{"id":310034,"date":"2026-10-19T19:23:04","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T19:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/310034\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T19:23:04","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T19:23:04","slug":"birmingham-city-schools-seeking-reading-math-tutors-for-middle-high-schoolers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/310034\/","title":{"rendered":"Birmingham City Schools seeking reading, math tutors for middle, high schoolers"},"content":{"rendered":"

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC<\/a>) – Birmingham City Schools is looking for tutors to work with middle and high school students in reading and math.<\/p>\n

Tutors are needed Monday through Friday for up to five hours a day.<\/p>\n

Pay and hours<\/p>\n

Tutors without a teaching certification will be paid $25 an hour. Tutors who hold a teaching certification will be paid $35 an hour.<\/p>\n

Tutors can work up to five hours a day, up to 25 hours a week and up to 100 hours per month.<\/p>\n

\"Education,Education, teaching, learning, technology and people concept. Two high school students or classmates with helps friend catching up workbook learning in classroom, Tutor books with friends.(123rf)Who the district is looking for<\/p>\n

Jacqueline Dent, interim executive director of curriculum and instruction, said the district would like retired teachers to apply.<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course, if they are retired teachers, we love that target group because these are people who have extensive backgrounds in the field of education already,\u201d Dent said. \u201cSo, the retired teacher population would be wonderful to serve as tutors for our middle school and high school students.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dent said applicants without a teaching background will be trained.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut as well, even if they\u2019re not a tutor, we are going to do training for even if it\u2019s a substitute who may be interested in receiving something that\u2019s more of it gives them more of a full time job opportunity or more hours that they would like to work,\u201d Dent said. \u201cWe\u2019ll do all of the training. We provide all of the materials that are needed in order to conduct the tutoring sessions. So retired teachers will be wonderful if we can\u2019t get those retired teachers. Even if there are people who are substitutes looking for more hours, that would be a great audience as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

What tutors will teach<\/p>\n

Dent said the district has students in both middle school and high school performing below grade level in reading or math.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd so we want the tutors to know that it\u2019s not like they\u2019ll be doing in math, they won\u2019t be doing trigonometry or calculus or algebra,\u201d Dent said.<\/p>\n

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Dent said the goal is for students to attain grade-level standards required in their regular courses or classes.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, with the tutors, we are looking for them to provide work in math,\u201d Dent said. \u201cIt\u2019s around fractions or division. In reading, it\u2019s more the same skills, but maybe they\u2019re using different level text to work with students that fits where that student is on his or her individual level.\u201d<\/p>\n

District initiative, not state-mandated<\/p>\n

Dent said the tutoring effort is separate from the state\u2019s Literacy Act and Numeracy Act, which apply to elementary school students.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose are elementary school students in terms of the Literacy Act and the Numeracy Act,\u201d Dent said. \u201cAnd one of the things, […], that we\u2019ve found is that even though there\u2019s legislation in the elementary setting, what we see is that in middle and high school, there\u2019s still a need there. And so because of that, there may not be a legislation in place in middle and high school, but we still need those tutors to serve in the same capacity almost like the things that we\u2019re doing in elementary. We need some of those things in place in high school. We just don\u2019t have laws to kind of provide guidance around what that looks like. So this is our own initiative that we\u2019re doing in Birmingham City Schools.\u201d<\/p>\n

How to apply<\/p>\n

Dent said interested applicants can go to the Birmingham City Schools website under human resources and apply under HireTrue<\/a>, or search Google for HireTrue and complete the substitute application, selecting Birmingham City Schools as the district.<\/p>\n

Applicants can also call the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at (205) 231-4740<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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