Reading Specialist with Degree in Education
Required skills
- Degree in elementary education
- reading intervention
- Science of Reading
- engage children
- virtual setting
- communication skills
- energetic
- positive
- patient
Nice to have
- online curriculum
- assessments
Role summary
Seeking an energetic Online Reading Specialist to teach K-8 students using a Science of Reading-based curriculum via 25-minute Zoom sessions. The role focuses on building reading confidence, fostering a love for reading, and ensuring measurable progress through engaging, individualized lessons. Responsibilities include teaching, creating a positive learning environment, communicating with parents, and tracking student performance. Requires a degree in education/reading intervention and the ability to connect with children virtually. This is a 1099 independent contractor position.
Job Description:
We are seeking an energetic and passionate Online Reading Specialist to join our team and help children succeed in reading! Using a structured Science of Reading-based curriculum that is fun and easy to teach, you will provide engaging, effective, and individualized lessons to students through 25-minute Zoom sessions. Your role will be to build confidence in young readers, foster a love for reading, and ensure measurable progress.
Responsibilities:
- Teach students (K-8) using a fun, effective, and easy-to-teach online curriculum
- Create a fun, engaging, and encouraging learning environment
- Maintain regular communication with parents to update them on student performance
- Foster strong relationships with students to ensure their confidence and enthusiasm for reading
- Provide assessments and track student progress regularly
Requirements:
- Degree in elementary education and/or reading intervention
- Familiarity with Science of Reading principles
- Ability to connect with and engage children in a virtual setting
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Must be energetic, positive, and patient
Schedule:
- Initially, you must be available Monday to Friday from 7 AM to 11 AM Central Time and 4 PM to 8 PM Central Time to make it easy to fill your schedule. Once you have 20 hours worth of students, you will have more flexibility (according to your students' availability).
- It will take several weeks to fill your schedule, so your hours will take time to build up.
- You will hired as a 1099 independent contractor.
If you have a passion for helping children become confident, successful readers and you meet the qualifications listed above, we would love to hear from you!
Salary: $20 – $24 / hourOriginally posted on Himalayas
