Special Education Reading Tutor

Thrive Education Partners • Naperville, IL

4d • $50 - $80 • Remote

About The Position

We’re looking for an engaging, experienced tutor to support a homeschooled student with foundational reading skills. The ideal candidate has a background in reading intervention and/or special education, with experience working with autistic learners. The student is a multisensory learner who thrives with 1:1 instruction, hands-on manipulatives, phonics, and sight-word work. We’re looking for someone lively, patient, confidence-building, and comfortable using a data-driven, individualized approach.

Requirements

• Reading Specialist, Special Education, or related educational background
• Direct experience working with students with autism and/or similar learning profiles
• Demonstrated experience providing individualized reading intervention
• Strong understanding of multisensory phonics and foundational literacy instruction
• Experience incorporating sight words, phonemic awareness, and hands-on learning
• Comfortable adapting instruction based on the student’s individual learning style and needs
• Patient, engaging, and confidence-building teaching approach
• Ability to use data to track progress and inform instruction

Nice To Haves

• Experience with expressive language delays
• Experience adapting instruction to meet a student’s learning style

Responsibilities

• Provide 1:1 instruction to a homeschooled student with foundational reading skills.
• Utilize multisensory learning techniques, hands-on manipulatives, phonics, and sight-word work.
• Employ a data-driven, individualized approach to track progress and inform instruction.
• Adapt instruction to meet the student's individual learning style and needs.
• Incorporate sight words, phonemic awareness, and hands-on learning.

What This Job Offers

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