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Tutoring jobs in Barrington, Wheaton, and the Chicago suburbs

Tutor one student at a time, in a family's home, at one of our two learning centers, or online. Tell us what you can teach and when you are free, and we will follow up about the students who fit.

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The work

What tutoring with College Tutors Chicago involves

Here is an honest picture of the work before you fill anything out. If it sounds like the way you want to teach, the form at the bottom takes a couple of minutes.

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One student at a time
Every session is one-on-one. You teach the student in front of you at the pace they need, with no classroom to manage and no group to keep together.
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Students across the suburbs
Families come from the northwest suburbs around Barrington and the western suburbs around Wheaton, so there is usually work close to where you already are.
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Three settings
Sessions happen in a family home, at the Barrington or Wheaton learning center, or online over a shared screen. Tutors often do a mix.
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Subjects across the K-12 range
Elementary reading and math, middle school everything, high school math and science, English, writing, study skills, ACT and SAT prep, and whatever else families ask for.
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A growing reading program
Take Flight: A Comprehensive Intervention for Students with Dyslexia is new and enrolling at the Barrington Learning Center, so there is room for tutors who want to grow into reading intervention work on site in Barrington.

Subjects

What tutors teach here

You tutor what you know well. Most tutors carry two or three subject areas and pick up students as families request them.

  • Elementary math
  • Elementary reading
  • Middle school math
  • Algebra
  • Geometry
  • Science
  • English
  • Writing
  • Study skills
  • ACT prep
  • SAT prep
  • Reading intervention
  • and other subjects families ask for

Where sessions happen

  • In family homes
  • At the Barrington center
  • At the Wheaton center
  • Online

New program

Reading intervention tutors wanted

Take Flight is enrolling now at the Barrington Learning Center, which means room for tutors who want to specialize in reading and can work on site in Barrington. Sessions run 4 times a week for one hour. If that work interests you, say so on the form and we will talk about it.

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Who does well here

The kind of tutor families keep asking for

These are patterns we notice in tutors families stay with, offered as a picture of the work rather than a checklist.

  • Patient when it takes four tries

    The students who come to us have usually already been confused in a classroom. The tutors families ask for again are the ones who can explain it a fifth way without a sigh.

  • Reliable about the schedule

    Progress in one-on-one tutoring comes from showing up week after week. Families plan around their session, so the tutors who thrive here treat that hour as fixed.

  • Good at explaining, in plain language

    Knowing the material is the starting point. What matters in the session is turning it into something a twelve year old can repeat back in their own words.

  • Comfortable adjusting the plan

    Some students need the foundation rebuilt, others need one unit patched before Friday. Reading which one is in front of you is most of the job.

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