In-Home Middle School ELA Tutor

Thrive Education Partners • Brentwood, TN

1d • $60 - $90 • Onsite

About The Position

Thrive Education Partners is seeking an experienced Private Middle School ELA Tutor to provide individualized academic support to middle school students in Williamson County, Tennessee. This opportunity is designed for an educator with strong expertise in English Language Arts who can help students strengthen reading comprehension, writing, grammar, vocabulary, and overall communication skills. We’re looking for someone who can go beyond helping students complete assignments—you should be able to identify skill gaps, make challenging material approachable, and help students become stronger, more confident, and increasingly independent readers and writers.

Requirements

• Minimum of 3 years of relevant teaching or tutoring experience in English Language Arts, literacy, or related academic support
• Meaningful experience working with middle school students
• Strong content knowledge across reading comprehension, writing, grammar, vocabulary, and literary analysis
• Ability to teach the full writing process, including brainstorming, organization, outlining, drafting, revising, and editing
• Ability to identify gaps in reading and writing skills and provide targeted instruction based on individual student needs
• Experience helping students strengthen comprehension, written expression, critical thinking, and overall confidence in ELA
• Experience supporting students with essays, homework, projects, assessments, and grade-level coursework
• Ability to reliably and consistently provide in-person tutoring in Williamson County at agreed-upon times each week

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in English, Education, Literacy, Reading, or a related field
• Teaching certification in English Language Arts, middle grades education, or a related area
• Experience as a middle school ELA teacher, reading specialist, literacy interventionist, or writing instructor
• Strong experience teaching writing and written expression, including paragraph and essay organization
• Experience supporting students with reading comprehension and increasingly complex literary and informational texts
• Familiarity with current middle school ELA curricula, standards, and expectations
• Experience working one-on-one with students who need additional challenge, skill-building, or individualized academic support

Responsibilities

• Provide individualized tutoring in middle school English Language Arts, tailored to each student’s current coursework, strengths, and areas for growth.
• Strengthen reading comprehension, including identifying main ideas, analyzing text, making inferences, citing evidence, and interpreting increasingly complex literature and informational texts.
• Support the full writing process, including brainstorming, organization, outlining, drafting, revising, and editing.
• Help students develop stronger skills in paragraph and essay writing, grammar, vocabulary, and written expression.
• Identify gaps in foundational reading or writing skills that may be interfering with success in current coursework.
• Support students with homework, essays, projects, assessments, and preparation for quizzes and tests.
• Teach practical strategies for approaching challenging reading assignments and organizing written responses.
• Adjust instruction based on each student’s learning style, school curriculum, teacher expectations, and academic goals.
• Build confidence and independence so students develop strategies they can increasingly apply on their own.
• Communicate regularly with families about progress, priorities, and areas that may require additional support.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation with opportunities for rate increases based on experience, performance, and continued work with Thrive
• Consistent recurring weekly schedule
• Opportunity for ongoing work with students throughout the school year
• Opportunities for additional tutoring placements with Thrive based on availability and fit

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level