YMCA Reads Program Tutor
The YMCA READS! Program is an exciting literacy / mentoring initiative for kindergarten through fifth-grade students, taking place at Pinellas County Schools throughout St.
Petersburg, FL. The program uses curriculum-based literacy instruction to help struggling readers in areas of phonetics, sight word recognition, spelling, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.
As a tutor, you would provide assistance and support to the program coordinator during YMCA Reads! hours to ensure that outlined program goals and procedures are being achieved.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS :
- Assists in student supervision, help maintain order, and positively reinforce "good choices" when appropriate.
- Assists students to and from the restroom.
- Assists coordinator in picking up and dropping off students around the school.
- Oversees and ensures that mandatory procedures are being followed when parents or guardian are picking up students.
- Maintains necessary paper work : testing, volunteer and student sign in and out logs.
- Required to teach basic reading skills using lessons developed by the YREADS Coordinator using all curricula.
- Attends required abuse risk management training.
- Follows mandated abuse reporting requirements.
- Adheres to job specific abuse risk management responsibilities.
QUALIFICATIONS :
- Must be 16 years or older
- 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
After school hours, 4 days per week. Approximately 15 hours per week. $12-13 / hour with 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. Pre-employment drug screen and clear background check required.
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