Teaching Fellow - IDEA Cincinnati

This job posting is not for any specific role that is currently open. Instead, applying to this posting allows IDEA to gather your information and assess your fit and move quickly once our team identifies an available opportunity for the  Academic Year with an intended start in July 2026. Please continue to monitor our Career Site and apply to any current vacancies that match your interests.

Role Mission: IDEA’s Teaching Fellows serve as High Dosage Tutors, mastering instructional strategies to provide highly effective intervention, remediation, and acceleration to IDEA students. Teaching Fellows serving as High Dosage Tutors are primarily responsible for tutoring all students on a Reading Improvement and Monitoring Plan (RIMP). Ohio law requires all districts and schools to provide high dosage tutoring opportunities to all students on RIMPs, including students with disabilities.

A student remains on a RIMP until reading at grade level. In addition to other RIMP requirements, high-dosage tutoring opportunities must continue until the student is reading at grade level. Under the guidance of an Assistant Principal of Instruction, a Teaching Fellow serving as a High Dosage Tutor will facilitate tutoring best practices and develop skills related to instructional grouping, instructional materials, instructional delivery, and progress monitoring.

High Dosage Tutors will also support interventions for IDEA students identified for the RTI/MTSS program (Literacy and Numeracy Skills) and be key staff for tutoring.

• Compensation for this role is set at anannual salary of $40,000, paid monthly.
• Earnings are paid out over a 12-month period with first paycheck in August 2025

• Paid Family Leave:
  Eligible staff may receive up to 8 weeks of paid leave for the birth or adoption of a child, based on their tenure with the organization and caregiver designation.
• Tuition Reimbursement:
  Staff members may apply for up to 50% of tuition paid toward a qualifying degree program, up to $5,250 maximum per year subject to manager discretion and budget availability.
• Employer-Paid Mental/Behavioral Health: 5 face-to-face counseling sessions within a year, unlimited 24/7 telephonic counseling, and other work-life services available at no cost.

Other benefits include dental and vision plans, disability, life insurance, parenting benefits, flexible spending account options, generous vacation time, referral bonuses, professional development, and a 403(b) plan. IDEA may offer a relocation allowance to defray the cost of moving for this role, if applicable.

• Education:
  
  At least 48 college hours required with current enrollment in a bachelor’s degree conferring teacher preparation program highly preferred
• Experience:
  
  1+ year(s) of experience working with children in a classroom or volunteer setting
• Commitment:
  Ability to work before and/or after school hours

• Ability and motivation to master High Dosage Tutoring Best Practices
• Ability to instruct students and manage student behavior
• Strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills
• Ability to adjust and adapt to a multitude of situations in the school environment

• Assist in the educational development of students under the guidance of an Assistant Principal of Instruction with a focus on Literacy and Numeracy
• Assist Assistant Principal of Instruction with maintaining student records to include Reading Monitoring and Improvement Plans, RTI/MTSS referrals, and progress monitoring in Reading/ELA and Mathematics
• Successfully implement High Dosage Tutoring Best Practices per state of Ohio guidance
• Participate in lesson practice and delivery of tutoring programs like:
  Direct Instruction, i-Ready, Zearn, Amplify, and Edmentum
• Communicate students’ progress with students and families on a weekly basis
• Implement a clear and consistent behavior management system that aligns to campus-wide initiatives while developing students’ character and sense of community in the classroom
• Help shape and develop a school wide culture that fosters a productive and…