This is a very unique role. Please view these videos to understand our services better.

Video Links:

Okin Educate https://vimeo.com/713706222

Meet Alex: https://vimeo.com/713706222

Please visit our website: https://www.okineducate.com/ for more information.

Responsibilities:

• Maintains and updates log session details such as topics covered
• Tutor students remotely by way of chat, voice, and video
• Assist students with homework, projects, test preparation, papers, research, and other academic tasks
• Recognize diverse learning styles and student preferences
• Use active listening strategies to allow tutors to determine student needs and pace of tutoring
• Use questioning strategies and other eLearning strategies as the primary tutoring method to diagnose student needs and monitor progress
• Participate in professional development activities to improve tutorial skills and continue to grow cultural competence and reflection skills
• Utilize feedback and reflection to improve practice
• Design and implement a variety of virtual mini lessons to support student learning
• Be flexible and able to adapt instructional methodologies tailored to student needs in a fast-paced learning environment in which impromptu and immediate ‘on the spot’ assistance will be necessary to assist students

Duties:

• Recognize primary role is to help students become more confident, more successful, and independent learners
• Be direct and kind with students to support a positive virtual learning environment
• Provide explicit modeling, and scaffolding assistance to students by providing resources and strategies, and through coaching of content, skills, and concepts to promote student success
• Create on-demand, student-centered eLearning mini-lessons, tailored to learning objectives that are modeled virtually and referenced within Knowledge Base articles and other formats, as needed
• Providing students with positive and constructive feedback
• Make appropriate referrals to other educational resources as needed
• Willingness to learn effective tutorial/learning materials and instructional strategies focused on a virtual learning environment

Shifts - (all US time zones)

• Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays: 3:30pm - 11:00pm
• Tuesdays & Thursdays: 12:00pm - 12:45pm
• Weekend availability
• 6-hour shifts

Types of Tutoring

• Homework Helpline on Demand tutoring virtually
• Targeted tutoring scheduled Zoom

Qualifications:

• Lesson planning development, writing lesson plans, and implementing those lesson plans with students
• Ability to effectively manage time and schedules
• Ability to establish a friendly, encouraging, and welcoming virtual environment for students
• Prior experience working with children in a virtual setting preference
• Ability to instruct students of various ages with varying levels of understanding and proficiency
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and written within a virtual environment
• Comfortable using various technological platforms (i.e., Zoom) within a virtual setting
• Basic word processing and technological skills using various virtual learning platforms (i.e., Zoom)