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Educational Specialist - Mt. Airy
Summary
Title:Educational Specialist - Mt. Airy
ID:1300
Department:12-Mt. Airy
Location:N/A
Club:N/A
Campaign Start Date:08/10/2020
Description

TITLE: Education Specialist
DEPARTMENT: Operations
REPORTS TO: Branch & Program Director
TYPE OF EMPLOYMENT: Full Time
SALARY: $15 hourly

PRIMARY FUNCTION:

The Boys and Girls of the Twin Cities (BGCTC) mission is to enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens." The BGCTC is committed to ongoing strategic initiatives to reduce systemic racism throughout the Twin Cities and have defined ways that the Club serves as an activator in addressing the extreme disparities for young people in the communities we serve. The Club is implementing a program model that directly impacts the educational achievement gap in partnership with teachers/schools and parents/guardians.


The BGCTC is looking for an energetic, talented and passionate candidate to serve as the Education Specialist. The Education Specialist is a member of the Youth Development Professionals team whose primary responsibility is to drive academic outcomes, ensuring all Club members are on track in school.

 

The health, safety, and well-being of our Club members, families, and staff is our highest priority. In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, Boys & Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities has committed to adopting updated best practices and protocols developed in alignment with the CDC, MN Department of Health and other experts providing guidance in the COVID-19 health and business operation space. The goal is to develop a plan to engage with a predictable group of kids with high academic needs and a commitment to consistent attendance.

KEY ROLES (Essential Job Responsibilities):

As an Education specialist, your responsibilities include, but not are not limited to:

PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION

  • Lead teacher for a small class of elementary age youth, planning for in-person but will train in area of virtual program implementation if needed.
  • Execute an innovative and comprehensive approach that includes fun and engaging youth development practices and social emotional learning methods within an education program focusing on driving literacy (phonetic/fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension) and STEAM.
  • Ensure that all education programing is conducted within quality standards aligned with best practices in youth development.
  • Assist in the development of academic instructional strategies and techniques to improve academic outcomes.
  • Support your team of youth development professionals to drive Club and organization objectives and goals.

EVALUATION & DATA

  • Ensure that all youth participants are rostered in the program and attendance is taken daily
  • Ensure that all youth participants are adequately assessed at the designated points of assessment
  • Track all youth participants to ensure appropriate academic progress or to make recommendation for instructional adjustment if desired progress did not occur.

SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED:

  • Preferred: BA in youth development, education, sociology or related field
  • Candidate should have at least 2 or more years of experience in community-based youth development
  • Experience teaching diverse youth population preferred
  • Previous Boys & Girls Clubs work experience plus
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Candidate must be computer literate in Microsoft Office and have excellent skills in applicable software
  • Must be able to drive company owned vehicles

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS/WORK ENVIRONMENT:

Must be able to climb stairs, lift at least 50 lbs, be able to stand and sit for long periods of time and be able to walk moderate distances. Occasional repetitive task required. This is a moderately stressful position that requires the candidate to be in excellent health.

The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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