Job Summary

Job Description

Smarthinking, a Pearson service unit, is hiring experienced, educated individuals to serve as part-time online tutors. Smarthinking provides online tutoring to students and clients from middle school through graduate degrees. Online writing tutors provide both real-time, audio-enabled sessions and asynchronous writing reviews for students at various academic levels as they learn to become more effective writers. Tutors can work from any location with computer and Internet access.

Each term (spring, summer, fall) tutors have a set weekly schedule typically between 8-19 hours per week based on their scheduling preferences. 

Qualifications

To qualify, individuals must have teaching/tutoring experience in English/writing or the humanities and an ability to communicate effectively in an online setting.

The ideal candidate will have training and/or experience in one or more of the following areas: MA or PhD coursework or degree in rhetoric, composition, literature, and/or English education; specialty coursework, degree, or teaching/tutoring experience in English as a Second Language (ESL) or English Language Learning; and/or teaching experience in developmental and first-year English composition courses.

This is a remote position that will require tutors to work out of a location with reliable access to a computer and Internet.