In-Home Middle School ELA Tutor
Company: Thrive Education Partners
Role summary
In-Home Middle School ELA Tutor is a part-time role at Thrive Education Partners in Brentwood, Tennessee, United States (on-site). Posted 2026-08-20. Experience level: 2-5.
- Job title
- In-Home Middle School ELA Tutor
- Company
- Thrive Education Partners
- Location
- Brentwood, Tennessee, United States
- Work arrangement
- on-site
- Employment type
- part-time
- Category
- Software Engineering
- Experience level
- 2-5
- Date posted
- 2026-08-20
If you have a passion for literature and a knack for helping students succeed, this is a fantastic opportunity to make a real difference in a middle schooler’s academic journey. You’ll enjoy a flexible, part-time schedule working one-on-one, making it a perfect fit if you're looking for meaningful work that allows you to mentor young learners directly.
Job description
Thrive Education Partners is seeking an experienced Private Middle School ELA Tutor to provide individualized academic support to middle school students in Williamson County, Tennessee.
This opportunity is designed for an educator with strong expertise in English Language Arts who can help students strengthen reading comprehension, writing, grammar, vocabulary, and overall communication skills. We’re looking for someone who can go beyond helping students complete assignments—you should be able to identify skill gaps, make challenging material approachable, and help students become stronger, more confident, and increasingly independent readers and writers.
What You’ll Do Provide individualized tutoring in middle school English Language Arts, tailored to each student’s current coursework, strengths, and areas for growth.
Strengthen reading comprehension, including identifying main ideas, analyzing text, making inferences, citing evidence, and interpreting increasingly complex literature and informational texts.
Support the full writing process, including brainstorming, organization, outlining, drafting, revising, and editing.
Help students develop stronger skills in paragraph and essay writing, grammar, vocabulary, and written expression.
Identify gaps in foundational reading or writing skills that may be interfering with success in current coursework.
Support students with homework, essays, projects, assessments, and preparation for quizzes and tests.
Teach practical strategies for approaching challenging reading assignments and organizing written responses.
Adjust instruction based on each student’s learning style, school curriculum, teacher expectations, and academic goals.
Build confidence and independence so students develop strategies they can increasingly apply on their own.
Communicate regularly with families about progress, priorities, and areas that may require additional support.
What Makes Someone Successful Strong expertise in middle school ELA. You are confident supporting students across reading comprehension, writing, grammar, vocabulary, and literary analysis.
Skilled writing teacher. You can help students organize their thinking, develop ideas, strengthen written expression, and understand how to revise their own work.
Experienced with middle school students. You understand this developmental stage and know how to build rapport while maintaining appropriate academic expectations.
Able to identify where students are getting stuck. You can distinguish between a comprehension gap, weak foundational skill, difficulty organizing ideas, or misunderstanding of an assignment and adjust your instruction accordingly.
Engaging and encouraging. You know how to make reading and writing approachable while helping students develop stronger skills and confidence.
Reliable and consistent. You can establish a consistent tutoring schedule with students and families throughout Williamson County and the greater Nashville area.
Qualifications Minimum of 3 years of relevant teaching or tutoring experience in English Language Arts, literacy, or related academic support
Meaningful experience working with middle school students
Strong content knowledge across reading comprehension, writing, grammar, vocabulary, and literary analysis
Ability to teach the full writing process, including brainstorming, organization, outlining, drafting, revising, and editing
Ability to identify gaps in reading and writing skills and provide targeted instruction based on individual student needs
Experience helping students strengthen comprehension, written expression, critical thinking, and overall confidence in ELA
Experience supporting students with essays, homework, projects, assessments, and grade-level coursework
Ability to reliably and consistently provide in-person tutoring in Williamson County at agreed-upon times each week
Preferred Qualifications Bachelor’s or master’s degree in English, Education, Literacy, Reading, or a related field
Teaching certification in English Language Arts, middle grades education, or a related area
Experience as a middle school ELA teacher, reading specialist, literacy interventionist, or writing instructor
Strong experience teaching writing and written expression, including paragraph and essay organization
Experience supporting students with reading comprehension and increasingly complex literary and informational texts
Familiarity with current middle school ELA curricula, standards, and expectations
Experience working one-on-one with students who need additional challenge, skill-building, or individualized academic support
Professional Standards Current background check required; Thrive facilitates this process
Verifiable references from prior teaching, tutoring, or academic roles
Strong professionalism, reliability, discretion, and communication
Commitment to providing consistent, high-quality support throughout the school year
Compensation $60–$90/hour, commensurate with experience, credentials, and subject-matter expertise
Competitive compensation with opportunities for rate increases based on experience, performance, and continued work with Thrive
Consistent recurring weekly schedule
Opportunity for ongoing work with students throughout the school year
Opportunities for additional tutoring placements with Thrive based on availability and fit
Logistics Location: Williamson County, Tennessee; primarily in-home
Schedule: Consistent weekly tutoring at mutually agreed-upon times
Commitment: School-year commitment with consistent weekly availability
Start Date: As soon as possible
Support Personalized matching—Thrive vets families thoroughly before introductions, so your time is spent with qualified, serious clients
Dedicated placement coordinator throughout the hiring process
Access to Thrive’s educator network and resources
Ongoing placement opportunities with
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