Expanded Learning Time (ELT) High School Student Intern

About the role

The Expanded Learning Time (ELT) High School Student Intern works alongside the Explorers’ Group Leader by providing support with the delivery of engaging and academically enriching activities for Framingham Public Schools students in grades K-5. ELT High School Interns assist the group leader in facilitating high-quality project-based learning activities during before and after-school programming, while supporting the healthy social and emotional development of all students.

Responsibilities

• Assists with facilitating an academically enriching Out-of-School Time curriculum and recreation program in active collaboration with the ELT Group Leader.
• Inspires elementary school students to set and achieve ambitious academic and personal goals.
• Helps integrate inclusive instructional methods that support the full participation of students with special needs and multilingual learners.
• Maintains a safe, supportive, and culturally responsive environment for all students that honors identity and fosters social-emotional growth.
• Aids in classroom management, establishes proactive routines, and utilizes restorative justice techniques to manage behavior and resolve peer conflicts constructively.
• Supports the group leader to ensure appropriate supervision of all assigned students at all times, upholding the highest standards of safety.
• Models exemplary professional behavior in alignment with Framingham Public Schools core values.
• Supports daily operational procedures, including managing program materials and the distribution of snacks.
• Aids in the logistical coordination of seamless student transitions, drop-off, and pick-up procedures.
• Responds to and assists with the documentation of emergency situations, injuries, and incidents in strict alignment with EEC and district regulations.
• Collaborates closely with the Group Leader, Site Coordinator, and multidisciplinary teams to support holistic student growth.
• Buils positive and appropriate relationships with students, colleagues, and program supervisors.
• Attends and actively supports family engagement activities and designated special program events as needed.

Qualifications

• Current enrollment in high school.
• Previous experience in an academic, recreational, or athletic youth setting is preferred but not required.
• A strong passion and interest in working with children is essential.
• Basic alignment with positive youth development principles.
• Proven interest in working with children and adults from diverse cultural and economic backgrounds.
• Bilingual proficiency in Spanish and/or Portuguese is preferred.

Skills and Abilities

• Differentiated Engagement: Ability to design and implement activities that meet the diverse needs of students, including students with disabilities and multilingual learners.
• Relationship Building: Strong capacity to build and maintain positive, collaborative relationships with children, staff, families, and supervisors.
• Communication Skills: Capacity to communicate clearly, effectively, and concisely both in oral and written form.
• Restorative Practices: Willingness to actively engage in positive, proactive, and restorative conflict resolution processes.
• Regulatory Compliance & Professionalism: High level of professionalism, including the ability to strictly follow all district, state, and federal requirements (such as MA Department of Early Education and Care for Elementary and DESE 21st Century Community Learning Center programs for Secondary).
• Adaptability: Capacity to respond flexibly to multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced, dynamic, and complex working environment.
• Continuous Growth: Ability to receive constructive feedback and a strong willingness to learn new skills to meet the evolving needs of students and families.
• Technology Integration: Familiarity with Google Suite and other instructional or administrative technologies as required by the program.
• Logistical Reliability: Possess reliable transportation to fulfill scheduling requirements across district sites.
• Cultural Proficiency: Demonstrated cultural proficiency and competence in fostering an equitable and inclusive district environment for all staff, students, and families.
• Professionalism & Composure: Maintain regular, predictable, and punctual attendance; exhibit professionalism in responding to high-stakes or unpredictable classroom situations.

Benefits

Not Applicable

Pay

Not Applicable

Schedule

Not Applicable