High School English Tutor
About the role
The Varsity Tutors Live Learning Platform connects thousands of students nationwide with online High School English tutors. As a tutor, you’ll enjoy the flexibility to set your own schedule, earn competitive rates, and make a meaningful impact on students' academic success—all from home.
Benefits
- Earn incrementally higher pay for each session with the same student, up to $40/hour.
- Get paid up to twice per week for completed tutoring sessions.
- Set your own hours and tutor as much as you’d like.
- Tutor remotely using our purpose-built Live Learning Platform—no commuting required.
- Get matched with students best-suited to your teaching style and expertise.
- AI-powered Tutor Copilot provides real-time instructional support, lesson generation, and engagement features to save prep time.
- We handle logistics; you invoice for sessions, and we manage payments.
Responsibilities
- Teach literary analysis across genres, rhetoric and argumentation, research writing, grammar and style, vocabulary development, and critical reading of complex texts.
- Explain literary devices, rhetorical strategies, MLA citation, and thesis-driven essay construction.
- Prepare students for AP English courses, SAT/ACT English sections, and college composition.
- Guide students through close reading, analytical essay writing, and research methodology.
- Help students interpret complex literature, construct thesis-driven arguments, evaluate source credibility, and write research papers with proper documentation.
- Develop critical thinking through textual analysis and connect English skills to college readiness, professional communication, and civic participation.
- Adapt instruction using mentor texts, essay workshops, and discussion-based analysis to support students from general English through honors and AP levels.
- Identify concepts students commonly struggle with and explain material using multiple approaches.
- Adapt instruction to meet individual learning needs and styles.
Requirements
- Deep knowledge of high school English curricula, including state standards and AP course frameworks.
- Familiarity with common student challenges such as moving beyond summary to analysis, developing sophisticated thesis statements, and integrating textual evidence effectively.
- Strong communication skills and a friendly, engaging teaching style.
- Ability to adapt to different learning styles and student needs.
Ways to connect with students
- 1-on-1 Online Tutoring: Provide personalized instruction to individual students.
- Instant Tutoring: Accept on-demand tutoring requests whenever you're available.
About Varsity Tutors
Our mission is to transform learning by leveraging advanced technology, AI, and learning science to create personalized experiences. Through 1-on-1 online tutoring, students receive customized instruction tailored to their goals. Our platform matches students with the right tutors to foster better outcomes and a passion for learning.
Note: Varsity Tutors does not contract in Alaska, California, Colorado, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia, or Puerto Rico.