The Literacy Project Hiring for Master Teacher Job at Ohkay Owingeh, NM Full Time

Job Overview:

Seeking a passionate, responsible, high-caliber, patient, and motivated teacher administrator to join our growing team in helping at-risk kids. Our nonprofit agency provides a reading product and a Master Teacher administrator at “no cost” in partnership with elementary school sites interested in providing reading practice tools to their students. Our program is life-changing for the students who are struggling readers. Our Master Teachers are essential to carrying out our mission, which is to assist underperforming second and third grade students with fundamental literacy development to inspire life-long readers. We use The Literacy Project’s curriculum and reading product with selected students in a small group. Each session is held on-site at an elementary school in a private setting on campus. Our participants are children who are performing below their expected academic grade level and enjoy the benefits of working to improve their overall reading skills and proficiency.

When:
Start as soon as possible
Part Time – Monday through Thursday / 8:30 – 11:30

Where:

Ohkay Owingeh Community Elementary School

307 Community School Road

Ohkay Owingeh, NM 87566

Pay: $20.00 per hour

The goal of the product is to:

• Enhance key phonetic skills
• Promote learning in a fun, social and interactive environment
• Develop increased self-confidence
• Lead to self-sufficiency and economic success as an adult

Qualifications: Prefer a college degree and teaching credential, but not required. Must be interested in working with small groups of children and teaching a phonetic-based reading game. Bilingual a plus. Access and ability to log into an internet-based website portal for grading, tracking and statistics. Some computer-generated documents required in management. Must get fingerprinted.

Training:

One three-hour training session is required (compensation included).

About The Literacy Project:
The Literacy Project is changing the childhood literacy landscape. We are committed to solving the literacy crisis by leveraging a fun reading product with community educators to serve students in under-resourced schools. Our diverse group of teachers provide one-on-one tutoring to a small group of students, using our program proven to help children master reading fundamentals they need to unlock their potential as successful, happy and confident readers in school and life. Our team is our greatest resource; we are all single-mindedly focused on our mission to eliminate the literacy gap of low literacy second and third graders and develop lifelong readers and learners. We offer an exciting and dynamic culture, and we commit to investing in and supporting our amazing people to grow with us. We provide ongoing professional development opportunities. Please join our team and help us expand our service. Learn more about us at https://www.literacyproj.org.

What You’ll Do – Master Teachers must:

• Commit to work for the current academic year. Consistent, ongoing support is necessary for the children with whom we work
• Use The Literacy Project’s curriculum and reading tool to tutor students
• Review student progress before each tutoring session
• Be punctual, attentive, and engaged in sessions
• Perform other duties, as assigned
• Celebrate each student’s literacy success

About You! – You’ll be successful in this role if you:

• Have a willingness to learn about tutoring/literacy teaching strategies
• Show patience when working with students who need help learning
• Have access to reliable transportation
• Can work with limited supervision
• Can commit to a schedule and be punctual, which is essential to the position
• Interact effectively with diverse groups of people
• Show the ability to be an effective and professional role model for students served
• Believe deeply in our mission

The Literacy Project is an Equal Opportunity Employer with a strong commitment to diversity in the workplace. We will consider applications on a rolling basis. The position will remain posted until filled.

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: From $20.00 per hour

Schedule:

• 4 hour shift
• Day shift

Work Location: One location