Need K-8 After School Tutor in Princeton, NJ - Trenton, NJ

Job title: K-8 After School Tutor Company: Foundation Academies Job description: At Foundation Academies, we promise to equip our scholars to excel in learning and empower them to lead purpose-filled lives. Whether working in a classroom or support role, every member of our learning community is making a real difference in the lives of Black and Brown children. If you believe every child deserves a quality education regardless of zip code, we encourage you to read on. We're looking for a dedicated and talented After School Tutor to become part of our team! The schedule is Monday-Thursday, 3:45pm-5:00pm. Tutors will receive $80 per day. Summary The Home Instructor of Foundation Academies will collaborate with the Classroom Teacher(s) to provide the appropriate accommodations and modifications to the set curriculum by identifying the individual needs of scholars in a home setting, creating a supportive and effective learning environment, and ensuring scholars have the resources they need to succeed. Home Instructors will work with scholars with various behavioral and medical needs to ensure they continue to make academic gains when outside of the school setting. Requirements

• You preferably have 2+ years working in an urban or low-income setting and you understand how to get your students excited about learning.
• You are committed to living out our mission.
• You possess or are eligible for NJ certification
• You have a minimum undergraduate GPA of 3.00 (if graduated after Sept 2015) or 2.75 (before Sept 2015) for certification requirements

Competencies and Responsibilities Creating a Conducive Learning Environment

• Contributes to student learning, growth, and advancement.
• Demonstrates academic competence in subject area(s)
• Maintains a growth mindset toward student learning and teaching practice.
• Facilitates problem-solving with a curious mind and critical thinking skills.
• Serves as a role-model for students.
• Collaborates effectively with parents and the organization to increase student performance.
• Invests in the learners' well-being, health, and safety, physically, socially, and emotionally.
• Recognizes the relationship between social-emotional learning and academic performance and shows an ability to teach the ?whole child.?
• Designs and facilitates differentiated and personalized learning goals and activities that follow a coherent sequence, are aligned to instructional goals, and engage students in high-level cognitive activity.

Do everything necessary or requested to prepare our scholars for college and to instill in them our core values of caring, respect, responsibility, and honesty. Supporting/Additional Documents Requested

• Semifinalist candidates will be required to provide unofficial transcripts, evidence of certification/eligibility, and 3 professional references.
• Hired candidates are responsible for the following: official transcripts, criminal clearance (fingerprinting), and medical clearance (TB/Mantoux testing) as required by NJDOE.

Want to join our FAmily? We are Foundation Academies: Trenton, New Jersey's largest and highest-ranking K-12 free public charter school. Our mission is to ensure that all of our students secure the academic knowledge and skills to prepare them for the nation's finest colleges, and to instill in them the core values of caring, respect, responsibility, and honesty. We serve more than 1,000 of the city's K-12 population across four schools on two campuses. We admit students by lottery, irrespective of gender, race, household income, or academic ability. Our team of experienced and mission-driven urban educators values growth mindsets, lifelong learners, and individuals who believe that every child deserves an excellent education. We hold ourselves, our students, and our city to high standards because that's what our families deserve. We are conveniently located a quick car ride to downtown Princeton, a 45-minute SEPTA ride to Philly's Center City, and a hop on the NJ Transit Express to New York City. Expected salary: $80 per day Location: Princeton, NJ - Trenton, NJ Apply Job!