Tutor

Australian Direct Tutoring

R ole Description

Academic Trainer Job Ad Reference ADT211

Job Area All Parts of Brisbane QLD

Work Unit Australian Direct Tutoring

Tutoring Industry

Location Various locations throughout the State

Classification Ordinary Employee Class

3–12-hour week

Job Type Contractor | Causal | Part time

Salary Range 30.00 per hour

Contact Officer Avikash Narayan (Principal)

Contact Telephone 04 354 521 30

Closing Date Ongoing

Your employer

Australian Direct Tutoring is looking for organized and approachable tutors in a range of subject areas including the core subjects, English, Maths, Sciences, and Humanities. We open arms we welcome Registered Teachers, Trainee

Teachers specializing in primary & secondary school education. Staff will be required to tutor outside of school hours, travel around 15+ minutes to the client's home or a library location and are available to tutor at least 5 hours each week.

We work around our tutor’s availability, meaning, that you can work around your personal, study or other commitments.

If you are a current QCT registered teacher, trainee, graduate, or a university student we encourage you to apply.

Due to a large pool of applications only short-listed candidates will be invited to a 15 Minute Phone Interview.

Australian Direct Tutoring will help to obtain a BlueCard, if you already haven’t got one.

Subject Requirements

An ideal candidate should have above satisfactory knowledge on the following subjects:

English (Primary & Secondary)

Mathematics (Primary & Secondary)

Science (Primary & Secondary) (Preferred)

As a Team Member

• You will use your professional skill to provide tutoring services to a diverse range of students in their homes, a library, or other suitable location.
• You will work with parents, other agencies, and Effective Tutoring to schedule lessons, formulate plans & strategies for students based on their needs and report progress.
• You will work mainly outside school hours, including evenings, weekends & school holiday periods.
• You will need to be willing and able to travel to provide tutoring sessions.

• You should be able to commit to a minimum of 5 hours per week if required.
• Be active in promoting the business.

Team Benefits

• You will enjoy flexible working hours and conditions that fit with your current teaching, study, and family commitments.
• You will have the opportunity to gain and enhance your teaching skills.
• You will enjoy a progressive, supportive work environment.

Your opportunity
As the Tutor you will contribute to the provision of a quality educational service by assisting and supporting students with the enhancement of learning.

The Tutor reports to the Principal or nominated delegate as appropriate. The reporting relationship between the trainer and DOE teachers may be changed by the Principal on a regular basis to fulfil specific needs within the child’s school.

Your role
As the Academic Tutor you will have responsibility for the following:

• Communicating effectively and displaying high level of interpersonal skills to function as an effective team member.
• Maintaining anecdotal records on students for use in reviewing student’s development.
• Displaying respect and empathy for students with high level needs.
• Displaying confidentiality, tact, reliability and sensitively to students and their families.
• Assisting students to complete set activities given from school, e.g., Homework, Assessment, general skills.
• Assisting senior students with career development and redirecting as appropriate. .
• Maintaining student progression and performing checks
• Communicating with parents with further learning options and advices that will benefit students.
• Working with students with learning and physical disabilities.
• Listening to students’ reading.
• Reading aloud and storytelling.
• Help student to build self-confidence and Motivation
• Completing end of term reports
• Supporting students with mental health and general attributes.
• Self-Designing teaching resources that would suit individual student, based on their level.
• Assisting students to find reference materials.
• Working under the direction of admin and parents for In-Home Tutoring
• Specific Literacy and Numeracy duties may include: o working with small groups as well as individual students o use of computers when working with students.

How you will be assessed
Within the context of the role described above, the ideal applicant will be someone who has the following key capabilities:

1. Supports strategic direction

Knowledge of or ability to learn quickly about classroom activities and procedures, use and maintenance of resources and business policies.

2. Achieves results

Willingness to undertake specific training to enhance student support as necessary.

3. Supports productive working relationships

Basic understanding of occupational health and safety, equal employment opportunity and anti-discriminatory practices and behaviour as applied in a work environment.

4. Displays personal drive and integrity

Knowledge, skills and ability to work as a tutor in a responsible way.

5. Communicates with influence

Demonstrated sound personal qualities of tact, reliability and an ability to work with others both individually and as a member of a team.

Additional information

• In accordance with the Working with Children (Risk Management and Screening) Act 2000, a person is prohibited from working in regulated child-related employment unless the person holds a current Working with

Children Check clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services: www.bluecard.qld.gov.au/

• Senior First Aide Certificate and the recommended applicant does not currently hold this certification, however, not mandatory.
• A criminal history check will be initiated on the successful applicant.
• A serious discipline history check may be initiated on the successful applicant.
• A non-smoking policy applies around students & parents.
• Staff are required to actively participate in consultation and communication with supervisors and management regarding health, safety and wellbeing issues and comply with all provisions of the relevant workplace health and safety legislation and related health, safety and wellbeing responsibilities and procedures developed by the department.
• You will work for an organisation that values its people and promotes leadership and innovation. We respect professionalism, embrace diversity and encourage a balance between work and life commitments.
• Departmental employees are required to acknowledge they understand their obligations under the Queensland

Government Code of Conduct and the department’s Standard of Practice and agree to align their professional conduct to these obligations.

• The department is committed to respecting protecting and promoting human rights. Under the Human Rights

Act 2019 (Qld), the department has an obligation to act and make decisions in a way that is compatible with human rights and when making a decision, to give proper consideration to human rights. When making a decision about recruitment and selection, decision-makers must comply with that obligation. Further information about the Human Rights Act 2019 is available at https://www.qhrc.qld.gov.au/your-rights/human-rights-law and https://www.forgov.qld.gov.au/humanrights

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Subcontract
Part-time hours: 5-10 per week

Salary: $30.00 – $45.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Employee discount
• Professional development assistance
• Referral program
• Work from home

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• 8 hour shift
• Day shift

Supplemental pay types:

• Performance bonus
• Tips

Application Question(s):

• What is your Postal Code?

Experience:

• teaching: 1 year (Preferred)

Licence/Certification:

• Working with Children Check (Preferred)
• Australian driver's licence (Preferred)