SPED Tutor - Literacy, Math & Communication

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 Los Gatos, 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 Los Gatos, CA
• Schedule: 25 hours per month, 1.5 hours per session, 3 days a week
• Pay range is between $25 and $35

• Experience tutoring elementary-age students in reading, writing, and math
• Experience supporting students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is preferred
• Strong background in reading fluency, comprehension, phonics, spelling, vocabulary, and foundational literacy
• Comfortable teaching foundational and elementary-level math concepts, including multi-digit addition, subtraction with borrowing, multiplication, and math facts
• Able to teach strategies for understanding and solving math word problems
• Strong writing skills and experience supporting sentence development, grammar, spelling, and written expression
• Comfortable helping students expand verbal responses and communicate their ideas with greater confidence
• Patient, warm, and encouraging with a strong ability to build rapport
• Bubbly, engaging, and able to make lessons fun and interactive
• Skilled at breaking down challenging concepts into clear, manageable steps
• Comfortable using repetition, modeling, visual supports, and guided practice
• Able to use positive reinforcement and motivating activities to encourage participation
• Comfortable providing or developing appropriate curriculum materials for tutoring sessions

• →Provide individualized academic support across reading, writing, math, and language development
• →Improve reading accuracy, fluency, and comprehension through guided and leveled reading activities
• →Teach strategies for identifying key information, answering comprehension questions, and understanding unfamiliar words
• →Reinforce phonics, decoding, spelling rules, word recognition, and vocabulary development
• →Support writing through sentence development, spelling, grammar, conventions, and organization of ideas
• →Encourage the student to expand verbal responses and communicate ideas using complete and detailed responses
• →Provide math instruction focused on four-digit addition, subtraction with borrowing, multiplication concepts, multiplication facts, and foundational math skills
• →Teach strategies for understanding math word problems, identifying relevant information, selecting operations, and applying appropriate skills
• →Use structured practice and repetition to strengthen retention and build academic confidence
• →Incorporate games, art activities, coloring, and other hands-on activities to maintain engagement
• →Use positive reinforcement such as verbal praise, stickers, and small rewards when appropriate
• →Adjust instruction based on the student's current academic level, progress, and learning needs
• →Provide curriculum materials and lesson activities appropriate for the student's instructional level
• →Monitor progress and provide consistent encouragement to build confidence and independence