"To teach is to learn twice" - Joseph Joubert

 

 

Thank you for your interest in becoming an SO4S Scholar. Our primary goal is to recruit, develop, and retain exceptional tutors who are committed to promoting educational excellence.

SO4S Scholars was created to bring local jobs and learning to school communities by recruiting outgoing high school and college students to tutor and mentor their younger peers.  Most importantly, we are diligently working with local educational institutions to close the academic and economic achievement gaps that exist in every community throughout our nation.   

What are the benefits of peer tutoring? According to the National Tutoring Association the Benefits to students:

  • Improves self confidence
  • Improves self-esteem, as they become more successful students
  • Improves academic achievement
  • Improves attitude towards the subject matter and school in general
  • Encourages greater persistence in completing tasks and courses
  • Encourages the use of appropriate and efficient learning and study strategies
  • Provides an opportunity for individualized instruction
  • Provides opportunities for questions and clarification of difficult concepts
  • Provides additional review and practice of difficult material

Kalkowski (1995) reported the following additional benefits to students:

  • The learning of academic skills
  • The development of social behaviors and overall discipline
  • Enhancement of peer relations
  • Improved internal locus of control
  • Students who acquire skills transferable to employment or business
  • Students who acquire skills transferable to parenting
  • Improved vocabulary skills
  • Improved reading skills

Benefits to tutors:

  • Frequent review of previously learned material helps with learning new material in more advanced courses.
  • Encourages higher level thinking
  • Improves subject specific knowledge and facilitates deeper understanding of subject matter
  • Improves general knowledge
  • Develops confidence in learning ability
  • Improves motivation for studying
  • Improves knowledge of learning, studying and test-taking techniques
  • Builds self-esteem and creates a sense of pride in helping others
  • Develops communication skills
  • Provides experiences that may help with later employment or career goals
  • Develops empathy for others
  • Improves attitudes towards subject area
  • Increases general knowledge
  • Develops a sense of responsibility

Benefits to educational institutions and programs:

  • Promotes deeper learning of material which in turn enables coordinators to set higher goals for student learning
  • Improves student retention of material
  • Reduces drop out and failure rates among students
  • Provides a cost effective means of providing individualized instruction to students

 

Our Hiring Track

If you are a student in high school or college and in the top of your class, this may be the perfect job for you.  We are looking for 10th -12th grade students in high school that excel in their subject matter and are in the top of their class.  Local college students are also highly encouraged to apply.  To be a tutor, you have to be responsible, personable, able to successfully communicate to a student, have a reliable form of transportation, and be available a minimum of four hours per week.

If you meet these requirements, then please click on the “Become a Scholar” link to begin the application process.  Before starting, take a few minutes to download the Parent/Guardian Consent Form which must be completed by all applicants younger than 18 years of age and uploaded with the application.  In addition, please have the following documents ready for upload:  unofficial transcripts, SAT and/or ACT score report, and a copy of your Government issued Passport or photo identification such as driver's license, school i.d. w/picture, military i.d., and voter's registration. 

After all initial paperwork has been completed and submitted, we will review for consideration of employment.  If employment is offered you will also be required to furnish a copy of your social security card and successfully complete a criminal background screening.

We look forwarding to you joining our team. Thank you - SO4SManagement

It is the policy of the Students Opting 4 Success (SO4S) not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, or disability in any employment practice, educational program, or any other program, activity, or service.  In addition, we adhere strictly to the language of the state's Child Labor Laws.