Reading Sufficiency Tutor

Reading Sufficiency Tutor.  Orvis Risner Elementary.  (New Position 2/15/2019)  Early Childhood-1003 or Elem. Ed.-1501 or 1600.  Begins ASAP.  $20.00 per hour.  For more information, contact Penny Gooch at 726-3700. 

Job Title:  Elementary Reading Tutor Temporary Assignment

 Salary/Contract:   $20 per hour / Tutor contract / no benefits.

Work Location:    

Immediate Supervisor:    

General Description: 

Provides support for teachers and schools as directed by the Administrators and Teachers.  Primary focus of job function is at the elementary level.  Tutors provide service to identified students in need of additional instructional support and services during, before or after school. Tutors coordinate services with  teachers.  Considerable professional judgment is required.

Essential Job Functions:

• Maintains a professional relationship with students, parents, and educators.
• Provides one on one or small group support in extended time programs to students identified for additional instructional support/tutoring.
• Work collaboratively with teacher(s) in determining supplemental instruction to be implemented with students identified for additional support/tutoring.
• Provides further reinforcement of skills as prescribed by the teacher.
• Assists  teacher in ongoing assessment of students identified for additional instructional support/tutoring.
• Provides required records (time sheet, additional progress monitoring data to the benchmark data, RTI, and other data used to demonstrate growth of participants).
• Adheres to federal laws; state regulations; district policy; including maintaining confidentiality of all information regarding students.
• Adheres to all building site procedures; classroom management rules and routines; as well as safety practices and procedures.
• Responsible for following directives of certified school personnel and carrying through with all activities deemed appropriate by the teacher who has classroom instruction and management responsibilities.
• Performs other tutorial duties assigned by the  teacher, or the building principal.                                           

Budgetary Responsibility:  N/A

Report Preparation:

As requested by  teacher or building principal.

Equipment Operation: 

General computer skills needed.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities: Knowledge of the content, concepts, principles and methodologies of mathematics and reading/language arts education in a public school setting; of Oklahoma PASS; program implementation of mathematics and reading/language arts; training will be provided.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS:

Valid Oklahoma Teaching Certificate

Elementary Certification/Masters in Reading Preferred

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

Ability to teach and use read and write skills required to support and supplement instruction effectively.  Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups, staff, parents, and the general public.

REASONABLE ABILITY:

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

Ability to use computer and computer related programs and other technologies needed to perform essential job functions.   Ability to apply knowledge of current research and theory. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with students, staff, and the community.  Ability to communicate clearly and concisely both in oral and written form.  Ability to perform duties with awareness of all district requirements and Board of Education policies.

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 individual with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, sit, and talk or hear.  The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.  The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and depth perception.

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 information contained in this job description is for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (A.D.A.) and is not an exhaustive list of the duties performed for this position.  Additional duties are performed by the individual currently holding this positi

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