Tutor - Forest Lake

Thousands of children need extra help to achieve grade-level skills in reading and math. Take action as a tutor and give kids more — more opportunities, more success and more confidence. 

As a tutor, you’ll be placed at a local school where you’ll help students to become better readers or work with students to build foundational math skills. Every day, you’ll meet with students one-on-one, in pairs or in small groups to provide extra practice and build skills. 

With training and on-site coaching, we’ll prepare you to help kids succeed. Students make the most progress when you are there, so our tutors serve during school hours and are needed for the entire school year. We are currently recruiting tutors for the 2023-24 school year, with the option of beginning in August and October. 

These are AmeriCorps member positionions with Reading Corps and Math Corps, and you’ll be joining a team of over 2,000 tutors nationwide. Together, we’re on a mission to help create more success stories! 

• Use proven strategies to help students build their skills and confidence. 

• Collaborate with coaches to monitor student progress and see what’s working. 
• Conduct skill assessments and enter student scores into data management software. 
• Respond to feedback and commit to continuous improvement through coaching, training and professional development. 
• Represent Reading Corps or Math Corps at school-sponsored activities and share your experience with the wider community to help build awareness. 

Serve as a tutor and receive a scalable perks package based on your time commitment of 35, 25,18 or 10 hours per week. 

All positions are eligible for Federal student loan forbearance and interest repayment! 

35 hours/week perks: 

• A stipend of $1,000 paid every 2 weeks 
• Up to $4,826 for tuition or student loans* 

• $4,826 total for members beginning their service in August 2023 
• $3,447 total for members beginning their service in October 2023 

• Individual health insurance — Monthly premium 100% covered 

• Child care assistance — Based on family size and income 

25 hours/week perks: 

• A stipend of $750 paid every 2 weeks 
• Up to $3,447 for tuition or student loans* 

• $3,447 total for members beginning their service in August 2023 

• $2,626 total for members beginning their service in October 2023 

18 hours/week perks: 

• A stipend of $535 paid every 2 weeks 
• Up to $2,626 for tuition or student loans* 

• $2,626 total for members beginning their service in August 2023 

• $1,824 total for members beginning their service in October 2023 

10 hours/week perks: 

• A stipend of $350 paid every 2 weeks 
• Up to $1,459 for tuition or student loans* 

*The Segal AmeriCorps Education Award can be used to pay tuition or repay qualified student loans. Individuals 55+ at the start of their service term may gift their award to their child, grandchild, foster child, or stepchild. 

Anyone can become a tutor as long as they have a passion to take action for kids – and meet the following minimum qualifications.  

By the time they begin their service, our tutors are: 

• Dependable and have a history of good attendance 
• Able to understand and follow instructions 
• Open to making improvements based on feedback 

• Capable of setting a pace and maintaining a schedule with students 
• Competent with basic computer skills (like email and navigating online) 
• Fluent in English for speaking, reading, and writing  
• 18 years of age or older with a high school diploma or equivalent 
• A citizen, national, or lawful permanent resident of the United States* 

• Able to successfully complete a background check 
  

*Applicants who have received deferred action for childhood arrivals (DACA) through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security are not eligible to serve as AmeriCorps members at this time. 

Watch these 2-minute videos and get a glimpse of what it’s like to be a reading tutor or math tutor! Or click here to view the position descriptions. 

We’d love to hear from you! Contact us at 866-859-2825 or join@ampact.us. 

Reading Corps and Math Corps are powered by AmeriCorps members who serve as tutors. Since the programs launched, Reading Corps and Math Corps have helped more than 300,000 children improve their skills. Independent research shows students who receive support from one of our tutors make faster progress. Building on success in Minnesota, Reading Corps is replicated nationally in 14 states, the District of Columbia, and is still growing! 

Reading Corps and Math Corps are Ampact educational program that are administered through a formal partnership with ServeMinnesota and fueled by research from the National Science + Service Collaborative. As a national organization, Ampact demonstrates the power of national service to solve complex social problems by creating innovative programs that focus on the key areas of education, environmental stewardship, and healthy futures for communities. These programs include Reading Corps, Math Corps, Early Learning Corps, Climate Impact Corps, Heading Home Corps, Language Corps, Public Health Corps, Recovery Corps and Resettlement Corps.  

Ampact will not discriminate for or against any AmeriCorps service member or applicant on the basis of race, color, creed, national origin, gender, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, gender identity or expression, political affiliation, marital or parental status, familial status, military service, or any other category protected by law. Reasonable accommodations provided upon request.  

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