Literacy Tutor

Job Description

Job Description

Signing Bonus! Full-time & Part-time schedules available!

RISE (Readiness, Inquiry, Scholarship, Education) is HopeWell’s newest innovative solution to advance equity in education and improve educational opportunities for children experiencing foster care.

The program aims to build students’ early literacy skills through a culturally responsive, evidence-informed curriculum designed to meet the unique needs of children in foster care by integrating literacy learning, social and emotional skill development, and a trauma-informed approach.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing and engaged team to work toward closing the opportunity gap for foster care-involved youth.

RISE offers an innovative solution, turning the typical model on its head. With tutoring and other educational supports specifically designed around the unique challenges faced by foster care-involved children, RISE is a home-based service that follows children as they move and incorporates support for any caregivers involved in a child’s life (e.

g. foster parents, biological parents, kinship caregivers). This provides children with continuous academic support, even as they experience changes in their placement and permanency goals.

RISE launched during the 2021-22 school year and is currently supporting students who join RISE in kindergarten through 3rd grade in the Greater Boston area and will be growing in size and scope in the coming years.

The Tutor is a dynamic, collaborative, and results-oriented service provider who will partner with foster care-involved youth and their caregiver(s) to support them as youth build literacy, social, and emotional skills.

We are seeking someone who is passionate about education, child welfare, and social justice and is enthusiastic about the idea of piloting, strengthening, and growing a brand-new education program that delivers real results.

This individual will believe that all children can learn and have the strong ability and desire to work well with BIPOC youth.

Responsibilities :

• Implement assessment and intervention tools with an in-person tutoring caseload of K-3 youth and their caregiver(s).
• Use standardized assessment tools (literacy, social, and emotional learning) to continuously measure youth skills and learning gaps.
• Observe and assess youth’s home environment to identify and engage in opportunities for improving learning (e.g. creating a cozy and relatively quiet nook to read for fun).
• Collaborate with RISE Education Support staff to assess and develop a plan to address any needs for additional learning supports (e.

g. an IEP that would benefit a youth and is not yet being provided).

• Collaborate with RISE leadership to individualize RISE curriculum learning routines and approaches to best meet each youth’s educational needs based on assessment and observation data, as well as information and feedback from caregivers, school staff, and other providers.
• Implement individualized versions of core tutoring curricula through frequent, in-person, one-on-one tutoring sessions with youth, typically in their home.
• Ensure high fidelity of the RISE curriculum model and employ a trauma-informed approach.
• Partner with RISE Education Support staff (where appropriate) to communicate and collaborate with caregiver(s) about the youth’s progress and about how they can best promote the youth’s educational progress.
• Communicate regularly and collaborate effectively with community providers, including but not limited to school staff, Department of Children and Families staff, and mental health providers.
• When appropriate, partner with RISE Education Support staff to participate in meetings related to a youth’s educational goals (e.

g. IEP meetings, informal school conferences). Communicate about the youth’s needs and goals and uphold the youth’s rights before, during, and after the meeting.

• Complete documentation including, but not limited to, intake paperwork and consents, needs assessments, service plans, and case notes.
• Actively participate in program and agency internal (e.g. collaborating with colleagues, staff meetings, town halls) and external meetings (e.

g. collaborating with other providers, and schools) both in person and virtually

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or higher degree in human services or similar related field.
• A Master’s Degree is preferred, but not required!
• Driver’s license and reliable transportation
• Experience serving youth who have experienced trauma and implementing support strategies that use student-centered and trauma-informed approaches is preferred!
• Prior experience with child welfare-involved youth and / or within the public education system is a plus!
• High level of personal accountability for the quality and impact of work with the ability to effectively organize, plan, and prioritize work.
• Demonstrated understanding of and competence in serving BIPOC youth with a flexibility and entrepreneurial spirit; thoughtful, curious, and open-minded approach to learning, growth, and change.
• Computer skills sufficient to perform essential functions.
• Bilingual in Spanish / Bicultural candidates is a HUGE plus!

We Offer :

• Competitive compensation structure!
• Eligible for Signing Bonus!
• Comprehensive total rewards package
• Full suite of healthcare benefits
• Dental Insurance
• Medical Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Student loan pay-down assistance!
• Tuition reimbursement!
• Funding for professional development
• Generous paid time-off!
• We value employee wellness, work-life balance, and continuous learning!

Apply Today!

Company Description

What We Do

Each year, we provide a range of critical services to children, families, and individuals across Massachusetts.

• We are the largest nonprofit provider of comprehensive foster care in Massachusetts. We also support children experiencing foster care as they grow their early literacy skills;
• youth who are aging out of foster care and transitioning into adulthood; families involved with the child welfare system;

and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Hopewell has been supporting, empowering, and uplifting those in our care for six decades.

Company Description

What We Do r n r nEach year, we provide a range of critical services to children, families, and individuals across Massachusetts.

• r n r nWe are the largest nonprofit provider of comprehensive foster care in Massachusetts. We also support children experiencing foster care as they grow their early literacy skills;
• youth who are aging out of foster care and transitioning into adulthood; families involved with the child welfare system;

and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. r n r nHopewell has been supporting, empowering, and uplifting those in our care for six decades.