Discrete Math Tutor

Job Description

Discrete Math Tutor | Varsity Tutors

The Tone:
This is a contract role at Varsity Tutors, located remotely. Varsity Tutors operates a Live Learning Platform, leveraging advanced technology and AI to create personalized learning experiences. This role is crucial for supporting thousands of students nationally, providing expert Discrete Math tutoring to significantly impact their academic success and understanding. Tutors make a difference in students’ academic journeys from the comfort of their own home.

The TL;DR
• Role: Contract
• Type: Contract
• Location: Remote
• Pay: $40 hourly
• Mission: Provide online Discrete Math tutoring to thousands of students, fostering academic success and understanding.
• Tech Stack: Live Learning Platform, AI-powered Tutor Copilot

What You’ll Actually Do
• Provide personalized 1-on-1 online instruction to individual students in Discrete Math.
• Set personal availability and accept on-demand Instant Tutoring requests.
• Utilize the purpose-built Live Learning Platform for remote tutoring sessions.
• Employ AI-powered Tutor Copilot to enhance sessions with real-time instructional support and lesson generation.
• Invoice for tutoring sessions, allowing Varsity Tutors to manage payment logistics.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Advanced knowledge of Discrete Mathematics concepts, suitable for teaching undergraduate-level computer science and mathematics majors.
• Experience: Proven ability to break down proof construction using direct, contrapositive, and contradiction methods, and guide students through complex combinatorial counting and graph theory problems.
• Skills:
• Deep knowledge of logic, proof techniques, set theory, combinatorics, graph theory, number theory, recurrence relations, Boolean algebra, algorithms, and formal languages.
• Capability to explain mathematical induction, counting principles, modular arithmetic, and tree structures.
• Familiarity with discrete mathematics curricula and common student challenges like writing formal proofs.
• Ability to adapt instruction using truth tables, Venn diagrams, visual graph representations, and programming-based exercises.
• Strong communication skills and a friendly, engaging teaching style, capable of adapting to different learning needs.