Middle School Tutor

General Statement of Job

To plan, organize, and present instruction and instructional environments that help students learn subject matter and skills that will contribute to their educational and social development. Reports to the principal.

JOB TITLE: Middle School Tutor
JOB STATUS: Temporary Part-Time
LOCATION: Asheville Middle School
CONTACT:
6-8 License Required, Hourly Position

Management of Instructional Time: Has materials, supplies, and equipment for each lesson ready at the start of the lesson or instructional activity; gets the class started quickly; gets students on task quickly at the beginning of each lesson; maintains a high level of student time‑on‑task.

Management of Student Behavior: Has established a set of rules and procedures that govern the handling of routine administrative matters, student verbal participation, talk during different types of activities, and student movement in the classroom. Stops inappropriate behavior promptly and consistently, yet maintains the dignity of the student.

Instructional Presentation: Begins lesson or instructional activity with a review of previous materials, introduces the lesson or instructional activity and specific learning objectives when appropriate, speaks fluently and precisely, presents the lesson using concepts and language understandable to the students, provides relevant examples and demonstrations, assigns tasks that students handle with a high rate of success, conducts the lesson at a brisk pace, makes transitions efficiently and smoothly, and summarizes the main point(s) of the lesson at the end.

Instructional Monitoring of Student Performance: Maintains clear, firm, and reasonable work standards and due dates, circulates during class work to check all students' performance, routinely uses oral, written, and other work products to check student progress, poses questions clearly and one at a time, and collects data on student assessments and progress.

Instructional Feedback: Provides feedback on the correctness or incorrectness of in‑class work to encourage student growth, regularly provides prompt feedback on assigned out‑of‑class work, affirms a correct oral response appropriately and moves on, provides sustaining feedback after an incorrect response or no response by probing, repeating the question, giving clues, or allowing more time.

Facilitating Instruction: Has an instructional plan that is compatible with the school and system‑wide curricular goals, uses diagnostic information obtained from tests and other assessment procedures to develop and revise objectives and/or tasks, maintains accurate records to document student performance, matches objectives to learning strategies, assessment, and student needs, and uses available human and material resources to support the instructional program.

Interacting Within the Educational Environment: Treats all students in a fair and equitable manner, interacts effectively with students, co‑workers, parents, and the community, provides a culturally diverse learning environment that recognizes the influence of cultural factors on a student's development and school performance, and demonstrates knowledge of the history of diverse cultures and their role in shaping global issues.

Performs related duties and responsibilities as assigned by the principal and carries out non‑instructional duties as assigned and/or as needed.

Adheres to established laws, policies, rules, and regulations, including Policy 7320, Professional Duties and Non‑instructional and Extracurricular Duties of Teachers, and Policy 7931, Professional Standards of Conduct and Performance for Teachers.

Follows a plan for professional development and demonstrates evidence of growth.

Must be a graduate from a 4‑year accredited college education program or have alternative qualifications approved by the State Board of Education. Middle school Math and/or ELA certification preferred.

Physical Requirements: Mu…