The Literacy LabFull-time Tutor Positions
https://theliteracylab.org/
Application
The Literacy Lab recognizes that ensuring all students have the chance to read proficiently is an urgent and critical need. Our approach is to provide schools with evidence-based literacy intervention, full-time literacy tutors to implement the model, and assessment tools and a coaching support structure that ensures the success of the program and students.
The Literacy Lab believes that literacy is a human right and that all children deserve to learn how to read.
WHO YOU ARE
We seek tutors from diverse backgrounds who embody our core values. At a minimum, all tutors must:
- Be at least 18 years old
- Have a high school diploma, GED, or equivalency
- Have served no more than 3 previous AmeriCorps terms
- Be a US citizen, national, or permanent resident
- Demonstrate optimism and dedication to ensure their students grow and succeed
Literacy Lab tutors must be able to:
- Serve in a full-time capacity for 11 months (August 2019-July 2020) at one school site
- Attend trainings, school and service events, and other activities outside of the school day
Benefits of service:
- A modest living allowance
- Federal student loan forbearance
- Segal Education Award following completion of service
- Health insurance, with all premiums covered by The Literacy Lab
- Access to SNAP benefits, as well as Childcare and Employee Assistance Programs
- Transferable professional development that complements your service year experience
- Master coaches, who provide training on interventions and assessments
- Internal coaches, who provide ongoing, individualized support at school sites
- Program staff, who oversee your professional journey through the program year
- Read our full K-3 and Pre-K program descriptions
- Visit our website and read through our FAQs
- Contact our recruitment team (recruitment@theliteracylab.org)
