Online tutoring jobs for former and current Arkansas special education teachers

For former teachers: a remote job after you’ve left the classroom

If you’ve left classroom teaching but still want to teach students with IEPs, 504 plans and learning differences, this job is live, one-on-one online tutoring, one student at a time. SpecialEdResource works with students from pre-K through 12th grade, plus adult learners. It’s part-time W-2 employment, with paid training.

Our greatest need is weekdays, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Central (9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern). We ask for at least five hours a week of availability, and tutors work 5 to 25 hours a week. Available hours depend on student demand and schedule fit.

You need special education certification and a teaching license, both from any US state, with the license current, or renewed before you start. You also need to live in one of the 14 states where SpecialEdResource can currently employ tutors, and Arkansas is one of them.

My Arkansas teaching license has expired. Does it still count?

Yes, if you renew it before you start. Our application’s license question says:

Answer Yes if your license is current, or if it has expired or is inactive and you’ll renew it before you start. We check licenses before the first interview.

An Arkansas standard license lasts five years, and renewal is online, in the Arkansas Educator Licensure System (AELS). On its renewal page, Arkansas’s Division of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) says: “Educators may begin the renewal process at any time during the fifth year of their educator license.” If yours has already expired, DESE’s reinstatement page says: “An expired license may be reinstated by completing the requirements for renewal.”

Renewal needs new background checks (“New cleared background checks are required for renewal.”) and professional development. If you don’t work for an Arkansas public school, DESE’s renewal page says teachers who work for private schools, colleges or other organizations that employ licensed teachers are responsible for working through those employers or “finding professional development opportunities on their own,” and “Individuals who are not employed will be responsible for securing the required hours of professional development.” The steps are in our Arkansas teaching license guide.

Left an Arkansas public school job? Your ATRS account

If you leave a job covered by the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System (ATRS), you can keep your account with ATRS or, if you don’t plan to return to ATRS covered employment, ask for a refund of your own contributions. If you keep it, ATRS’s Retirement FAQ says: “Inactive members who have at least 5.00 years of combined ATRS and reciprocal service credit are eligible to receive an ATRS monthly retirement benefit at age 60.” If you take a refund, its Refunds FAQ says: “A refund cancels ALL member service credit (contributory and noncontributory), ALL membership rights, and ALL beneficiary designations.” Its ATRS Member Handbook 2026-2027 explains vesting, refunds and what else changes for an inactive member. Questions about your own account go to ATRS at (501) 682-1517 or info@artrs.gov.

If you teach in an Arkansas school now: a side job during the school year

We hire special education tutors year-round. Our greatest need is weekdays, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Central (9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern). Evening and weekend tutors are welcome too: tell us when you can teach. Available hours depend on student demand and schedule fit. You don’t need to cover every grade, subject or time.

If you can fit tutoring around your teaching, we’d like to hear from you.

A special education job outside the classroom

• One student at a time. Each student has sessions with you an average of 2 to 3 times a week, live and online; a session usually lasts 30 minutes, 45 minutes or 1 hour.
• Choosing your students. You decide which students you want to work with.
• Materials. SpecialEdResource provides subscribed online resources and SpecialEdResource-created resources, and you choose and adapt materials for each student, because every child differs.
• Prep and notes. You're paid for tutoring time. Prep and notes are not paid separately; the session rate covers them. SpecialEdResource provides AI summary tools that make note-writing mostly copy and paste.
• Through the year. Most students keep meeting through summer and school breaks.

How hiring and sessions work

How is this different from teaching for a virtual school?

This is tutoring, not classroom teaching: you work with one student at a time, in live online sessions that usually last 30 minutes, 45 minutes or 1 hour, as a part-time W-2 employee of SpecialEdResource. Training is paid, and licenses and special education certification from any US state are welcome.

What the job pays

Starting pay: $23/hour, W-2. All tutors can earn a 10% performance bonus in any pay period when they tutor at least 10 hours and turn in session notes on time. How the pay, bonus and hours work