Middle School Reading Tutor

About the role

The Varsity Tutors Live Learning Platform connects thousands of students nationwide with online Middle School Reading tutors. 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 tutoring sessions you conduct and invoice.
• 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 simply invoice for sessions and receive payments.

Responsibilities

• Teach reading comprehension strategies, literary analysis, informational text structures, vocabulary development, and critical reading skills.
• Explain inference, theme identification, text comparison, and prepare students for grade-level reading proficiency and standardized assessments.
• Guide students in close reading, evidence-based responses, and critical analysis of fiction and nonfiction texts.
• Help students identify themes, analyze character development, evaluate arguments in informational texts, and cite textual evidence.
• Develop independent reading strategies and connect reading skills to success in English, social studies, and science.
• Adapt instruction using diverse text selections, annotation strategies, and graphic organizers to support students from struggling to advanced levels.
• Provide 1-on-1 online tutoring and accept on-demand tutoring requests when available.

Requirements

• Deep knowledge of middle school reading standards (grades 6–8) and common challenges such as inferencing, analyzing author craft, and reading stamina.
• Ability to identify concepts students struggle with and explain material using multiple approaches.
• Strong communication skills and a friendly, engaging teaching style.
• Ability to adapt to different learning styles and student needs.

About the company

Varsity Tutors’ mission is to transform learning through advanced technology, AI, and learning science to create personalized experiences. Our 1-on-1 Online Tutoring 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.