Job Description
Student Advanced Level Requisition ID
req31328
Working Title
Reading Tutor
Pay
$16.50 Hourly
Campus
Main - Albuquerque, NM
Department
Civic Engagement (454D)
Employment Type
Student Employment
Student Type
Work-Study
Status
Non-Exempt
Background Check Required
Yes
For Best Consideration Date
10/21/2024
Position Summary
Organization: Global Give-A-Book Location: Various Sites in Albuquerque An Off-Campus Work-Study Position - MUST have a Work-Study Award. Job Description The reading tutor will be workingprimarily but not limited to pre-literacy children, typically 3rd grade andunder.Enhance children's reading and comprehension skills.
They may provide reading sessions inone-on-one or group settings, depending on the event Global Give A Book, Inc.(GGAB) is having.
Global Give-A-Book's mission ispromoting youth literacy by giving award-winning books to children inneed.GGAB will be working closely with agencies that work witheconomically disadvantaged families. The reading tutor will read a book to thechildren, after the reading session the children will be allowed to take a bookhome to keep.
It is essential the reading tutormotivates children to read while making them feel comfortable throughout thereading sessions.
Responsibilities of the job include: Implement a small-group early literacy curriculum.
Read to children in settings of ten or more children.
Keep and maintain the attention of small children.
Develop and implement literacy with children inpreparation for successful future elementary education
Work with disadvantaged children backgrounds readingbelow grade level
Tutor children on content and grammar for variousassignments.
Perform the role of a reading tutor for children thathave English as a second language (ESL).
Provideintensive literacy instruction to children for whom low literacy has beenidentified as a potential barrier to academic
Minimum Qualifications
Enrolled in a degree seeking program at UNM, Enrolled at least half-time (6 hours) at UNM for fall and spring semesters (Audit hours do not count), and if Work Study, you must meet Satisfactory Academic Progress.
Preferred Qualifications
Qualifications: Enjoy working with children.
Enthusiasm
Read out loud with a strong and loud voice
Keep the attention of the children.
Must be available towork weekend events
Application Instructions
Only applications submitted throughthe official UNMJobs site will be accepted.If you are viewing this jobadvertisement on a 3rd party site, pleasevisit UNMJobs to submit an application.
Please submit a Cover Letter and Resume.MUST have a Work-Study Award.Background Check Required.
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Job Tags
Hourly pay, Temporary work, Part time, Weekend work,