Part-Time Native Education Tutor & Culture Mentor

Indian Education Tutor Part-Time-District

Sand Springs Public Schools Indian Education Department - Sand Springs, Oklahoma

Job : 5636578

Final date to receive applications: Posted until filled

Re-Posted: Apr 13, 2026 5:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Sep 8, 2026

Position available for the  school year

Position: Indian Education Tutor (Supplemental payroll - per hour/ 29 hours/week)

Location: District

Supervisor: Lauren Rowley

Contract: Begins September 8, 2026, Ends May 14, 2027

Reports to: Assigned Teacher, Building Principal, and Director of Indian Education

Position Summary: To maintain a smooth relationship between the Indian Community and the School District. To provide technical assistance to parents and students to help obtain the appropriate documentation to qualify for the Indian Education Program. To provide tutoring for students in math and reading. Provide Culture enrichment experiences for students.

• Indian preference must be exercised. Public Law 93-638, The Indian Self Determination and Education Act of 1975, now directs “Indian Preference to be used in hiring for all Title VII and Johnson O’Malley vacancies.”
• To perform under general supervision with only occasional instruction or assistance.
• Must be committed and dedicated to the District’s mission, vision, and goals.
• Must be able to maintain a positive work environment with district staff, students, parents, and the community.
• Must be able to work collaboratively to ensure all expected outcomes and goals are achieved.
• Must possess excellent time management skills; balancing an extraordinary number of competing priorities; managing multiple projects simultaneously, and keeping within designated deadlines.
• Must be organized.
• Excellent interpersonal skills; providing leadership and vision to staff; ability to motivate, persuade, and build consensus among colleagues. Use of judgment that is in the best interest of students, parents, staff, and the district.
• Ability to work in a fast‑paced environment while maintaining a high level of professionalism.

• Provide technical assistance to parents and students to help them obtain proper documentation to qualify for the program.
• Maintain inventory of supplies.
• Provide assistance to Native American students needing tutoring and other student‑related needs.
• Obtain referrals from teachers.
• Assimilate data for weekly logs, reports, record keeping, and maintain a schedule of activities.
• Attend staff meetings, in‑service workshops, and Title VII and JOM conferences and meetings when requested.
• Attend parent committee meetings when requested.
• Provide Native American Culture presentation for individual classroom teachers.
• Actively participate in all functions relating to the annual Native American Day and Heritage Month Celebrations.
• Optional Indian Education events (director discretion, stipend available).
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Indian Education Director.

Ability to speak clearly in a well‑modulated voice with good diction. Ability to read, write, and interpret the English language in a variety of forms. Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing.

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide into all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent, and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out written and oral instructions. Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to talk and hear. The…