**TITLE:** Remote Academic Tutor jobs – Full‑Time Remote Teaching Specialist in Chicago, Illinois – Experienced Education Specialist for K‑12 & College Math, Science & Writing – $45‑$60 k yr • Flexible Schedule • Collaborative Learning Platform Team --- ### About the Team At **BrightPath Learning**, we’re a tight‑knit crew of 24 educators, curriculum designers, and tech‑support staff spread across the United States. Our flagship product, **PathwayPrep**, is a subscription‑based tutoring platform that blends live video sessions with AI‑enhanced practice problems. Over the past 18 months we’ve grown our active student base from 5,000 to 13,800, a 176 % increase, and we’re on track to hit 20 k by the end of next year. We’ve deliberately built a **remote‑first** culture; every team member works from wherever they feel most focused. Our main hub is a virtual “learning commons” that runs 9 am–5 pm Pacific, but the real magic happens when tutors log in from coffee shops in Chicago, Illinois or from a home office in the outer suburbs. The role you’re reading about exists because we just launched a new **STEM‑Accelerate** track that will add 2,300 high‑school students in the next quarter, and we need tutors who can hit the ground running while we keep our SLA of 95 % session‑completion within the booked time slot. ### Why This Role Exists Now The pandemic turned remote education from an experiment into a mainstay. Since 2020 we’ve seen a steady uptick in families seeking supplemental instruction that’s **personalized, affordable, and accessible anytime**. Our data team tells us that the demand for one‑on‑one tutoring in Chicago, Illinois spikes in January (post‑holidays) and again in May (college‑application season). We’ve just secured a three‑year partnership with the **Chicago Unified School District**, which will fund 1,200 tutoring slots for under‑served middle‑schoolers in Illinois. That partnership brings a concrete need for tutors who can: 1. Deliver curriculum‑aligned sessions that match state standards. 2. Provide real‑time feedback that helps students close specific gaps. 3. Work in a **flexible‑hour** model that respects both the tutor’s life and the student’s after‑school schedule. If you love watching a student’s confidence shift after a breakthrough moment, this is the place to make that happen—and to be counted on for measurable outcomes. ### What You’ll Do – Day‑to‑Day | Time Block | Core Activities | |------------|-----------------| | **Pre‑session (15‑30 min)** | Review the student’s profile in **Canvas**, glance at past session notes in **bolthires Docs**, and set up a custom **Kahoot!** or **Quizizz** warm‑up. | | **Live tutoring (45‑60 min)** | Connect via **Zoom** (or **bolthires Teams** if the student prefers) and guide the learner through the lesson plan. Use a digital whiteboard (e.g., **Miro**) to sketch equations, annotate text, or diagram scientific concepts. | | **Post‑session (10‑15 min)** | Fill out a rubric in **TurnTurn** (our internal assessment tool) that records mastery percentage, notes any misconceptions, and assigns a short practice set in **Khan Academy** or **Quizlet**. | | **Weekly sync (1 hr)** | Join the tutor huddle on **Slack** where we share success stories, troubleshoot tech glitches, and discuss curriculum tweaks based on real‑world student data. | | **Professional development (as needed)** | Attend optional webinars on **bolthires Classroom** best practices, or dive into **Excel** dashboards to see how your cohort’s average scores compare to district benchmarks. | In a typical week you’ll run 8–12 sessions, each with a different student. You’ll also mentor junior tutors once a month, offering a quick 20‑minute “coaching corner” via **bolthires Meet**. ### Who We’re Looking For | Attribute | What It Looks Like in Practice | |-----------|--------------------------------| | **Subject Mastery** | A Bachelor’s (or higher) in Education, Mathematics, Science, English, or a related field, plus at least two years of tutoring or classroom experience. | | **Pedagogical Flexibility** | Ability to switch from a Socratic inquiry style for a 10th‑grade physics student to a step‑by‑step scaffold for a 7th‑grade reading learner, all within the same shift. | | **Tech‑Comfort** | Regular use of video‑conference tools (Zoom, Teams), cloud document suites (bolthires Workspace, bolthires 365), and LMS platforms (Canvas, Moodle). Bonus if you’ve navigated **Brightspace** or **Schoology** before. | | **Data‑Driven Attitude** | Comfortable interpreting a student’s progress chart in **PowerBI** or **Excel**, and translating that into actionable feedback. | | **Empathy & Patience** | You can sit with a learner who’s stuck on a problem for ten minutes without frustration, and you celebrate the smallest victories as loudly as the big ones. | | **Reliability** | Maintain a 98 % attendance rate for scheduled sessions, respecting the SLA we promised families in Chicago, Illinois. | | **Communicatio