Reading Tutor

Location: Prairie Hills Elementary School

Estimated start date: 08/31/2026

About the role

Tutor supports the principal and classroom teachers with tutoring services, employing a variety of instructional strategies to facilitate student learning. Compensation is contingent upon the specific academic event being approved by the District to occur during the school year.

• Reports consistently for work as scheduled
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Attains proficient or higher evaluations on established Performance Standards
• Displays personal and professional qualities that promote a safe and caring environment conducive to student learning, such as maintaining confidentiality, collaborating with staff, accepting constructive feedback, being a positive role model, and treating others with respect
• Guides the learning process toward the achievement of curriculum goals, content standards, and identified achievement gaps
• Provides effective instructional strategies to meet the identified learning needs of assigned students
• Works collaboratively and cooperatively with instructional staff and others in delivering tutorial services

Requirements

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Ability to be flexible and patient in work demands
• Ability to assist students in assigned areas
• Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with individuals from diverse backgrounds and professions, including supervisors, administrators, coworkers, staff, students, parents, and the general public
• Ability to follow oral and written instructions
• Ability to greet and interact with the public in a courteous and professional manner
• Ability to maintain confidentiality
• Ability to manage simultaneous demands and set clear priorities
• Ability to work days, hours, locations, and assignments as directed by the supervisor within the position responsibilities
• Commitment to the education of students as a primary responsibility
• Demonstrated ability to manage simultaneous demands and set clear priorities
• Demonstrated ability to work well with others in a team setting
• Demonstrates citizenship, compassion, courage, discernment, excellence, honesty, hope, integrity, patience, perseverance, reliability, respect, responsibility, and trustworthiness
• Demonstrates effective organizational and time management skills
• Detail-oriented
• Energetic, creative, innovative, flexible
• Excellent cooperative, collaborative, and problem-solving skills
• Promotes a positive climate, culture, and community
• Student-centered and relationship-focused
• Understanding of data privacy laws and their implications for the educational community

Work Environment

• The noise level in the work environment may alternate among quiet, moderate, and loud
• Frequently required to interact in person and through communication methods with students, public, and/or other staff
• Required to work scheduled school/work hours and/or days
• May be required to work extended school/work hours and/or days as directed
• Operates primarily independently and frequently with others in a professional school environment indoors regularly and outdoors occasionally

Physical Demands

• Sits, stands, walks, stoops, kneels, and crouches/squats while performing duties
• Has oral and auditory capacity enabling interaction interpersonally and/or through communication devices
• Uses eyes, hands, and finger coordination enabling the use of equipment and writing utensils
• Typical demands require staff to lift and carry up to 20 pounds (may be higher for some assignments depending on position and student need)
• May need to climb stairs, ladders, and/or stools; reach, hold, grasp and turn objects
• Uses fingers to operate computer keyboards
• Feels the shape, size, and temperature of objects

Cognitive Functions

• Analyze, communicate, compare, compile, compute, coordinate, copy, evaluate, instruct, negotiate, synthesize, reason, and use interpersonal skills

Qualifications

• High school graduate (high school diploma or equivalent) – required

Pay

• Scheduled weekly hours: 37.5
• Hours per day: 7.5
• Number of days per year: 171 (Monday–Friday)