2025 Bilingual Summer Literacy Tutor
2025 Bilingual Summer Literacy Tutor
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Job Title: Bilingual Summer Literacy Tutor
Job Type: Seasonal June and July 2025
Pay: $22/hour
Reports to: Literacy Project Manager
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About Friends of the Children Austin:
Friends of the Children Austin breaks the cycle of generational poverty. Our model is to achieve this goal through intentional relationships. We are a prevention/early intervention program working to enable our communitys highestrisk children to develop the relationships goals and skills necessary to break the cycles of violence poverty and abuse. Our evidencebased model is courageous unique and proven. We provide each child with a salaried professional mentor who we call a Friend from kindergarten through graduation 12.5 years. No matter what. Friends spend a minimum of four hours every week with each of their eight children teaching valuable life skills instilling positive behaviors and helping them grow into responsible adults.
Position Overview:
The past few years have been challenging for Texas Schools. As a result of these challenges our children have academically regressed so that currently more than 50 are not on grade level. Our Summer Literacy Book Camp will ensure our most behind elementary schoolers (grades PreK 6 5 receive instruction at least one day per week. Each Literacy Tutor will work 1:1 in 60minute sessions with each child in order to meet individual reading improvement goals. This is where you come in! Mentors will transport children to the Clubhouse so that Literacy Tutors can concentrate on tutoring. Ideally Literacy Tutors will share progress updates and focus practice areas each week with Mentors we call them Friends who will share that information with Caregivers. Literacy team members will set positive expectations nurture and promote strengths talents and abilities; help assure physical and emotional wellbeing; teach developmentally appropriate literacy skills; and model responsible behavior. A tutor must also know understand honor and support the organizations mission vision values principles and policies.
The following statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work to be performed by individuals assigned to this position. They are not intended as a comprehensive list of all responsibilities duties and skills required of personnel so classified.
Core Tutor Accountabilities:
- 9week commitment
- Develop and sustain a caring trusting and accepting relationship with each child
- Set realistic expectations and goals based on each childs strengths and needs
- Foster collaborative working relationships with each childs Friend
- Model and promote good problem solving and decisionmaking skills
- Attend and actively participate in lesson planning for each child
- Notify Friends Austin staff at least 24 hours prior to cancellations
- Fulfill other responsibilities as
- Ability to relate to children and to develop and sustain trusting supportive relationships with them
- Strong interpersonal skill
- Ability to conduct tutoring sessions inperson
- Demonstrated ability to work with children in tutoring capacities and settings to help them learn and grow.
- All Friends Austin employees will be required to complete and pass a personal background check prior to being hired.
Essential Skills and Abilities:
- ELL / Bilingual required.
- Ability to assess each youths baseline literacy competency track and monitor the data and implement an individualized literacy plan.
Working Hours:
The workday will begin as early as 8:30 am and end as late as 5 pm. We have a spacious office and Clubhouse that can safely accommodate both tutoring sessions and planning. We expect our tutors to make a 40hr a week commitment for 9 weeks.
Education and Experience Required:
- Working toward college degree
- Teaching or tutoring elementary aged children
What You Can Expect:
- You will have access to our beautiful spacious safeoffice and clubhouse space in East Austin with access to green space and areas to plan and make copies
Friends of the Children Austin is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to addressing discriminatory practices and to working toward racial equity. The equal employment opportunity policy of Friends of the Children Austin provides fair and equal opportunities for all employees and job applicants regardless of race color religious creed national origin ancestry age sex gender pregnancy sexual orientation marital status familial status disability or genetic information in compliance with applicable federal state and local law. Friends of the Children Austin hires and promotes individuals solelybased ontheir qualifications for the job to be filled.
Employment Type
Temp
