YReads Program Tutor

Job Title: YReads! Program TutorJob 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 ageDesire or interest in learning about literacy intervention Experience working with children in an educational environmentCompassion and empathy for struggling readersTutoring experience strongly preferredPass a 10-panel drug screenClear 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

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