After School Enrichment Specialist - IDEA Tarrant County (Immediate Opening)

Description

Role Mission: 

The 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 the Program Manager and Site Coordinator to ensure programs enhance the vision and priorities of the Region. Enrichment Specialists work after school for 3 hours Monday-Thursday. 

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. 
• Actively supervise and monitor students at all times 
• 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 the program students. 

• Support scholars as they attend virtual tutoring sessions by providing materials, technical assistance and motivating and monitoring engagement and progress. 
• Facilitate planned enrichment and/or recreational activities to group of students (average group size 15). 
• 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 and Program Manager for the TCLAS and the grant guidelines. 
• Attend scheduled meetings and trainings with Site Coordinator and Program Manager to coordinate program design, evaluation process, and outreach efforts. 
• Work closely with Site Coordinator and Program Manager to: identify daily schedule/rotation,  
• Abide by all IDEA campus rules and procedures. 

We look for Team and Family 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. 
• We believe in education as a profession and hold ourselves to high level of conduct, professionalism and behavior as models for our colleagues and students. 

Knowledge and 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. 

Compensation: 

• Compensation will be set at an hourly rate of $15.00 an hour.