Teaching Fellow-Reading Coach
About the Role: Joy Education Foundation is looking for passionate, equity-minded educators to join our tutoring community as independent contractors. Teaching Fellow-Reading Coaches will be on the front lines of closing the literacy gap, working directly with 1st-8th grade students in live, synchronous, online tutoring sessions. These lessons are conducted virtually via video-conferencing software. Teaching Fellow-Reading Coaches will be on camera with the student(s).
We value diversity of all kinds and seek to build a team of tutors that is representative of the students we serve.
As a Teaching Fellow-Reading Coach, you will teach reading online to groups of 1 - 4 students. You will use Joy Education’s learning platform and curriculum, which guide you through lessons and show student performance in real-time. You will meet consistently with the same students each week so you can build relationships that support student learning and development. This position is remote and can work from anywhere #LI-Remote. Successful Teaching Fellow-Reading Coaches are invited to apply for our lead Teaching Fellow roles that come with additional program responsibilities and great compensation.
To apply, please complete the application prompts and email videos and resume to: founders@joyeducation.org
What You Will Do:
- Manage a caseload of 10-20 students under the supervision of full-time Program Manager
- Build strong relationships with students and families that center student identity, culture and interest
- Provide direct instruction and intervention support in the area of reading for students using Joy Education curriculum and technology tools
- Collect, analyze and share relevant data to support using our technology tools
- Engage in individual and group coaching sessions with instructional staff
Who We’re Looking For:
- You love working with 1st-8th grade students.
- You’re tech savvy and technology is your friend. You embrace using technology to engage with students online, both 1:1 and in small groups.
- You meet any of these criteria:
- You are enrolled in a degree program and can secure a faculty/staff recommendation letter or
- You have a bachelor’s degree or higher, and you have at least one year of teaching or tutoring experience or
- You are in your final year of a teacher credentialing or education degree program, and you have at least one year of teaching or tutoring experience
- You have at least two years of teaching or tutoring experience or
- You have relevant lived experience to support our learners
- You are currently a U.S. resident (Sorry, we can’t hire outside the U.S. at this time.).
Job Details:
- Location: Remote
- Competitive pay rate: For this role, the pay is $16/hour. All Teaching Fellow-Reading Coaches are independent contractors and responsible for their own self-employment tax filings with the IRS. You will be provided a 1099 at the end of the calendar year.
- Schedule: Joy Education is still in the building phase of our Tutoring division and we are currently hiring Teaching Fellow-Reading Coaches for programs that will start in the February of 2025. Once hired and background checked, tutors will be provided access to our Portal to sign up for available tutoring appointments.
- Curriculum: A proven technology platform that guides you through lessons and shows student performance in real-time.
- Must be available to work between 2:00 PM and 8:00 PM EST.
About Joy Education Foundation
About Us: Joy Education Foundation is a technology-nonprofit that provides virtual support for reading to K-12 students and provides on-demand training for teachers, parents and other community volunteers to address literacy needs in their community.
Our Mission: Joy Education helps students, families, and communities become great readers and writers while finding the joy in it. We do that by offering a low-cost virtual reading clinic for students in grades 1-12 to help them overcome reading difficulties.
Our Vision: Because of our work, we will see every student, every family, and every community reading.
What we offer: Virtual learning support for students in grades 1-12 in the areas of reading. Students meet with Teaching Fellow-Reading Coaches (tutors) for 1-2 virtual 30 min tutoring sessions weekly where they work on reading goals like fluency and word recognition.
Our Approach
- Instead of solving for all literacy needs, we focus on building student self-efficacy (academic self-esteem) because according to research, self-efficacy is one of the top influencers on student achievement. Our theory of action is that supporting student efficacy can lead to meaningful progress in literacy performance over time.
- We take a social emotional learning (SEL) approach to support student literacy needs that includes: relationship building, a focus on growth mindset, meaningful goal setting, and relevant learning strategies.
- We work directly with community organizations like schools and youth-serving organizations and parents to identify students who would benefit from extra literacy support. We especially want to support students who receive Tier 2 and Tier 3 support in school, whether or not they are already receiving intervention support or specialized instruction.
To apply, please complete the application prompts and email videos and resume to: founders@joyeducation.org
Link for Applications Prompts
Please reach out with questions: founders@joyeducation.org