assessments to measure student skills pre- and post-tutoring sessions.
• Engage students in creative ways to increase their skills.
• Utilize multimedia tools.
• Assess each student’s needs and develop an individualized tutoring plan to meet each student’s needs.
• Document student participation in tutoring and their progress.
• Establish and maintain an accurate filing system and a typed guide to office files and their location.
• Maintain strict confidentiality and security of student and staff records.
• Prepare routine, special, and ancillary reports as required.
• Perform other related duties as required.

Skills

Math tutoring

Individualized instruction

Group instruction

Assessment creation

Documentation

Confidentiality

Education

High School Diploma

Tools

Multimedia tools

Job description

Essex County College Human Resources Department

Please Note: Essex County College does not provide visa sponsorship of any kind. Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States at the time of application and for the duration of employment.

Compensation: This position offers a competitive hourly rate of $18.00 per hour. Join a collaborative, mission-driven college community dedicated to student success and academic excellence.

Supervisory Role

Duties & Responsibilities

• 1. Teach Math skills needed for independent living to students with intellectual and developmental disabilities through individualized sessions, group workshops, and/or group tutorial sessions.
• 2. Create authentic lesson plans using real-life scenarios.
• 3. Create assessments to measure student skills pre- and post-tutoring sessions.
• 4. Engage students in creative ways to increase their skills.
• 5. Utilize multimedia tools.
• 6. Assess each student’s needs and develop an individualized tutoring plan to meet each student’s needs.
• 7. Document student participation in tutoring and their progress.
• 8. Establish and maintain an accurate filing system and a typed guide to office files and their location.
• 9. Maintain strict confidentiality and security of student and staff records.
• 10. Prepare routine, special, and ancillary reports as required.
• 11. Perform other related duties as required.

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential responsibilities and functions of the job and are not meant to be all inclusive. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential responsibilities and functions of the job. Unless reasonable accommodations can be made, while performing this job the staff member shall:

• Use strength to lift items needed to perform the functions of the job.
• Sit, stand and walk/move from place to place for required periods of time.
• Move between buildings.
• Speak and hear, communicate using telephone and/or walkie talkie.
• Use close vision, color vision, peripheral vision and depth perception along with the ability to focus vision.
• Communicate effectively in English, using proper grammar and vocabulary.
• Reach with hands and arms and use hands and fingers to handle objects and operate tools, including but not limited to, computers, keyboards, telephones, calculators, and controls.
• Bend, twist, climb, push, pull, and lift

Additional Requirements

Minimum Qualifications

Minimum Experience (number of years), Knowledge and/or Abilities

Minimum Education Requirements High School Diploma

Licenses and Certifications (including e.g., CPR, first aid, driver’s license, etc.)

Preferred Qualifications

Experience (number of years), Knowledge and/or Abilities

Education Requirements

Licenses and Certifications (including e.g., CPR, first aid, driver’s license, etc.)

Posting Information

Open Date

Open Date 09/16/2026

Open Until Filled No

Close Date

Close Date 12/30/2026

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Essex County College is an Equal Opportunity Employer – All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ethnicity, citizenship status, ancestry, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression sexual orientation, marital status, physical or mental disability, veteran status, military status, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by law.

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