Elementary AmeriCorps Tutor
GO Tutor Corps · Newark, NJ · 1 wk ago
On-siteEducationFull-time
About the role
Great Oaks Legacy Charter School is seeking dependable, student-centered AmeriCorps members to serve as Elementary AmeriCorps Tutors. Members work alongside teachers to provide consistent literacy and mathematics support for elementary students and help every student experience school as a place where they belong and can succeed.
What You Will Do
- Support assigned students during ELA, math intervention, WIN, Strong Roots, and Response to Intervention (RTI) programs, including Power Up and Saturday Academy.
- Reinforce teacher-led lessons through prompts, feedback, encouragement, and targeted one-to-one or small-group support.
- Lead teacher-prepared math centers, fluency routines, or conferences and conduct planned reading-fluency conferences using approved materials.
- Help students use i-Ready My Path and other approved learning tools productively.
- Build caring, professional relationships; use approved behavior supports; and promptly report safety or student-welfare concerns.
- Prepare materials; record attendance and progress data; complete accurate timesheets; and attend required onboarding, training, coaching, in-service days, meetings, and service events.
Qualifications
- High school diploma or equivalent and ability to meet AmeriCorps State and National eligibility requirements.
- U.S. citizenship, U.S. national status, or lawful permanent resident status.
- Ability to provide required eligibility documents and complete National Service Criminal History Checks and GOLCS clearances before covered service begins.
- Tutoring, mentoring, coaching, volunteering, youth-development, literacy, or elementary-math experience is preferred but not required.
Competencies
- Passion for service, commitment to equity, and belief that all students can succeed.
- Reliability, professionalism, and commitment to consistent, relationship-centered support.
- Clear communication, relationship-building, and collaboration skills.
- Openness to coaching and ability to apply feedback and follow procedures.
- Organization, ability to meet deadlines, and comfort using basic technology and data systems.
- Collaborative problem-solving and maturity when working with students, teachers, school leaders, and other AmeriCorps members.
Service Expectations
- Members must complete 1,200 verified service hours by June 17, 2027 and monitor their progress throughout the term.
- Members serve on designated in-service and training days and participate in required events, which may include Saturday Academy, Power Up, MLK Day of Service, AmeriCorps Week, Career Day, an end-of-year celebration, and Commission-hosted events.
- Some required service may occur outside the typical Monday–Friday schedule with advance notice.
Member Benefits
- Service Members who complete the Three-Quarter Time term (1,200 hours) receive a pre-tax living allowance of $14,400 for the full service year. The estimated pre-tax living allowance is distributed on biweekly payments.
- Segal AmeriCorps Education Award of $5,176.50 after successful completion of the 1,200-hour term and all program requirements.
- Eligible members may request student-loan forbearance and payment of accrued interest, subject to AmeriCorps rules.
- Pre-service orientation, ongoing coaching and training, career development, and access to applicable AmeriCorps alumni resources.