Pay Grade: $3,600.00 (Full Stipend Amount for Fall & Spring Sessions)
Accountable To: Principal & Director of Academic Support Programs
FLSA Status: Exempt
Creation/Revision Date: July 24, 2024
Summary:
Under general direction, the coordinator oversees the implementation of the University AfterSchool Academy program requirements to include designing the program to meet academic needs, supervising temporary employees, managing budget, attending meetings, and evaluating student data and completed required reports. In addition, the coordinator works with District staff, community partners, and other constituents to ensure the programs are meeting the objectives of the program.
Essential Functions:
- Designs the program to meet the stated academic growth in core subject areas to meet the grant objectives. Coordinates the implementation of curriculum, instruction, and assessment programs in the after-school classroom and monitors the instructional delivery to targeted students. Consults with the Academic Support Programs administration, principal, lead teachers and university interns to ensure the program goals are being met. Evaluates and adjusts class offerings to ensure targeted students’ needs are being achieved.
- Site Coordinator and lead teacher provide direct, hands-on teaching while training and supervising university interns.
- Supervises site instructors and university interns for the University After-School Academy program to include interviewing and making hiring recommendations, completing site instructor agreements, observing classes, monitoring work performance, determining workloads, establishing work schedules, conducting performance evaluations, performing training functions, and maintaining records.
- Recruits employees to participate in the program.
- Coordinates district resources to support programs including but not limited to assessment services, custodial, and food services.
- Works with District and school personnel to ensure compliance with policies and procedures are being adhered to such as emergency, hiring, use of facility, student pickup, lockdowns, permission slips, and other protocols. Facilitates fire drills and creates emergency plans for after school programs.
- Monitors student attendance of the programs by collecting attendance rosters, oversees attendance database, and tracking number of days in attendance per student. Researches student assessment and other demographics and enters information into the database.
- Develops lesson plans and activities, instructs students, maintains discipline, and evaluates student’s development to meet the University After-School Academy goals.
- Oversees the payment of temporary staff to include completing required paperwork, verifying pay rates, collecting and approving timesheets and stipends, and submitting payment paperwork to Academic Support Programs.
- Attends all planning sessions and collaborative meetings sponsored by the Academic Support Programs.
- Evaluates student data to target students for program participation. Oversees preparation of registration materials to register identified students.
- Distributes and collects pre- and post-surveys during the initial session of class offerings. Tallies, analyzes, and submits survey results. Other job-related duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications:
To be eligible for this position, an applicant must meet the following required qualifications. Verification of these required qualifications is necessary.
- Three years of contracted teaching, counseling, or related experience in a public school setting.
Preferred Qualifications:
It is preferred that applicant possesses the following preferred qualifications; however, the following qualifications are not required to be eligible for this position.
- Bachelor’s degree in Education, Social Work, Counseling, Psychology, or other instructional field;
- Previous experience supervising after school programs.
Knowledge and Skills Required:
To perform the job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The qualifications for this job description are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Skills required, but not limited to, for this position include:
- Demonstrating principles of project management;
- Providing leadership and motivating staff;
- Collecting and analyzing student data;
- Evaluating programs in relation to needs;
- Applying budgetary principles;
- Applying supervisory techniques;
- Using computer-related software;
- Understanding human resource and finance procedures;
- Demonstrating instructional services to students;
- Engaging and encouraging communication skills while interacting with supervisors, staff,
- students, etc. to exchange information.
Physical Requirements:
The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand and use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee is occasionally required to walk; sit; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and taste or smell. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
Working Conditions:
The working environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
The Washington Elementary School District is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer in compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Civil Rights Act Title VII of 1972, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990. Washington Elementary School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability or age in employment or in any of its educational programs or in the provisions of benefits and services to students. For information regarding discrimination Page 3 of 3 grievances or complaint procedures contact the Executive Director for Human Resources at 602.347.2801.