YReads Program Tutor

About the role

The YReads! Program is a literacy/mentoring initiative for kindergarten through fifth-grade students in Pinellas County Schools, St. Petersburg, FL. It uses curriculum-based literacy instruction to help struggling readers in areas such as phonetics, sight word recognition, spelling, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.

Responsibilities

• Affords assistance and support to the program coordinator during YReads! hours.
• Assists in student supervision, helps maintain order, and positively reinforces "good choices" when appropriate.
• Assists students to and from the restroom.
• Aids in picking up and dropping off students around the school.
• Oversees and ensures that mandatory procedures are being followed when parents or guardians are picking up students.
• Maintains necessary paperwork: testing, volunteer and student sign-in/out logs.

Requirements

• Must be at least 16 years of age.
• Desire or interest in learning about literacy intervention.
• Experience working with children in an educational environment.
• Compassion and empathy for struggling readers.
• Tutoring experience strongly preferred.

Pay & Perks

• Part-time position, $15.00 per hour.
• After school hours, 4 days per week, approximately 15 hours per week.
• Excellent benefits including retirement savings and child care before/after school upon meeting eligibility requirements.
• Free individual YMCA membership for employee and discount for family.