We're Hiring! Test Prep Tutor

Opening: Test Prep Tutor (Independent Contractor) for EST-PST hours

We’re building our company with the best! Would you like to join us?

Russell Tutoring and Consulting is a growing, independently-owned tutoring company that offers virtual tutoring in the Greater Philadelphia area as well to students across the country. We specialize in mindful test prep (ACT/SAT) and academic tutoring and tutor all subjects and ages.

We’re seeking knowledgeable, reliable, enthusiastic, and inspirational tutors for mindful SAT and ACT test prep; we will especially consider tutors who have either mindfulness experience or training, or who are also qualified to tutor GRE/GMAT and/or other STEM subjects or Writing.

To learn how RTC does test prep differently than other companies, please visit our website.

Qualifications

Availability for after-school and weekend tutoring, 12 pm-9pm PST. The successful candidate must have multiple weeknight evenings and one weekend day available for students in Pacific Time Zones.
Bachelor’s Degree.
A passion for supporting diverse students on their path to success.
A genuine interest in teaching college-readiness skills through mindful test prep.
Ability to exercise discretion and maintain confidentiality of all student and family information.
At least two years’ experience tutoring ALL sections of ACT and/or SAT.
Ability to thoroughly tutor students in assigned content according to the student assignment and RTC training.
Ability to center in the student and make the student’s needs the driver of each lesson.
Ability to tutor skillfully virtually.
Ability to manage all aspects of lesson administration independently.
Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Reliability, initiative, and promptness.
Creativity, collaboration, flexible thinking, and a desire to grow.
Ability to maintain a minimum load of 3 students (approximately 6 hours of tutoring per week), preferably more.
Desire to commit to a long-term contract position — at least 2 years. We invest in training and mentoring our tutors, so we ask that you come to us with longer-term employment in mind. Our tutors generally stay with us for years.

Responsibilities

Invest in every student’s success with dedication, compassion, and kindness. We believe in clear student-teacher and work-life boundaries, but we understand that for students to grow, their teachers must invest.
Practice equity, equality, and inclusion.
Commit to work with each assigned student from the start to the end of their tutoring journey at RTC.
Contact each tutoring family within 24 hours of receiving their student assignment.
Schedule, communicate, and keep appointments in a timely manner based on established company norms.
Immediately inform RTC of any lesson cancellations or rescheduling.
Thoroughly prepare for each lesson.
Teach students test prep according to RTC’s mindful philosophy and student-centered approach.
After each lesson, write progress notes (~1 page) within 24 hours, based on RTC company guidelines.
Collaborate with Mindfulness Coaches in supporting students toward success.
Meet collaboratively for 15-30 minutes weekly with RTC to nurture students toward success.
Communicate with students and parents as needed about their tutoring programs.
Inform RTC expediently of any acute concern with a tutoring program.
Collect student ACT or SAT score results and communicate them to RTC promptly.
As needed, provide input to RTC after your student’s SAT and ACT test results about possible next steps if your student wishes to continue tutoring toward their score goal. At RTC, we provide educational recommendations, and we will value your input.
Post score summaries and ask for family reviews.
Any other reasonable duties as deemed appropriate by RTC.

What RTC offers our tutors

Competitive compensation ($40-$60/hr).
We only do test prep with students who want to work, so teaching is a pleasure for our tutors!
We match students and tutors based on best-fit, which means your student will likely be a great fit for your personal instructional strengths. If a student isn’t a great fit for you, you can let us know.
You tell RTC when you’re available, and we find students that fit your schedule.
Scheduling and admin are a breeze at RTC. We handle family billing too.
A supportive and encouraging work environment – we’ll help you through every step of the tutoring process. You’ll have a collaborative weekly support call, so you’ll never be expected to troubleshoot program issues on your own.
Our students often grow in magnificent ways and are usually highly successful, so teaching for RTC is highly rewarding.
Flexible schedule: we require our tutors to have a minimum student load of 3. Beyond that, we offer as many or as few hours and clients as you’d like. Some of our tutors are very busy!

Please send your teaching/tutoring résumé and cover letter to Claire Russell at info@russelltc.com.