Academic Tutor

Teachers specializing in primary & secondary school education. Staff will be required to tutor outside of school hours, travel around 15+ minutes to the client's home or a library location and are available to tutor at least 5 hours each week.

We work around our tutor’s availability, meaning, that you can work around your personal, study or other commitments.

If you are a current QCT registered teacher, trainee, graduate, or a university student we encourage you to apply.

Australian Direct Tutoring will help to obtain a BlueCard, if you already haven’t got one.

**Subject Requirements**

English (Primary & Secondary)

Mathematics (Primary & Secondary)

Science (Primary & Secondary) (preferred)

**As a Team Member**
- You will use your professional skill to provide tutoring services to a diverse range of students in their homes, a library, or other suitable location.
- You will work with parents, other agencies, and Effective Tutoring to schedule lessons, formulate plans & strategies for students based on their needs and report progress.
- You will work mainly outside school hours, including evenings, weekends & school holiday periods.
- You will need to be willing and able to travel to provide tutoring sessions.
- You should be able to commit to a minimum of 5 hours per week if required.
- Be active in promoting the business.

**Team Benefits**
- You will enjoy flexible working hours and conditions that fit with your current teaching, study, and family commitments.
- You will have the opportunity to gain and enhance your teaching skills.
- You will enjoy a progressive, supportive work environment.

**Your opportunity**
As the Tutor you will contribute to the provision of a quality educational service by assisting and supporting students with the enhancement of learning.

The Tutor reports to the Principal or nominated delegate as appropriate. The reporting relationship between the trainer and DOE teachers may be changed by the Principal on a regular basis to fulfil specific needs within the child’s school.

**Your role**
As the Academic Tutor you will have responsibility for the following:

- Communicating effectively and displaying high level of interpersonal skills to function as an effective team member.
- Maintaining anecdotal records on students for use in reviewing student’s development.
- Displaying respect and empathy for students with high level needs.
- Displaying confidentiality, tact, reliability and sensitively to students and their families.
- Assisting students to complete set activities given from school, e.g., Homework, Assessment, general skills.
- Assisting senior students with career development and redirecting as appropriate..
- Maintaining student progression and performing checks
- Communicating with parents with further learning options and advices that will benefit students.
- Working with students with learning and physical disabilities.
- Listening to students’ reading.
- Reading aloud and storytelling.
- Help student to build self-confidence and Motivation
- Completing end of term reports
- Supporting students with mental health and general attributes.
- Self-Designing teaching resources that would suit individual student, based on their level.
- Assisting students to find reference materials.
- Working under the direction of admin and parents for In-Home Tutoring
- Specific Literacy and Numeracy duties may include: o working with small groups as well as individual students o use of computers when working with students.

**Job Types**: Part-time, Subcontract, Contract
Contract length: 12 months

**Salary**: $27.28 - $46.98 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Gym membership
- Professional development assistance

Schedule:

- Every weekend
- Monday to Friday
- Public holidays
- Shift work
- Weekend availability

Supplemental pay types:

- Bonus
- Performance bonus

**Experience**:

- Teaching: 1 year (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

- Working with Children Check (preferred)
- Driver Licence (preferred)

Work Authorisation:

- Australia (preferred)

Ability to Relocate:

- Redland Bay, QLD: Relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person