Tutor, Tutoring, Youth Development

Tutor

At The New York Foundling, we trust in the power and potential of people, and we deliberately invest in proven practices. From bold beginnings in 1869, our New York-based nonprofit has supported hundreds of thousands of our neighbors on their own paths to stability, strength, and independence. We help children and families navigate through and beyond foster care. We help families struggling with conflict and poverty grow strong.

We help individuals with developmental disabilities live their best lives, and we help our neighbors access quality health and mental health services—core to building lifelong resilience and wellbeing. Together, our interrelated programs provide a whole-person, whole-family, and whole-life approach that unlocks solutions for a lifetime.

As part of The Foundling's comprehensive services for youth in foster care in New York City and New York State, the tutor ensures that each student is prepared to experience the most from their classes, develop effective study habits to help them now and as they advance in their academic endeavors, explore various majors and careers (as age applicable), and implement a long-term academic plan that will allow them to excel and achieve their full potential.

• Reports directly to the assigned supervisor or covering leadership.

• Support a caseload of 15-18 students across any subject where they need help. Conduct one-on-one tutoring sessions every week (unless bi-weekly as part of academic plan).

• Meeting students 1x/week for 60-90 minutes in the student's home or nearby in the community to provide academic support and mentorship (virtually based on current context as per agency's practice). Provide tutoring sessions through both in person face to face and virtual online tutoring sessions.

• Engaging students during sessions and performing outreach in support of students who are facing barriers to attend an engage

• Maintaining a regular schedule of tutoring sessions

• Promptly reporting non-tutoring-related concerns to the appropriate program and agency staff and assisting with referrals to support services as needed

• Collaborating with students and families to obtain academic records needed for program evaluation

• Effective collaboration with partner agency stakeholders including case planners, education specialists, coaches, etc. in order to keep them updated on student progress as well as working to remove any barriers to academic success.

• Lesson planning and development of practice materials during time not spent in tutoring sessions

• Participating in training and self-study to ensure that their content knowledge remains effective, efficient and up-to-date

• Participate in weekly coaching with supervisor to discuss student needs and identify areas for professional development. Participating in group meetings and consultations as well as 1:1 coaching

• Liaises with stakeholders and assists students in integrating.

• Develop a success plan for each student that takes into account the student's interests, strengths, and areas of growth, and sets a clear path toward grade/degree completion within a reasonable amount of time; regularly review and update this plan regularly as needed. Track each student's academic progress and troubleshoot academic issues.

• Submit feedback after each meeting with a student to track goals, successes, and challenges.

• Engage in group discussions to troubleshoot specific student issues and share methods for teaching various types of content.

• Perform outreach to students to create a tutoring schedule and develop strategies to enhance their engagement.

• Spend in-office time developing teaching materials such as worksheets with practice problems; study guides and outlines of course materials; and methods for explaining important concepts.

• Adheres to program protocol's and procedures and maintains clear, concise and accurate approved documentation of efforts that promote peer and supervisory review and feedback, and that demonstrates compliance with ACS, and meeting our agency's expectation. Assures documentation (data entry) for contacts, incidents, and reports are submitted timely (as…