Early Literacy Tutor (2024-2025)

Who We Are

OnYourMark Education is a high-dosage virtual tutoring service providing individualized early literacy virtual foundational skills instruction to K-5th graders grounded in the science of reading. We partner with schools as a supplement to the literacy instruction already in place to ensure students get the foundational reading skills they need to excel!

Why We Exist

OnYourMark exists to ensure that the students we serve learn to read by 3rd grade. We also believe that spreading an understanding of the science of how children learn to read can be transformative for tutors, teachers, children, and families. Getting foundational literacy skills right in K-2 will support children to read on grade level and diminish the need for schools to remediate at their current levels.

Why Apply

When you become an OnYourMark Early Literacy Tutor, you commit to supporting students in becoming lifelong readers with the foundational reading skills to tackle future school and life challenges. Becoming an OnYourMark Early Literacy Tutor is right for you if you are invested in having an impact on the lives of young people, are committed to learning new skills, and are inspired by being a part of eradicating educational inequities.  

Who Should Apply

Becoming an OnYourMark Early Literacy Tutor is perfect for college students, college-aged students taking gap years, recent high school and college graduates, current tutors, and retired and part-time educators. It is ideal for those who love working with children and are interested in learning more about a career in education. Successfully building tutoring skills will open up possibilities to continue as a tutor, tutor coach, and build a resume that opens doors for future opportunities in schools as teachers, leaders, and beyond. 

Requirements

Position Overview

OnYourMark Early Literacy Tutors provide virtual high-dosage tutoring to Kindergarten through 5th-grade students grounded in the science of reading. Tutors learn how to teach an explicit phonics curriculum to support the development of foundational reading skills. Early Literacy Tutors will support students through one-on-one or small groups in a virtual setting. This individualized approach will increase the speed at which students develop as readers by third grade, the year that research shows students must master these skills to engage in increasingly complex texts as they progress in school and life. 

Upon successful completion of onboarding and training requirements, tutors will enter the Tutoring Pool. During this time, tutors will sign up for available one-off tutoring sessions in need of substitute coverage until they are assigned a schedule. Schedule assignments are based on school schedule needs and tutor availability. OnYourMark shall use its best efforts to provide a placement for tutors to provide tutoring services, but shall not guarantee a specific placement. 

Your Commitments

• Engage in paid virtual pre-service training. For new tutors, this will be ~20 hours, and for continuing or returning tutors, this will be ~4 hours.
• Attend professional development through ongoing professional learning sessions and one-on-one or small group tutor coaching sessions.
• Manage a caseload of students by building strong relationships, collecting data regarding progress, preparing lesson materials, and supporting students in their prescribed learning sequence.
• Track student reading skill progress over the course of tutoring sessions.
• The fall session runs from August through December, and the spring session runs from January through June. Specific weeks vary and may stagger based on school assignment.
• Time commitment varies, with a minimum of 14 hours a week which includes virtual tutoring (a minimal caseload of 6 sessions within 3 hours of consistent daily availability), lesson preparation time, ongoing professional development, and coaching sessions.
• Learn from experts in the field to develop and continuously improve tutoring skills and understanding of how children learn to read based on the science of reading.
• Instill the love of reading and learning in the young people with whom you work.

Additional requirements

• Be at least 18 years of age
• Hold a high school diploma or equivalent, GED
• Reside within the contiguous U.S., Hawaii, or Alaska and be authorized to work in the U.S. 
• Tutors must satisfy an online comprehensive background check and, if applicable, complete the appropriate fingerprinting requirements outlined by each school partner assignment.
• Have a computer with a Chrome browser and a working microphone/video. Your internet connection must support a minimum of 30 megabytes per second for download and 10 megabytes per second for upload.

Benefits

Compensation

Early Literacy Tutors are compensated for completing 20 hours of preservice training ($350) as well as for each tutoring session ($9 per 20-minute session), professional development session ($27 per session), and coaching session ($9 per session) completed throughout the session. Tutors also have the opportunity to substitute for additional one-off sessions as available for additional compensation. 

If you have questions or want to learn more, visit our website, www.onyourmarkeducation.org, or email us at [email protected].