Thrive Education Partners is seeking a warm, experienced High School Learning Specialist / Academic Tutor to provide individualized academic support to a bright student entering 9th grade.
This student is quiet, kind, highly capable, and entering high school with strong intellectual potential. At times, however, his academic performance has not fully reflected his abilities. As coursework becomes more demanding, the goal is to make sure he begins high school with the right strategies, systems, and individualized support to succeed.
This is not simply a homework-help position. We’re looking for an educator who can understand why a capable student may be struggling, identify where learning differences are creating barriers, and explicitly teach the strategies needed to navigate those challenges with increasing independence.
Student Profile
The student is entering 9th grade and is described as quiet, kind, and highly intelligent. He has two identified learning differences, including dysgraphia, that can make it more difficult for his academic output to consistently reflect what he knows and understands.
As he enters high school, one of the biggest priorities is helping him learn how to effectively navigate dysgraphia within a more demanding academic environment. Increased writing expectations, longer assignments, multiple teachers, more complex projects, and greater responsibility for organization and follow-through all create new demands that require strong systems and strategies.
Support will span his high school coursework rather than being limited to one narrow subject. Current priorities include English/ELA, math, reading comprehension, written expression, and executive functioning, with flexibility to support other classes and academic demands as they arise.
The goal is ambitious but straightforward: help a highly capable student perform at a level that more accurately reflects his abilities. The family wants him to begin high school on strong footing, develop effective strategies for navigating his learning differences, and work toward consistently strong academic performance.
What You’ll Do
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Provide individualized academic support across high school coursework, including English/ELA, math, reading comprehension, writing, and other subjects as needed.
- Help the student successfully transition into high school and manage increased expectations for independence, organization, studying, and written work.
- Teach practical strategies for navigating dysgraphia and written-expression demands, including planning, organizing, drafting, and completing assignments.
- Strengthen executive-functioning skills such as organization, time management, prioritization, assignment tracking, task initiation, and follow-through.
- Help the student break down larger assignments and projects, plan ahead for deadlines, and manage multiple classes effectively.
- Teach effective study, note-taking, reading comprehension, and test-preparation strategies.
- Identify whether academic challenges stem from content knowledge, written output, comprehension, executive functioning, or another underlying skill, and adjust support accordingly.
- Build independence by helping the student develop strategies and tools he can increasingly use on his own, while communicating regularly with the family about progress and priorities.
What Makes Someone Successful
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Understands bright students with learning differences. You recognize that strong intellectual ability and academic difficulty can coexist and can identify what is getting in the way of performance.
- Experienced with dysgraphia and executive functioning. You can teach practical strategies for writing, organization, planning, time management, studying, and follow-through.
- Comfortable across high school academics. You can support multiple courses while recognizing when a student needs direct content instruction versus a stronger learning strategy.
- Relational and responsive. You build trust with adolescents and can look beneath a low grade, missing assignment, or difficult test to determine what actually broke down and adjust accordingly.
- Focused on independence and high expectations. You provide meaningful support without lowering the level of challenge, helping students develop strategies they can increasingly use on their own.
Requirements
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Minimum of 3 years of relevant teaching, tutoring, learning support, or academic intervention experience
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Meaningful experience working with middle and/or high school students
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Experience supporting students with learning differences
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Strong understanding of executive-functioning skills and their impact on academic performance
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Experience supporting written expression, writing organization, and/or dysgraphia
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Ability to provide support across multiple academic areas
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Experience partnering and communicating effectively with parents and families
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Ability to reliably and consistently provide in-person support at agreed-upon times each week
Preferred Qualifications
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Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Education, Special Education, Psychology, Learning Sciences, or a related field
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Teaching certification and/or special education credentials
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Experience as a special education teacher, learning specialist, interventionist, academic coach, or similar role
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Direct experience supporting adolescents with dysgraphia
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Experience working with twice-exceptional, gifted, or high-IQ students with learning differences
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Experience helping students transition successfully into high school
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Strong background in English/ELA, writing, reading comprehension, math, or multidisciplinary academic support
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Familiarity with assistive technology and other tools that can reduce barriers related to written output
Professional Standards
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Current background check required; Thrive facilitates this process
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Verifiable references from prior teaching, tutoring, or learning-support roles
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Strong professionalism, reliability, discretion, and communication
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Ability to maintain student and family confidentiality
Benefits
Compensation
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Competitive hourly compensation commensurate with experience, credentials, and placement scope
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Consistent recurring weekly schedule
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Opportunity for an ongoing relationship with the student as he progresses through high school
Logistics
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Location: Charlotte, North Carolina; in-home
- Schedule: Consistent weekly tutoring at mutually agreed-upon times
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Commitment: School Year
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Start Date: As soon as possible
Support
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Personalized matching—Thrive vets families thoroughly before introductions, so your time is spent with qualified, serious clients
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Dedicated placement coordinator throughout the hiring process
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Access to Thrive’s educator network and resources
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Ongoing placement opportunities with Thrive Education Partners
Why This Role
This is an opportunity to support a highly capable student at an important transition point as he begins high school. You’ll go beyond homework help to teach strategies for navigating dysgraphia, managing academic demands, and translating his abilities into stronger, more consistent performance.
For an educator who enjoys helping bright adolescents become more strategic, confident, and independent learners, this is a chance to make an impact that extends well beyond individual assignments.
About Thrive
Thrive Education Partners connects exceptional educators with families seeking highly personalized, values-driven education.
Our placements go beyond traditional tutoring. We thoughtfully match students with educators who can understand how they learn, build meaningful relationships, and provide individualized support that strengthens both academic performance and long-term confidence.
Thrive Education Partners is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and make hiring decisions based on experience, skills, and business needs, without regard to any status protected by applicable law.
