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Crossroads Charter Schools is looking for highly effective, highly qualified and highly motivated individuals to join our organization. Ideal candidates will have experience in urban education and be committed to our four core values: High Expectations, Real World Learning, Creative Culture, and Belonging.

Crossroads Charter Schools organization is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants are considered for all positions without regard to sex, race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other factor prohibited by law.

Job Description: Secondary Reading and Science Tutor - Part-time Contractor

Direct Supervisor: Principal or designee

School Summary:

At Crossroads Charter Schools, we…

• Understand the significant difference between equity and equality. Every student deserves to receive what he/she needs to succeed (equity), not that every student receives the same amount of resources, instruction, attention, etc. (equality).
• Develop school environments where all students are actively and meaningfully engaged in rigorous instruction and authentic learning tasks.
• Interrupt the “school to prison pipeline” – policies and practices that are directly and indirectly pushing the most at risk students out of school and on a pathway to the juvenile and criminal justice systems.
• Engage families as partners in meaningful ways.
• Build the capacity of diverse teams that are more reflective of our students.
• Nurture an open, collaborative, and trusting environment because the work is enormous, deeply personal, emotional and often difficult.
• Engage in on-going job embedded professional development through co-teaching and co-planning

Position Summary:

We are seeking dedicated and passionate Tutors to join our team to provide reading support and/or math support to students in small groups. The Tutors will work closely with students to enhance their literacy skills by focusing on key aspects of the Science of Reading, a research-based approach to reading instruction, and/or focus on enhancing their math skills by focusing on key aspects of the Science of Math, which is a research-based approach to Math. This is a part-time position that provides the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on students' academic success.

Position Responsibilities:

• Provide individualized and small-group instruction to students, focusing on literacy skills such as reading comprehension, phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, and fluency.
• Provide individualized and small-group instruction to students, focusing on mathematical skills.
• Utilize evidence-based practices informed by the Science of Reading and/or the Science of Math to tailor lessons that meet the diverse needs of students.
• Implement a variety of instructional strategies to foster students' reading development and mathematical fluency.
• Assess student progress regularly through informal and formal assessments, adjusting instruction as necessary to ensure continued growth.
• Collaborate with classroom teachers and other educational staff to align tutoring support with the school's literacy goals and/or mathematical goals
• Maintain a positive, engaging, and supportive learning environment to encourage student participation and progress.
• Provide feedback and progress reports to teachers and parents as needed.
• Demonstrate gains in student performance

• Participate in meetings, training, and professional development
• Meet professional obligations through efficient work habits such as: meeting deadlines, honoring schedules, coordinating, etc.
• Act professionally and ethically at all times and comply with school policies, procedures, and expectations.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned by their supervisor.

Skills and Qualifications:

• Understanding of/willing to learn about literacy development, reading strategies, and the Science of Reading principles
• Understand of/willing to learn about Math development and the Science of Math Principles
• Experience working with students on reading and literacy and/or math, preferred
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to build rapport with students from diverse backgrounds.
• Patience, adaptability, and a passion for helping students succeed.
• A degree/training in education, literacy studies, mathematics, or a related field, preferred
• Desire to continue professional development
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to coordinate multiple tasks and activities
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills and ability to keep multiple stakeholder groups, including parents, teachers, staff, volunteers, and partners, informed of critical issues, activities, and schedules.
• An ability and enthusiasm for promoting the school and its mission to a broad and diverse group of people.
• Excellent work ethic, positive attitude, flexibility, and willingness to perform tasks assigned
• Demonstrates ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students and teachers in the school environment and community.
• Must pass a background check

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This job requires that the employee be able to: sit, stand, walk, speak, hear, use hands, fingers, reach with hands and fingers; bend, stoop, lift objects of at least ten pounds. Job requires the employee occasionally to stoop, kneel, crouch. Visual ability requires mono and color vision, close vision, distance vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud and is a standard acceptable level for this environment. Is directly responsible for students’ safety, work output and well-being.

All applicants must apply on the Crossroads website at: http://www.crossroadsschoolskc.org/careers

Key Working Relationships in Addition to Supervisor:

Teachers, Students, Parents, Volunteers, Office Staff, Support Staff, Assistant Principals, Principals, District Leadership Team, Central Office Team

Both federal and state law requires all public school personnel to submit to and pass a criminal background check prior to employment by the school. Crossroads Charter Schools is required by law to exclude from employment any person who has pleaded to or been found guilty of a felony or crime involving moral turpitude under the laws of the State of Missouri, any other State of the United States or any other country, whether or not a sentence is or was imposed.

Please be advised that Crossroads Charter Schools does not seek information related to the conviction of crimes unrelated to those described in this question. Your conviction of a crime not otherwise listed above is not an automatic disqualification from employment consideration. The school will consider the nature of the offense and the relationship between the offense and the position for which you are applying.