YReads Program Tutor

YMCA of Greater St. Petersburg; Saint Petersburg (FL); On-site; USD 17,000 - 24,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

retirement savings

child care before/after school

YMCA membership

Job summary

YMCA of Greater St. Petersburg is seeking a YReads! Program Tutor to support kindergarten through fifth grade literacy initiatives across Pinellas County Schools in St.

Petersburg, FL. The role focuses on supervising students, reinforcing positive behavior, and assisting with basic reading lessons developed by the YREADS Coordinator. The tutor will assist with transitions, maintain necessary logs, and collaborate with the program coordinator to meet program goals.

Qualifications

• Experience working with children in an educational setting.
• Interest in learning about literacy intervention.
• Tutoring experience is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assist in student supervision and maintain order.
• Help students to and from the restroom and supervise transitions.
• Assist coordinator with pickup/drop-off of students and logging activities.
• Teach basic reading skills using YREADS curriculum and attend required abuse risk management training.
• Follow abuse reporting requirements and job-specific responsibilities.

Skills

Tutoring

Literacy intervention

Child supervision

Job description

Job Title: YReads! Program Tutor

Job Description: The YReads! Program is an exciting literacy/mentoring initiative for kindergarten through fifth-grade students, taking place at Pinellas County Schools throughout St. Petersburg, FL. The program uses curriculum-based literacy instruction to help struggling readers in areas of phonetics, sight word recognition, spelling, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. As a tutor, you would provide assistance and support to the program coordinator during YReads! hours to ensure that outlined program goals and procedures are being achieved.

Duties:

• Assists in student supervision, help maintain order, and positively reinforce "good choices" when appropriate.
• Assists students to and from the restroom.
• Assists coordinator in picking up and dropping off students around the school.
• Oversees and ensures that mandatory procedures are being followed when parents or guardian are picking up students.
• Maintains necessary paper work: testing, volunteer and student sign in and out logs.
• Required to teach basic reading skills using lessons developed by the YREADS Coordinator using all curricula.
• Attends required abuse risk management training.
• Follows mandated abuse reporting requirements.
• Adheres to job specific abuse risk management responsibilities.

Requirements:

• Must be at least 16 years of age
• Desire or interest in learning about literacy intervention
• Experience working with children in an educational environment
• Compassion and empathy for struggling readers
• Tutoring experience strongly preferred
• Pass a 10-panel drug screen
• Clear a Level 2 background check*

Pay & Perks: Part-time,$15.00 per hour. After school hours, 4 days per week. Approximately 15 hours per week. Excellent benefits including retirement savings and child care before/after school upon meeting eligibility requirements. Free individual YMCA membership for employee and discount for family.

*Level 2 background clearance through DCF (Florida) required. Check out this link for more information: https://info.flclearinghouse.com