• Job Description

  Req#: 507711

  Department Overview:	AVID Tutors will work during the academic school day in one of MMSD’s four comprehensive high schools or one of our eleven middle schools which implement the AVID elective. Placement is based on tutor availability, academic strengths, work experience, and Madison Metropolitan high school and middle school needs.
  Anticipated Start Date:	September/October
  Anticipated End Date (If Applicable):	May/June
  Remote Work Eligibility Detail:	Not Remote
  Anticipated Hours Per Week:	4-19
  Schedule:	AVID Tutors are required to work the same schedule every week, ideally on Tuesdays and Thursdays, Wednesdays and Fridays, or Tuesday through Friday. A typical schedule is somewhere between 5-15 hours of work per week.
  Salary/Wage Range/Lump Sum:	$17.50-$21.00
  Number of Positions:	10+
  Qualifications:	MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS Candidates are either currently enrolled in a 2 or 4 year college or a college graduate Excellent communication skills Positive recommendations around attendance, attitude, and performance Ability to commit to the entirety of the 2024-2025 school year (or at a minimum one semester)
  Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:	ADDITIONAL DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS: Previous experience working with diverse middle school or high school-aged youth Previous AVID tutoring experience Experience with small group facilitation Proficiency or Fluency in both English and Spanish languages Previous experience working in a school setting or with school staff Experience working with students in a pre-college or college readiness program AVID Alumni are strongly encouraged to apply
  Position Summary/Job Duties:	RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE POSITION Support AVID scholars through facilitating small group tutorial sessions Model inquiry, academic language, higher level thinking, and problem solving skills Provide feedback on student work and group collaboration Collaborate with a team of tutors and elective teachers to support scholars’ agency Adhere to district/site policies and procedures Engage in ongoing professional development
  Physical Demands:	Classroom setting activities
  Institutional Statements:	Equal Employment Opportunity Statement: UW-Madison is an Equal Employment, Equal Access Employer committed to increasing the diversity of our workforce. Institutional Statement on Diversity: Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals. The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background-people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world. For more information on diversity and inclusion on campus, please visit: diversity.wisc.edu Accommodation Statement: If you need to request an accommodation because of a disability, you can find information about how to make a request at the following website:https://employeedisabilities.wisc.edu/disability-accommodation-information-for-applicants/

• About the company

  The University of Wisconsin is a top-ranked research institution located in Madison, Wisconsin, providing exceptional education opportunities to undergraduates, graduate and professional students.

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