After School Enrichment Specialist - IDEA La Joya (Immediate Opening)

About the Role

The After School Enrichment Specialists will facilitate after school programming for priority students, focusing on academic support, enrichment opportunities, and college/career readiness. Specialists will work with campus principals and the After School Coordinator to ensure programs enhance the vision and priorities of the school. This role works after school for 2 – 2.5 hours.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Help 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 program students.
• Facilitate planned enrichment and/or recreational activities for groups of students (average group size 12-18).
• Assist 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.
• Abide by all IDEA campus rules and procedures.

Requirements

• Current college enrollment, up to 15 college hours, or professional certification in the subject you will teach.
• Experience working with youth (formal or informal).
• Experience working in a classroom/school setting (formal or informal).
• Must attach an official or unofficial transcript to the application to verify GPA and credit hours earned.

Skills

• Ability to instruct students and manage student behavior.
• Strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to adjust and adapt to a multitude of situations in the school environment.
• Ability to track data weekly and monthly for reporting.

Qualifications

We look for team members who embody the following 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.
• Seeks and responds well to feedback, which is shared often and freely across all levels of the organization.
• Works through silos and forges strong cross-departmental relationships in order to achieve outcomes.
• Holds themselves to a high level of conduct, professionalism, and behaviors as models for colleagues and students.

Benefits

• Dental and vision plans.
• Disability and life insurance.
• Parenting benefits.
• Generous vacation time.
• Referral bonuses.
• Professional development.
• Relocation allowance to defray the cost of moving for this role, if applicable.

Pay

Compensation for this role is set at an hourly rate of $14.00/hour.

About IDEA Public Schools

At IDEA Public Schools, we believe each and every child can go to college. Since 2000, IDEA Public Schools has grown from a small school with 150 students to a multi-state network of tuition-free, Pre-K-12 public charter schools. IDEA Public Schools boasts national rankings on The Washington Post and U.S. News & World Report’s top high schools lists. IDEA serves over 80,000 college-bound students in 143 schools across Texas, Florida, and Ohio, and is on-track to maintain its legacy of sending 100% of its graduates to college. When you choose to work at IDEA, you are part of our IDEA Team and Family.