NJ-Certified Biology Teacher (Part-Time… at The Teacher… · Livingston

Teacher Tutors is hiring part-time Biology tutors, currently-practicing, New Jersey–certified teachers, to join our team on a flexible basis. We’re seeking classroom educators with strong biology backgrounds to support high school students across standard, honors, and AP Biology. This role is ideal for certified teachers who want flexible, well-paid part-time work alongside their classroom role and who enjoy working one-on-one with students.

Our students range from those building foundational skills to those tackling honors and AP coursework. Sessions take place in students’ homes, at the library, at our Livingston, NJ office, or online. Most of our clients prefer in-person tutoring, so we’d love tutors who are open to offering it. We match families to tutors based on your preferred travel radius: you tell us how far you’re willing to drive, and we work within that.

Responsibilities

• Deliver one-on-one biology tutoring sessions tailored to each student’s course, instructor’s expectations, and learning goals.

• Plan lessons and prepare materials (practice sets, review guides, worked problem sets, genetics and data-analysis practice, diagram and process reviews, lab concept reviews, exam-style questions, and structured exam-prep schedules as test dates approach).

• Build students’ fluency with core biology skills and concepts (cell structure and function, biochemistry basics, cellular respiration and photosynthesis, mitosis and meiosis, genetics and inheritance, molecular biology and gene expression, evolution and natural selection, ecology, and anatomy and physiology) and their ability to move between different representations of the same idea (diagrammatic, molecular, and process-based).

• Track progress across sessions and adjust pacing, materials, and difficulty based on what’s working.

• Submit a short session note after each tutoring session and flag concerns to our Director early.

• Communicate clearly and warmly with parents.

• Contribute to our team’s shared practice: share what’s working, ask questions, and help us keep raising the bar.

• Active New Jersey teaching certification in Biological Science or a related science endorsement (a bachelor’s degree is built into NJ certification; master’s or PhD welcome).

• Currently teaching in a classroom setting.

• Demonstrated mastery of biology at the level(s) you’ll be tutoring (high school standard, honors, and/or AP Biology), with the ability to scale up to more advanced coursework.

• Tutoring, TA, or classroom teaching experience with students at the relevant grade levels.

• Working familiarity with the relevant curriculum standards and exam frameworks (e.g., NGSS and the AP Biology course and exam description) and the areas where students most often struggle, such as genetics problems, cellular respiration and photosynthesis, meiosis, and interpreting experimental data.

• Strong communication skills and the patience to work with students who may arrive frustrated, anxious, or burned out after a rough test or assignment.

• Ability to plan individualized sessions and adapt in real time when a planned approach isn’t landing, including explaining the same concept in multiple ways until it clicks.

• Availability for afternoon, evening, or weekend hours during the school year, with extra capacity around exam season and finals.

• Comfort with educational technology.

• Reliable transportation and a valid driver’s license for in-home sessions.

Preferred

• Experience teaching AP Biology, and familiarity with the AP Biology course and exam description, free-response question types, and scoring.
• A track record of strong outcomes with biology students at the levels you will be tutoring (e.g., grade improvement, AP score gains).
• Background or experience that allows you to support advanced or specialized coursework, such as AP Biology, honors-level molecular biology or genetics, or introductory college biology.
• Familiarity with the major textbooks and curricula commonly used in these courses, so you can meet students inside the framework their teacher is using.
• Real-world or professional experience (academic, industry, or research) that helps you make abstract concepts concrete, for example, connecting genetics, lab technique, or field biology to work you’ve done.

Benefits

Compensation & employment status

• Pay range: $40 - $50/hour, based on degree and experience
• W-2 (default): Most part-time tutors join as W-2 employees. Teacher Tutors handles payroll, taxes, and provides liability coverage during sessions.
• 1099 (optional): Tutors who prefer 1099 contractor status are welcome, provided they carry their own professional liability insurance and operate through a registered LLC. Documentation will be requested during onboarding.

Coverage area

We serve families across northern New Jersey, with most in-home sessions concentrated in Essex, Morris, Union, and Bergen counties. When you join, you’ll let us know your preferred travel radius from home, and we’ll match you with students within that range.