After School Enrichment Specialist - IDEA Alamo (26-27)

Role Mission

The After School Enrichment specialists will facilitate after school programming for priority students, focusing on academic support, enrichment opportunities, and college/career readiness. Enrichment Specialists will work with campus principals and the After School Coordinator to ensure after school programs enhance the vision and priorities of the school.

What We Offer

• Compensation: $14.00/hour
• Benefits: Dental and vision plans, disability, life insurance, parenting benefits, generous vacation time, referral bonuses, and professional development
• Relocation Allowance: Available if applicable

Qualifications

• Education: Current college enrollment, up to 15 college hours, or professional certification in the subject you will teach
• Experience: Experience working with youth (formal or informal) and experience working in a classroom/school setting (formal or informal)

What You’ll Do

• Implement a clear and consistent behavior management system that aligns to campus-wide initiatives while developing students’ character and sense of community in the classroom
• Shape and develop a school-wide culture that fosters a productive and enthusiastic learning environment for each student
• Establish and maintain a cooperative working relationship with students and families based on trust, understanding, and respect for the communities in which they identify
• Provide enrichment and recreation leadership for the program students
• Facilitate planned enrichment and/or recreational activities to groups of students (average group size 12-18)
• Assists in developing students' cognitive capacity, increasing academic skill development, and respect for learning
• Foster students' self-esteem and motivation through positive interaction
• Be directly supervised by the Site Coordinator
• Attend scheduled meetings with Site Coordinator and Project Director to coordinate program design, evaluation process, and outreach efforts
• Work closely with Site Coordinator and Project Director to organize schedule of enrichment and/or recreational activities, implement evaluation tools

Values and Characteristics

• Believes and is committed to our mission and being an agent of change: that all students are capable of getting to and through college
• Has demonstrated effective outcomes and results, and wants to be held accountable for them
• Has a propensity for action, willing to make mistakes by doing in order to learn and improve quickly
• Works with urgency and purpose to drive student outcomes
• Thrives in an entrepreneurial, high-growth environment; is comfortable with ambiguity and change
• Sets and reaches ambitious goals every day
• Wants to continue to grow with IDEA
• Works relentlessly to make college for all a reality

About IDEA Public Schools

• Believes each and every child can go to college
• Grew from a small school with 150 students to a multi-state network of tuition-free, Pre-K-12 public charter schools serving over 80,000 college-bound students in 143 schools across Texas, Florida, Ohio
• Ranked nationally on The Washington Post and U.S. News & World Report’s top high schools lists
• Commitment to Core Values: Integrity, Respect, and Belonging

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