Private Elementary Educator

Thrive Education Partners•Austin, TX

6d•$40,000 - $45,000•Onsite

About The Position

A family in Austin, Texas, is seeking an educator to lead a highly personalized home education program for their seven-year-old son. Instruction will take place primarily in a dedicated learning room in the family’s private home, with outdoor learning and community outings incorporated. The family seeks a faith-based educational approach and a professional partnership with the parents. The student is bright, curious, and energetic, and enjoys trains, drawing, books, music, and being outdoors. Autism, ADHD, language differences, and sensory needs affect how he engages with instruction and demonstrates understanding. He benefits from concrete directions, visual schedules, modeling, repetition, manageable task sequences, and accessible response options. The educator should presume competence and adapt instruction while maintaining purposeful learning goals. The central academic priority is foundational reading. The educator will provide explicit, systematic instruction, currently building on All About Reading Level 1, while helping the student transfer skills to unfamiliar text. The program should also build confidence, communication, practical independence, and a love of learning. It should combine predictable routines and clear expectations with movement, creativity, warmth, and flexible problem-solving. The role includes designing and leading an individualized early elementary program; establishing starting points and monitoring progress; selecting, adapting, and delivering agreed-upon curriculum, including faith-based resources; and documenting learning and communicating updates. The educator will support task initiation, organization, handwriting, attention, practical routines, and materials management; plan outdoor and community learning experiences; and provide occasional student transportation. They will maintain active supervision, follow agreed safety procedures, organize the learning environment, and collaborate with the parents, household caregivers, the student’s established provider, and therapists as authorized. This is a W-2 position through Thrive Education Partners. The schedule is approximately 25 hours per week, Monday through Friday, including approximately 20 instructional hours and five planning hours. Exact daily times will be finalized. The calendar loosely follows the Eanes ISD school-year schedule. The target start is January 2027, with flexibility. Annual salary is $40,000–$45,000, depending on relevant experience and qualifications; benefit details and final employment terms will be confirmed before an offer.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required.
At least three years of highly relevant teaching or educational experience; candidates with three to four years may be considered when experience closely aligns with foundational literacy, individualized teaching, and ASD students.
Demonstrated success teaching early reading and adapting instruction for different learning and communication needs.
Experience planning lessons, monitoring progress, and partnering directly with parents.
Ability to supervise an active child and respond promptly to safety needs during indoor, outdoor, and community activities, with reasonable accommodation as appropriate.
Successful completion of Thrive’s background-check and reference process.
Current CPR and First Aid certification, or willingness to obtain it before beginning.
Valid driver’s license, reliable transportation, and ability to meet Thrive’s student-transportation requirements.
Professionalism, confidentiality, discretion, and respect for the family’s home and agreed educational program.
Explicit foundational reading instruction and practical assessment of emerging skills.
Curriculum adaptation, visual modeling, task scaffolding, and accessible ways for students to demonstrate learning.
Positive, consistent behavior support and ability to maintain clear expectations with warmth.
Organization, initiative, professional communication, sound judgment, and comfort using digital tools for planning, documentation, and communication.

Nice To Haves

Degree in Elementary Education, Special Education, or a related field.
Current or prior state teaching license.
Training in structured literacy, differentiated instruction, or related areas.
Five or more years of relevant teaching or educational experience preferred.
Experience with autism, ADHD, language differences, or sensory needs is strongly valued.
Formal autism or ABA credentials are not required when the candidate demonstrates relevant teaching skill, sound judgment, and readiness to learn the student’s established supports.

Responsibilities

Design and lead an individualized early elementary program with a strong emphasis on explicit, systematic foundational reading instruction.
Establish starting points in reading, writing, math, and related skills, then use observations and work samples to guide teaching.
Select, adapt, and deliver the agreed-upon curriculum, including faith-based resources aligned with the family’s goals.
Teach using clear explanations, visual supports, demonstrations, hands-on practice, and appropriate response formats.
Build a predictable daily rhythm with clear expectations, movement, sensory breaks, outdoor learning, and purposeful returns to instruction.
Incorporate art, music, stories, science, and the student’s interests into learning experiences.
Support practical independence through materials management, task completion, cleanup, games, and age-appropriate routines.
Plan and lead community learning experiences, such as library visits and practicing everyday interactions; provide occasional student transportation.
Maintain active supervision and follow agreed safety procedures during instruction, transitions, outdoor activities, and outings.
Document learning and communicate useful updates about progress, strategies, challenges, and next steps.
Learn effective routines from the student’s established provider and collaborate with parents, household caregivers, and therapists as authorized.
Organize the learning environment and use planning time to prepare instruction and materials.