Literacy Tutor

Who We Are

On Your Mark  Education is a high dosage virtual tutoring service providing individualized virtual literacy instruction grounded in the science of reading. We partner with schools as a supplement to the literacy instruction already in place to ensure students get the foundational reading skills they need to excel!

On Your Mark  exists to ensure that the students we serve have a strong foundation to become thriving readers. We also believe that spreading an understanding of the science of how children learn to read can be transformative for tutors, teachers, children, and families. Getting foundational literacy skills right early will support children to read on grade level and diminish the need for schools to remediate at their current levels.

When you become an On Your Mark  Literacy Tutor, you commit to supporting students in becoming lifelong readers with the foundational reading skills to tackle future school and life challenges. Becoming an On Your Mark  Literacy Tutor is right for you if you are invested in having an impact on the lives of young people, are committed to learning new skills, and are inspired by being a part of eradicating educational inequities.

Becoming an On Your Mark  Literacy Tutor is perfect for college students, college-aged students taking gap years, recent high school and college graduates, current tutors, and retired and part-time educators. It is ideal for those who love working with children and are interested in learning more about a career in education. Successfully building tutoring skills will open up possibilities to continue as a tutor, tutor coach, and build a resume that opens doors for future opportunities in schools as teachers, leaders, and beyond.

On Your Mark  Literacy Tutors provide virtual high-dosage tutoring to Kindergarten through 8th-grade students grounded in the science of reading. Tutors learn how to teach an explicit phonics curriculum to support the development of foundational reading skill s. Literacy Tutors will support students through one-on-one or small groups in a virtual setting. This individualized approach will increase the speed at which students develop as readers by third grade, the year that research shows students must master these skills to engage in increasingly complex texts as they progress in school and life.

• Participate in paid virtual pre-service training: approximately 22 hours for new tutors or 4 hours for most returning tutors.
• Attend and complete ongoing professional development learning sessions and scheduled coaching, individualized or small group sessions, as assigned during active tutoring contract.
• Manage a caseload of students by building strong relationships, collecting data regarding progress, preparing lesson materials, and supporting students in their prescribed learning sequence.
• Track student reading skill progress over the course of tutoring sessions via scheduled progress monitoring assessment and student survey completions.
• Commit to a tutoring schedule aligned with the academic calendar year. Programming typically runs from September through June, though hours and schedules can vary considerably within that window. There is typically a 3-4 week break in tutoring around the holidays December and January, aligned with typical school breaks. Exact dates may vary by school. Limited summer hours may be available in July.
• To effectively support our program, tutors must be available during the hours when On Your Mark  offers tutoring services.
• Learn from literacy experts and deepen your understanding of how children learn to read, grounded in the science of reading.
• Inspire a love of reading and learning in the students you serve.

• Be at least 18 years of age
• Hold a high school diploma or equivalent, GED
• Reside within the contiguous U.S., Hawaii, or Alaska and be authorized to work in the U.S.
• Tutors must satisfy an online comprehensive background check and, if applicable, complete the appropriate fingerprinting requirements outlined by each school partner assignment.
• Have a computer with a Chrome browser and a working microphone &video. Your internet connection must support a minimum of 25 megabytes per second for download and 25 megabytes per second for upload.

Literacy Tutors are compensated at a rate of $17.50/hour for non-student-facing activities including training, tutor development, administrative tasks, and in scope tutoring lesson preparation. Early Literacy Tutors are also compensated at a rate of $18.25/hour for facilitating tutoring sessions and other student-facing activities.

Tutors also have the opportunity to substitute for additional one-off sessions as available for additional compensation.