We are actively recruiting and seeking to appoint an exceptional academic mentor at the earliest possible opportunity.
The successful candidate will relocate to Puerto Rico for a 2.5-year engagement supporting an intellectually capable and ambitious high school student attending TASIS.
This is not a conventional tutoring position. We are seeking a sophisticated academic generalist with particular strength in mathematics, humanities, and analytical writing who can combine rigorous academic instruction with intellectual mentorship, educational planning, and extracurricular development. The successful candidate will play a central role in the student’s academic and personal development throughout the remainder of high school, helping him strengthen his intellectual foundations, navigate increasingly demanding coursework, develop meaningful extracurricular interests, and prepare for a challenging university environment.
The position offers an unusual combination of intellectually rewarding work, substantial professional autonomy, competitive compensation, and the opportunity to enjoy an active outdoor lifestyle in the Caribbean.
We are ready to move quickly for the right candidate. International applications are strongly encouraged, with visa sponsorship and relocation assistance available for eligible applicants.
The Student & Academic Context
The student is currently enrolled in a demanding academic program that includes:
- AP Precalculus
- AP Macroeconomics
- AP World History
- AP Computer Science Principles
- Spanish III
- Honors English
- Honors Chemistry
His academic trajectory over the next two years is expected to include advanced coursework in mathematics, English, science, economics, and humanities, potentially including AP Calculus AB, AP Statistics, AP English Language, AP English Literature, AP Environmental Science, AP Microeconomics, AP Government, and continued advanced Spanish study.
The precise curriculum will evolve in response to his academic development, interests, and readiness for greater intellectual challenge.
The mentor will play an important role in helping the family evaluate appropriate academic demands and supporting the student as he develops greater independence and intellectual maturity.
Key Responsibilities
1. Mathematics & Scientific Reasoning
The highest academic priority is providing close, consistent supervision of mathematical problem-solving and quantitative reasoning. The mentor must be capable of diagnosing not simply whether a student arrives at the correct answer, but how he approaches problems, where his reasoning breaks down, and how to develop more effective procedures.
Responsibilities include:
- Providing individualized instruction in advanced high school mathematics, including precalculus, statistics, and calculus.
- Closely observing and correcting mathematical problem-solving procedures.
- Identifying conceptual gaps and developing targeted strategies to address them.
- Teaching systematic approaches to complex, multistep problems.
- Reinforcing accuracy, organization, and disciplined mathematical thinking.
- Supporting quantitative reasoning in chemistry and other science coursework.
- Building confidence and increasing independence in mathematically demanding subjects.
We are particularly interested in candidates with exceptional mathematical teaching instincts and the patience to develop strong procedural foundations.
2. English, Literary Analysis & Academic Writing
A second major priority is developing the student’s capacity for sophisticated interpretation, critical analysis, and persuasive academic writing.
Responsibilities include:
- Teaching close reading and literary interpretation.
- Strengthening analytical reasoning and thesis formation.
- Helping the student develop original, defensible arguments supported by textual evidence.
- Improving essay structure, clarity, and intellectual depth.
- Supporting Honors English and advanced AP English coursework
- Encouraging independent interpretation and engagement with challenging literary and nonfiction texts.
- Preparing the student for the demands of university-level reading and writing.
The objective is to develop an increasingly confident, perceptive, and independent thinker.
3. Academic Strategy & Executive Functioning
The mentor will provide consistent oversight of the student’s academic responsibilities and longer-term educational development.
Responsibilities include:
- Monitoring assignments, assessments, and academic progress.
- Establishing effective study routines and organizational systems.
- Supporting time management, planning, and prioritization.
- Identifying academic difficulties before they become significant problems.
- Helping evaluate future course selections and appropriate levels of academic challenge.
- Communicating regularly with the family and Oxford Tutors USA regarding progress and priorities.
- Developing increasing academic independence and personal accountability.
The successful candidate should be highly organized, proactive, and capable of balancing rigorous expectations with a thoughtful understanding of adolescent development.
4. Extracurricular Development & Intellectual Enrichment
An important dimension of the position will involve inspiring, planning, and executing a more ambitious extracurricular program. We seek someone who can identify meaningful opportunities, encourage intellectual curiosity, and help the student transform ideas into substantive accomplishments.
