SPED Tutor - Orton-Gillingham & Dyslexia Support

At Tutor Me Education, we are revolutionizing the way students learn, and we're seeking passionate teachers and tutors with special education experience to provide 1:1 in-home tutoring in San Pedro, CA! If you're committed to making a difference in the lives of students with special needs and helping them achieve academic success, we want to hear from you!

• In-Person Tutoring in San Pedro, CA
• Schedule: 8 Hours per month, 2 sessions a week for 1 hr
• Pay range is between $25 and $35

• Active teaching credential required
• Experience with the Orton-Gillingham approach required
• Experience working with students with dyslexia required
• Experience supporting elementary students with Autism and ADHD
• Strong background in foundational literacy, including phonics, blending, letter recognition, decoding, and reading comprehension
• Experience providing structured handwriting and written expression support
• Comfortable teaching foundational math skills such as number recognition, counting, addition, and subtraction
• Experience implementing positive behavior support and reinforcement strategies
• Familiarity with ABA principles and behavior intervention strategies preferred
• Patient, kind, and encouraging while maintaining clear expectations and consistent boundaries
• Skilled at breaking academic tasks into small, manageable steps
• Comfortable providing frequent redirection and maintaining structured routines
• Able to use token boards, rewards, praise, and other positive reinforcement strategies
• Creative and engaging, with the ability to make non-preferred academic activities motivating
• Comfortable providing hands-on, visual, and non-technology-based instruction
• Able to maintain consistency in session structure and scheduling

• →Provide individualized academic instruction aligned with the student's current learning needs
• →Use Orton-Gillingham-based strategies to provide structured, multisensory literacy instruction
• →Support phonics, letter recognition, blending, decoding, and foundational reading skills
• →Build reading comprehension through explicit instruction, guided practice, and appropriately leveled materials
• →Provide handwriting instruction and support written expression skills
• →Teach foundational math concepts including number recognition, counting, addition, and subtraction
• →Break academic tasks into smaller, manageable steps to improve understanding and task completion
• →Use hands-on materials, visual supports, manipulatives, and interactive activities to reinforce learning
• →Avoid technology during sessions, as it is highly distracting for Max
• →Implement clear expectations, consistent routines, and frequent redirection
• →Use token boards, positive reinforcement, praise, and motivating rewards to encourage participation
• →Support Max through non-preferred tasks while maintaining a calm, structured, and encouraging approach
• →Incorporate his interests in Sonic, Minions, Christmas music, movies, decorations, strawberries, bearded dragons, lizards, and nature into lessons and reward systems
• →Monitor academic and behavioral progress and adjust instruction as needed
• →Maintain consistency in session structure and expectations to support Max's comfort and success
• →Collaborate with the student's support team when appropriate to reinforce consistent strategies across settings