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SalaryIgnite Reading teaches kids to read.
Today, 67% of students and 82% of low-income students can't read at grade level by the end of third grade. That's when you are supposed to go from learning to read to reading to learn. It's America's number one education crisis and we know how to fix it.
Ignite teaches kids to read by providing 15 minutes a day of 1:1 virtual reading instruction. We focus on the reading fundamentals (letters, phonics, and sight words) kids need to master so they can decode a sentence. Our program accelerates reading progress 2.4x and we are disrupting how schools think about reading instruction.
Ignite launched our first school implementation in the fall of 2021. Sixteen months later, we will have grown our number of schools and students 35x.
Ignite Reading is a mission-driven public benefit corporation. We believe we can do well for our team members and shareholders while we solve one of the nation's biggest challenges. We believe we will be more successful with a diverse team and are seeking candidates who have lived experience related to social justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Program Description
Ignite Reading is currently hiring Tutor Educators who will join our certification program and tutor Ignite students throughout the academic year.
Currently, we are seeking tutors with availability from 8:00 am - Noon pm EST but we encourage all individuals ready and able to serve students from 8:00 am - 5:30 pm EST to apply.
Our Tutor Educators lead daily, one-on-one, 15-minute virtual tutoring sessions with the same students 5 days a week, focused on the foundational reading skills.
Through our PAID certification course in the Science of Reading Instruction, our Tutor Educators gain mastery of instructional skills and teaching best practices grounded in research. While completing certification, you'll work with 5 - 10 students, developing strong relationships and gaining a deep understanding of how to teach and inspire your students throughout their journey to become readers. Once certified, successful Ignite Tutor Educators work up to 30 hours a week as a force of change for struggling readers.
Ignite Tutor Educators:
- Commit to a minimum of 3 hours of consistent daily availability to provide high quality, high dosage tutoring to students.
- Must have strong proficiency in navigating virtual platforms and individual computer hardware and software.
- Demonstrate a commitment to implementing skills learned and feedback received during certification to get better on behalf of the children we serve.
- Cultivate trusting, meaningful relationships with students and schools while forming collaborative relationships with your Ignite Tutor Educator peers.
- Execute with a high level of attention to detail and meet deadlines.
- Show up genuinely excited to work with students every day and hold the promises we make to students sacred!
- Understand that learning to read is hard, practice empathy and understanding, hold high expectations for their students, and never ever give up on them
- Arrive on time to all tutoring sessions and fulfill all duties associated with your role while representing the Ignite Reading program with the highest degree of professionalism.
- Leverage our technology platforms to deliver Ignite Reading's curriculum and record student data.
- Complete our paid 60+ hour certification class and gain mastery of the Science of Reading, our assessment systems, program operations, and our research-based, foundational skills curriculum.
Tutors are paid $17.50/per hour while you are successfully completing your certification course. Once certified, tutors begin earning $20/per hour.
Before you apply, read the requirements below very carefully to understand the time commitments we expect of tutors.
Certification Process:
We require that hired tutors complete a 5-week certification class that includes 3 weeks of tutoring (concurrent with training) during which you will tutor approximately 4 -10 students. Below you'll find a description of the time required for the certification class and the practicum.
Certification Class:
- Successful applicants must complete a Certification course.
- Training runs Monday - Friday, 5 days a week for the entirety of Certification.
- Tutors join learning groups based on their availability. Tutors will either be assigned to these or be able to choose from a small window of options.
- Tutors commit to 3-hour classes daily for the first 2 weeks and 2-hour classes daily plus a minimum of 1 hour of tutoring daily in what we call "practicum" for the remaining 3 weeks of the course.
- The certification consists of alternating synchronous, live sessions led by a member of our team, and asynchronous learning experiences, online virtual courses you complete independently. For example, tutors will be in live synchronous classes up to 3 days a week and complete asynchronous learning 2 days a week.
Practicum: After you have completed the first 2 weeks of the certification course, your class time will be reduced to two hours a day.To successfully complete your practicum, you will need to provide a minimum of 3 hours a day of availability between 8:00 am and 5:30 pm EST. This availability can coincide with your training for Certification. This provides us with adequate options for scheduling your students five days a week at the same times each day. You may choose the tutoring times you are available.
It is critical that you are able to meet these requirements in order to join this cohort. Please be aware that there are only two time slots available for the certification course, and we have listed them below.
At Ignite Reading, we believe in building and fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace environment. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer where all applicants are considered for employment without attention to color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status. Research shows that candidates from underrepresented backgrounds often don't apply for roles if they don't meet all the criteria – unlike majority candidates meeting significantly fewer requirements. We strongly encourage you to apply if you're interested!
We are seeking candidates who have lived experience related to social justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion. We are a virtual organization with headquarters in the California Bay Area.
