iLearning HotSpot Facilitator - IDEA Najim College Prep (22-23)

Role Mission: IDEA iLearning Hotspot Facilitators instructs students ranging from grades 1st-7th with the specific goal to increase student achievement in mathematics. The iLearning facilitators set ambitious goals for student math achievement and invest students, families, and staff in reaching them. ILearning facilitators are tasked with creating a powerful and inviting learning environment, tracking student progress toward goals and conducting daily analysis data to intervene with struggling students. Our iLearning facilitators seek excellence as educators and as IDEA team members. Together, they are responsible for ensuring that every IDEA student masters the academic and social skills necessary to succeed in college, while also embodying IDEA’s core values every day. 

What You’ll Do -- Accountabilities

Responsibilities:  

Culture & Student Management

• Motivate students to participate in learning activities in the various math software
• Continuously improve execution of student procedures to maximize learning time
• Frequently speak to students regarding their progress toward goals and current data
• Consistently monitor students usage of math notebooks
• Create a positive learning environment in line with IDEA culture

Technology & Data Management

• Actively “coach” students on all computer programs and ensure that the educational math software used in the Hotspots are meeting the needs of all students
• Maintain all computer equipment and ensure that problems are reported promptly to campus tech
• Interpret and manage online student data generated by the multiple educational math software
• Use data to track students’ progress toward goals

Professional Responsibilities

• Proactively identify and solve problems that impede the maximization of student learning
• Communicate and collaborate with Math teachers and school administrators about student progress
• Actively participate in staff development opportunities as a member of the IDEA team
• Additional responsibilities may include: after-school tutoring or Saturday school and are based on the needs of our scholars

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 behaviors as models for our colleagues and students 

What You Bring -- Competencies

Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited four-year educational institution required
• Experience: 1+ year(s) of experience working with children in a classroom or volunteer setting required

Knowledge and Skills:

• Ability to interpret, manage, and utilize multiple sets of data efficiently in order to best support students’ progress in reading software
• Strong computer and technology skills, including an ability to troubleshoot.
• Basic knowledge of curricula and instructional practices or implementation 
• 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 

What We Offer

Compensation: 

• Compensation for this role is set at an hourly rate ranging between $16.39 for 0 years of experience and $22.54 
• Hourly co-teachers earnings are paid out over a 12-month period

Other Benefits:

We offer a comprehensive benefits plan, covering the majority of the employee premium for the base medical plan and subsidizing the majority of costs for a spouse/domestic partner and children. Other benefits include dental and vision plans, disability, life insurance, parenting benefits, flexible spending account options, generous vacation time, com‐muter benefits, referral bonuses, professional development, and a 403(b) plan. We also offer an inclusive environment where staff are encouraged to bring their whole selves to work every day. IDEA may offer a relocation stipend to defray the cost of moving for this role, if applicable.

To Apply

Please submit your application online through Jobvite. It’s in your best interest to apply as soon as possible.

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 the fastest-growing network of tuition-free, Pre-K-12 public charter schools in the United States.   

IDEA Public Schools boasts national rankings on The Washington Post and U.S. News & World Report’s top high schools lists. IDEA serves nearly 75,000 college-bound students in 137 schools across Texas, Southern Louisiana and Florida and is on-track to maintain its legacy of sending 100% of its graduates to college. Be on the lookout for IDEA schools opening near you—with new launches in Jacksonville, FL (2022). Cincinnati, OH (2022), and Arkansas (2023)!    

When you choose to work at IDEA, you are part of our IDEA Team and Family. You will work alongside team members who set and reach ambitious goals every day, are excited to continue to grow with IDEA, and work relentlessly to make college for all a reality.