Responsibilities include:
- Identifying extracurricular activities aligned with the student’s interests and university aspirations.
- Researching academic competitions, internships, research opportunities, enrichment programs, and community initiatives.
- Developing a coherent multiyear extracurricular strategy. • Encouraging initiative, leadership, intellectual exploration, and sustained commitment.
- Providing practical assistance with project planning, organization, and execution.
- Helping the student build an authentic and distinctive extracurricular profile.
The ideal candidate will bring creativity, enthusiasm, resourcefulness, and the ability to inspire a young person to pursue challenging and rewarding opportunities.
Essential Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree from a highly regarded university.
- Strong mathematical ability, including competence teaching advanced high school mathematics through introductory calculus.
- Excellent analytical writing and communication skills.
- Experience teaching, tutoring, or mentoring secondary school students, or compelling evidence of the aptitude and dedication to succeed in such a role.
- Ability to diagnose learning difficulties and develop individualized instructional approaches.
- Strong organizational and executive functioning skills.
- Intellectual curiosity and an enthusiasm for education.
- Emotional intelligence, patience, discretion, and professional maturity.
- Willingness to relocate to Puerto Rico for approximately 2.5 years.
- Availability to begin at the earliest possible date.
- Particularly Attractive Backgrounds
We welcome applications from:
- Intellectually versatile, energetic, highly capable individuals who enjoy working closely with academically ambitious young people.
- Experienced private tutors and academic mentors.
- Teachers from academically rigorous independent schools.
- Outstanding graduates of highly selective universities without professional teaching experience but with great enthusiasm and dedication.
- Candidates with interdisciplinary academic backgrounds spanning mathematics, science, economics, and the humanities.
- Experienced educational consultants with strong instructional capabilities.
The ideal candidate combines quantitative strength with genuine intellectual breadth. We are looking for someone who can confidently teach calculus, engage thoughtfully with literature, guide sophisticated analytical writing, and inspire broader intellectual curiosity.
Life in Puerto Rico
This position offers the opportunity to spend two and a half years living in Puerto Rico while undertaking meaningful and intellectually stimulating work. We believe this opportunity will be especially appealing to candidates who enjoy an active outdoor lifestyle and are enthusiastic about tropical island living.
Puerto Rico offers year-round warm weather, beautiful beaches, exceptional surfing, sailing, snorkeling, scuba diving, hiking, tennis, golf, and access to spectacular natural landscapes.
Because direct student contact will occur primarily after school, during evenings, and on weekends, the position offers the potential for considerable flexibility during daytime hours, subject to preparation, planning, and other professional responsibilities.
For someone who enjoys the outdoors, values physical activity, and welcomes the opportunity to experience life in the Caribbean, this position offers an appealing combination of professional fulfillment and lifestyle.
We are particularly interested in candidates who will embrace the experience of living in Puerto Rico and make the most of the opportunities the island provides.
Schedule & Professional Commitment
The student attends school during the day, so direct academic instruction and mentoring will take place primarily during afternoons, evenings, and weekends.
The position involves both direct student contact and independent professional responsibilities, including lesson preparation, academic planning, extracurricular development, and coordination with the family.
The successful candidate will have considerable autonomy in structuring these responsibilities while maintaining consistent availability during the student’s principal study hours.
The engagement is intended to last approximately 2.5 years, with the successful candidate expected to begin as soon as possible.
Housing and Transportation
A housing allowance will be provided to support comfortable accommodation in Puerto Rico.
A transportation allowance will be provided to facilitate local mobility.
International Applicants
We welcome applications from outstanding candidates worldwide. Candidates do not need to be currently based in the United States or Puerto Rico.
We are particularly interested in exceptional educators and academically accomplished individuals from the United Kingdom, Europe, North America, and other international markets.
For successful international applicants who require U.S. work authorization, we will provide visa sponsorship and immigration assistance, subject to eligibility and applicable U.S. immigration requirements and approvals.
Whilst our preference is for an immediate start, we recognize that international relocation and immigration processing may require additional time. Exceptional international candidates are therefore encouraged to apply regardless of their current location.