Middle School Tutor

Thrive Education Partners • Austin, TX

2d • $60 - $90 • Onsite

About The Position

Thrive Education Partners is seeking an experienced educator for a focused, in-person tutoring role in North Austin. The position involves providing personalized support to a middle-school student twice a week for one-hour sessions, focusing on strengthening math skills and developing essential organization, study habits, and executive functioning skills crucial for middle school success. The role requires a balance of encouragement and structure, helping the student build confidence and independence across all academic subjects, including English language arts, science, and social studies. The educator will also communicate progress and priorities with the student's family.

Requirements

• Experience teaching or tutoring middle-school students and understanding both the academic demands and growing independence expected at this age.
• Well-rounded educator comfortable supporting core middle-school subjects, including math, English language arts, science, and social studies.
• Particular confidence with middle-school math and ability to explain concepts in different ways when something isn’t clicking.
• Experience supporting executive functioning, including organization, planning, time management, study skills, and task completion.
• Ability to move naturally between helping with immediate coursework and teaching the habits and strategies that will help the student become a stronger, more independent learner.
• Warmth, patience, and encouragement while providing appropriate structure and accountability.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Education, Mathematics, or a related field.
• Classroom teaching experience and/or significant 1:1 tutoring experience.
• Demonstrated experience working with middle-school students.
• Experience teaching or tutoring middle-school math.
• Experience providing executive functioning, study skills, or organizational support to students.
• Comfort providing academic support across ELA, science, and social studies in addition to math.
• Active teaching license preferred, but not required.

Responsibilities

• Provide engaging, individualized academic support across math, English language arts, science, and social studies, based on the student’s current coursework and needs.
• Provide deeper support in middle-school math, reinforcing classroom concepts, addressing skill gaps, and helping the student work through challenging material.
• Support homework, studying, test preparation, and day-to-day coursework across core academic subjects.
• Teach practical executive functioning strategies for organization, planning, time management, studying, and assignment management.
• Help the student prioritize responsibilities, break larger assignments into manageable steps, and stay on top of upcoming work.
• Build routines and systems that encourage greater independence, confidence, and follow-through across classes.
• Communicate with the family about progress, current priorities, and areas where additional support may be helpful.

What This Job Offers

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