Job Title: High School Tutor
Program: JCYC Upward Bound (JCYC UB)
Location: In person at 2-3 SFUSD high schools
Salary: $22-$24/hour
Schedule: September 2025 to May 2026; 2-4 days per week; Monday-Thursday between 2pm-6pm
Start: ASAP
ABOUT JCYC
Established in 1970, JCYC was founded by students who stood in solidarity with other communities to fight for the creation of ethnic studies. Today, JCYC annually serves over 7,000 young people from all backgrounds and provides a continuum of care from preschool through college. The organization strives to offer young people a comprehensive array of services to ensure that they have the resources and support necessary to grow into healthy, productive adults.
JCYC VALUES
Community: We foster a collective desire and passion to support the healthy development of children and youth.
Cooperation: We build strong partnerships to ensure we have the greatest impact on children and youth possible.
Compassion: We see in a child that which they cannot see in themselves.
Diversity: We respect and embrace differences that make all members of our society unique.
Integrity: We conduct ourselves in a manner that is worthy of trust and confidence placed in us by the communities we serve.
Vision: Like a child, we look ahead with imagination and without limits.
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Upward Bound (UB) Program identifies, selects and assists income eligible high school youth that have the potential to be the first generation in their family to attend college. The goal of UB is to increase the rate at which participants complete secondary education and enroll in and graduate from institutions of postsecondary education.
POSITION OVERVIEW
JCYC Upward Bound offers tutoring services to our students throughout the school year. Tutors work with students at each of our high school sites after school to provide support in various academic subjects such as the humanities, sciences, and math. They help foster a nurturing environment for youth and work effectively with students coming from a range of cultural, educational, and socioeconomic backgrounds. They will work closely with our Educational Advisors and Associate Director to track and set goals for our students’ academic growth.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Work with students individually and in small groups to complete assignments, prepare for tests, and build study skills
Work with Educational Advisors to assess student needs and track student progress
Communicate effectively with students and high school staff from diverse backgrounds and help foster an inclusive and positive learning environment
Support Educational Advisors in setup and breakdown of tutoring and advising spaces
Support program’s effort to cultivate a college-going mindset for students
Be punctual, organized, and flexible
Perform other related tasks as assigned by Educational Advisors or Associate Director
JOB QUALIFICATIONS
Current student working toward a Bachelor's Degree or recent college graduate with a Bachelor's Degree.
High comfort level working with and teaching high school math content (Algebra I to Calculus). Experience with science (Biology, Physics, Chemistry) and English is a huge plus.
Experience tutoring or working with low-income, first generation college-bound youth and/or with youth from diverse cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds
Bilingual in Spanish, Mandarin and/or Cantonese is a HUGE plus
HOW TO APPLY: Please no phone calls. Applicants MUST submit both a cover letter and resume with their ADP application. For more details info about JCYC UB visit www.jcyccollegeaccess.org
PLEASE NOTE: JCYC actively seek to hire and promote individuals, recruit volunteers and provide services to individuals without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, religious creed, national origin, age, marital or veteran status, or presence of non-job related conditions or disabilities. All employees of the JCYC participate in a criminal background investigation. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, JCYC will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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