Elementary School Math Tutor

Job Description

Elementary School Math Tutor | Varsity Tutors

The Tone:
This is a contract role at Varsity Tutors, located remotely, connecting thousands of students with online tutors nationally. Varsity Tutors builds a Live Learning Platform that leverages advanced technology and AI to create personalized learning experiences. This role is critical for making a real impact on elementary students’ academic success and understanding, helping to transform how people learn by fostering better outcomes and a passion for learning.

The TL;DR
• Role: Contract
• Location: Remote
• Pay: $40 hourly
• Mission: This tutor provides personalized online instruction to elementary school students to build strong math foundations and achieve academic success.
• Tech Stack: Varsity Tutors Live Learning Platform, AI-powered Tutor Copilot

What You’ll Actually Do
• Provide personalized instruction: Deliver customized, one-on-one online tutoring to individual elementary school students.
• Accept on-demand requests: Engage with students by accepting instant tutoring requests whenever available.
• Invoice for sessions: Submit invoices for completed tutoring sessions, allowing Varsity Tutors to handle payment processing.
• Utilize instructional technology: Enhance sessions by using the AI-powered Tutor Copilot for real-time instructional support, lesson generation, and engagement features.
• Adapt teaching methods: Adjust instruction to meet the unique learning needs and styles of diverse young learners.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Deep knowledge of elementary math concepts including number sense, place value, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, basic fractions, decimals, measurement, time, money, geometry shapes, patterns, and introductory data interpretation. Familiarity with elementary math standards for grades one through five and common challenges faced by students.
• Experience: Proven ability to explain concepts like counting strategies, regrouping, and fact fluency while building strong arithmetic foundations. Skilled at breaking down multi-digit operations, fraction concepts, and word problems using hands-on manipulatives, drawings, and visual models. Experience guiding students through skip counting, place value understanding, basic geometric reasoning, and measurement conversions, emphasizing discovery-based learning.
• Skills: Strong communication skills and a friendly, engaging teaching style suitable for young learners. Ability to identify concepts students commonly struggle with and explain material using multiple approaches. Capability to adapt instruction using base-ten blocks, fraction strips, games, and multi-sensory approaches to support varying developmental readiness levels.