<p>About Worcester State University: WORCESTER STATE UNIVERSITY is a liberal arts and sciences university with a long tradition of academic excellence dating back to 1874, as well as an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer that seeks to reflect the diversity of its community. Our workforce is dedicated to academic quality, student-centered programming, engaged citizenship, open exchanges of ideas, diversity and inclusiveness, and civility and integrity. We are looking for job applicants who share these values and commitment to our students.</p> <p>Worcester State is centrally located in Massachusetts, about an hour's drive from Boston, Springfield, and Providence, Rhode Island. Our 58-acre campus is nestled in the residential northwest side of Worcester--the second largest city in New England and home to 37,000 college students at more than a dozen colleges and universities. Over 6,000 of those students attend Worcester State--approximately 5,300 are undergraduates and 1,000 are graduate students. Learn more about us at worcester.edu/about.</p> <p>Job Description: TITLE: America Reads & America Counts</p> <p>SUPERVISOR: (Worcester Dual Language Magnet)</p> <p>SCHEDULE: Based on student's class schedule</p> <p>HOURLY RATE: $15/Hr</p> <p>AVERAGE HOURS PER WEEK: 4-5</p> <p>Responsibilities:</p> <ol> <li>Tutors work directly with kindergarten through sixth-grade students to improve their reading and math proficiency skills. </li><li>Tutors perform one-on-one work with individual students, small group work, or class activities. </li><li>Tutors collaborate with America Reads/Counts supervisors, teachers, and afterschool program coordinators to assess students' needs and how to best address them. </li><li>Tutors are expected to be positive role models inside and outside of the classroom, be professional in their workplace behavior, which means showing up to work on time and making the proper contacts when they expect to be sick or late. </li></ol> <p>Requirements:</p> <ol> <li>Excellent people skills, enthusiasm for helping children, respectful attitude </li><li>Ability to work separately with a child within a larger context of child/tutor groups </li><li>Attention to detail regarding paperwork and prompt arrival/departure from school </li><li>Excellent reading/math skills and willingness to share your love of reading/math </li></ol> <p>Additional Information: Worcester State University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer which seeks to reflect the diversity of its community.</p> <ul> <li>This position is available for WSU students only* </li></ul> <p>Hourly Rate: $15.00</p> <p>Application Instructions: Students must apply online. A representative from the department will contact individuals for interviews.</p> <ul> <li>This position is for students WITH WORK STUDY ONLY* </li></ul> <p>Please note - Students may not work during scheduled class time, even if class is cancelled.</p>