Tutor, SHS Tutoring Center, Salem High School, Salem Public Schools, Salem, MA [SY 2025-2026]

Tutor SHS Tutoring Center Salem High School Salem Public Schools Salem MA SY 2025-2026

Multiple Positions

About Salem Public Schools where belonging leads to opportunity.

Salem is a small diverse city with a proud maritime and immigrant history. Salem Public Schools is an urban public school district enrolling nearly 4000 students in 11 schools. Our vision is to ensure that all students will be locally engaged globally connected and fully prepared to thrive in a diverse and changing world. We hold dear our core values of belonging equity and opportunity in everything we do. We seek individuals who are passionate about urban education and understand the urgency of improving student achievement for all students regardless of ability economic status gender/gender identity language race/ethnicity sexual orientation or other backgrounds. We invite you to learn more about our strategic plan and core priorities on our website at the SHS Tutoring Center team and make a difference in students academic success! Tutors provide one-on-one and small-group support in a friendly collaborative environment. Youll help students across a range of subjects with opportunities to focus on writing reading and/or math.

Roles & Responsibilities:

This role is ideal for individuals who enjoy helping others learn building relationships and fostering a positive learning environment.

In this role you will:

• Provide academic support to students in individual and small-group settings.
• Write brief session reports to track student progress.
• Help promote the Tutoring Center to the school community.
• Assist with daily operations to keep the center running smoothly.

Position Details - SALEM HIGH SCHOOL

Hours: Part-Time Flexible within SHS Tutoring Center hours (Monday-Friday 7:30AM-4:00PM)

Compensation: Hourly commensurate with qualifications and experience

Supervisor- Alexandra Kirby Early College Coordinator

Location- SHS Tutoring Center (2nd floor SHS IMC)

This is a non-union grant-funded position.

What Youll Bring:

We are looking for candidates who have diverse backgrounds and experiences are inspired by our mission and are highly motivated to change childrens lives through education. Youll be right at home here if you are a reflective practitioner who values collaboration with colleagues and pushes yourself your work and the people around you to the next level. We expect our SPS employees to:

• Hold a deep commitment to students and families and value diversity - The SPS community is vibrant diverse in background ethnicity language and perspective. You embrace and affirm the backgrounds of all members of the SPS community and view our diversity as a powerful resource that supports us each in learning and doing our best work.
• Hold high expectations for yourself students and colleagues You see potential in all especially our SPS students and maintain high expectations for achievement while providing the support necessary to meet that bar. You hold yourself to high expectations modeling SPS values and seeking opportunities to continuously improve.
• Build authentic caring relationships with colleagues students and families You build strong relationships across students families and colleagues that are collaborative in nature and contribute to the individual and collective success of SPS. You partner with families and colleagues to make decisions in the best interest of students and learning.
• Embrace feedback You are a reflective practitioner who learns from mistakes and challenges and uses them as opportunities for growth. You model persistence and growth mindset and thrive in a culture of feedback.

Qualifications:

• Strong work ethic and willingness to learn.
• Reliable punctual and able to follow schedule and program requirements.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work well with others.
• Comfort assisting in writing and/or math guiding students through problem-solving and assignments.
• Previous tutoring experience familiarity with tutoring strategies and best practices and experience working in a high school setting preferred.
• Current SHS students and staff are encouraged to apply.

Requirements

• Ability to collaborate in a team environment.
• Familiarity with general academic subjects.
• Advanced proficiency in writing reading and/or math is a plus.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Salem Public School District is committed to maintaining a work and learning environment free from discrimination on the basis of race color religion national origin pregnancy gender identity sexual orientation marital/civil union status ancestry place of birth age citizenship status veteran status political affiliation genetic information or disability as defined and required by state and federal laws. Additionally we prohibit retaliation against individuals who oppose such discrimination and harassment or who participate in an equal opportunity investigation.