Early Childhood SPED Tutor - Reading & Math

Tutor Me Education • Pasadena, CA

15h • $25 - $35 • Onsite

About The Position

Tutor Me Education is hiring a tutor to provide personalized, one-on-one, in-home tutoring to students with special needs in Pasadena, California. The tutor will deliver tailored instruction aligned with the student’s Individualized Education Plan (IEP), support daily activities, and provide moral support. The role focuses on foundational literacy, early math, and kindergarten readiness, using developmentally appropriate, play-based and hands-on approaches. The schedule is 15 hours per month, with three 1.25-hour sessions per week. Pay is $25–$35. The position is in person, with multiple openings across Pasadena. Tutor Me Education describes its tutoring opportunities as meaningful and offers a nurturing, supportive environment for students.

Requirements

• A teaching credential is required.
• At least 5 years of experience teaching foundational reading and math skills to young learners.
• Ability to provide in-person tutoring and support individualized academic and developmental goals.
• Ability to adapt lessons to the student’s developmental level and attention span.
• Ability to establish consistent routines, incorporate frequent breaks, and build a positive, trusting relationship with the student.
• Patience, creativity, and flexibility.

Nice To Haves

• Extensive experience supporting young children on the autism spectrum is strongly preferred.
• An Occupational Therapy (OT) background is highly preferred, particularly experience supporting developmental readiness, fine motor skills, sensory needs, and functional learning.
• Skill in play-based instruction, hands-on learning, visual supports, manipulatives, and developmentally appropriate teaching strategies.

Responsibilities

• Provide individualized instruction in foundational literacy, early math, and kindergarten readiness.
• Teach letter recognition, letter sounds, beginning, middle, and ending sounds, CVC word blending, word building with letter tiles, and high-frequency sight words.
• Implement the PRIDE Reading Program – Yellow Level, emphasizing mastery and progressing at the student’s individual pace.
• Build foundational math skills through counting, number recognition, quantities, number relationships, and basic number concepts.
• Use manipulatives, visual supports, and interactive activities rather than formal math workbooks before the student is ready.
• Incorporate play-based learning, creative activities, movement, and frequent breaks to support attention and engagement.
• Maintain a predictable routine while adjusting lesson pacing to the student’s developmental readiness.
• Support kindergarten readiness by strengthening early academic skills, learning routines, and participation in structured activities.
• Monitor progress and adjust instruction based on the student’s response, skill development, and learning needs.
• Coordinate with the family regarding progress, effective strategies, and instructional priorities.
• Help students with daily activities and provide moral support.

Benefits

• Performance-Based Pay Incentives
• Voluntary retirement program
• Referral program
• Flexible schedule

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed