Reading and Writing Specialist

National Louis University • Chicago, IL

3d • $22 - $31 • Onsite

About The Position

National Louis University’s Undergraduate College is seeking a Reading and Writing Specialist to join our team at the Chicago Loop campus (122 S Michigan) to provide tutoring in academic reading and writing. This is a part-time position of approximately 16-20 hours per week, with scheduled time occurring primarily during daytime classes (9am-4pm).

Requirements

• Relationship building: You connect with people from many different backgrounds. You find (and even create) opportunities to deepen connections and build authentic, mutual relationships with students and team members, and can do this across lines of difference, such as race or other identities.
• Continuous learning: You learn and adopt new tools, technologies, and pedagogical approaches to enhance your work.
• You approach work with students from a place of curiosity and active “not knowing.” You gain in-depth knowledge of students, including their backgrounds, experiences, interests, strengths, and challenges, and you leverage this knowledge to provide effective differentiated academic support and tutoring.
• Equity at the center: You can recognize ways in which positionally, power, and history may affect our efforts to provide academic support, and you strive to make our work more responsive, inclusive, and celebratory.
• Academic coaching and modeling: You make it your mission to support students in their academic development. You communicate high expectations and hold students accountable. You skillfully provide direction and take the time to offer clear, useful, and actionable feedback. You lead by example and motivate students to take action and meet goals.
• Produces compelling written and digital materials: Aims for clarity, “usability,” and attention to detail. Organizes and shares information effectively — whether writing an email, providing feedback to students, or creating materials for someone else to use.
• Bachelor’s degree in Education, English, or a related field required OR Bachelor's Degree in any field with a significant work record of tutoring or teaching writing at the high school level.
• Tutoring or teaching writing at the high school or college level
• Experience with digital tools for education
• Experience collaborating on a team towards a shared set of goals

Nice To Haves

• Experience tutoring or teaching students of diverse backgrounds and abilities preferred
• Experience tutoring or teaching multilingual or multidialectal students preferred
• Experience collaborating in a classroom or tutoring center preferred
• Bilingual or multilingual preferred

Responsibilities

• Provide one-on-one and small-group academic support, including informal assessment, feedback, modeling, and guidance
• Design and implement tailored academic support plans that harness student strengths and foster independent learning
• Employ responsive practices and support student development of metacognitive strategies
• Build authentic relationships based on trust, awareness, emotional intelligence, and mutual accountability
• Ensure that all students feel comfortable and confident in advocating for the supports that will help them to thrive academically
• Monitor student progress using academic performance indicators and engagement patterns to identify students most likely to benefit from early intervention
• Maintain detailed and timely case notes, tracking support provided and outcomes over time
• Make referrals and share information thoughtfully, ethically, and in adherence to all protocols and policies
• Respond to student support requests in an effective and timely manner
• Approach work with instructors using a “conspire and align” approach (rather than a hierarchical command model) to support shared student success goals
• Regularly confer with classroom instructor to share insights into student progress and help instructors adapt facilitation
• Engage in regular team meetings to review curriculum, reflect on teaching practices and data, and plan impactful student supports
• Coordinate with partners and teams to connect students with resources and to share information that will better inform work in the program and at the university

Benefits

• Health Insurance benefits
• Retirement benefits
• Paid Time Off

What This Job Offers

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