Description | Mission Statement:
Pathways to Success provides out-of-school enrichment opportunities and academic coaching to strengthen the college and career readiness skills of high school students.
Vision Statement:
Building future leaders prepared to excel in tomorrow’s workforce.
Professional Standards
- Respect students and staff.
- Respect confidentiality of staff, school personnel and students.
- Communicate effectively with staff, building personnel, parents, volunteers, instructors, community members, businesses, etc.
- Utilize conflict resolution and team dynamics strategies.
- Contribute to the effort to involve parents in their child's educational progress. ? Display enthusiasm for the learning process and after-school programming, including participation in professional development classes.
- Demonstrate cultural inclusion and equity among all races, genders, ethnic and religious backgrounds.
- Work with staff as a team.
- Create and maintain a positive work environment.
- Meet attendance requirements and standards as set forth in the IPISJC Pathways to Success Program Handbook
- Adhere to IPISJC Pathways to Success protocol and policies at all time
Basic Responsibilities
- Maintain an inviting, safe, orderly environment.
- Exhibit an understanding of IPISJC Pathways to Success procedures and goals. ? Facilitate IPISJC Pathways to Success weekly team planning meetings to address progress and concerns.
- Monitor student behavior in classrooms, hallways, bathrooms, etc.
- Utilize Disciplinary Referral forms and disciplinary procedures when necessary. ? Adhere to the designated IPISJC Pathways to Success activity schedule at all times
Specific Duties
- Coordinate with tutors and enrichment leaders to provide a balanced offering of activities and learning experiences for students.
- Ensure that each rotation’s activity is pre-planned and implemented with enthusiasm
- Assess student interests and talents of community members. Using this information, lead INQPSA meetings as necessary
- Monitor and evaluate staff members, including volunteers and enrichment instructors, for proper child supervision, quality of service provision, and adherence to procedures. Each enrichment instructor must be accompanied by a IPISJC Pathways to Success staff member at all times.
- Recruit students and families; promote IPISJC Pathways to Success in the community.
- Be actively engaged with contracting agencies to ensure success in all aspects of programming (homework/tutoring, recreation, enrichment, and personal development).
- Conduct weekly staff meetings and provide opportunities for staff development. Ensure that all staff complete 12 hours of professional development each year.
- Attend monthly Site Coordinator meetings on the second Tuesday of the month 12:00-1:30 pm. ? Exhibit an understanding of emergency procedures.
- Establish a student advisory board to ensure input and support from student level
- Become 100% proficient in the Cayen Data Collection system and maintain 100% accuracy in required reporting mechanisms. Update attendance daily.
- Conduct drills and direct emergency activities should an actual emergency arise.
- Communicate regularly with the maintenance department, school custodial staff, principal, secretaries and teachers concerning facility usage.
- Complete required food service documentation
- Evaluate program through the use of surveys, pre- and post- tests, monitoring of grades and test scores, etc.
- Acquire and monitor necessary supplies to conduct program.
- Involve parents, families and community members through special events.
- Speak with parents when they pick up their child to maintain open lines of communication. Keep parents informed of any disciplinary problems and injuries. Share successes.
- Keep accurate financial records.
- Communicate the established IPISJC Pathways to Success behavioral expectations to students and parents. Work with staff members to enforce student behavior management in line with IPISJC Pathways to Success procedures.
- Complete additional tasks by designated deadlines as requested by a supervisor
- Attend all mandatory trainings and seminars on Professional Development. No less than 12 hours per year
- Complete and submit all reports, documents, schedules and records to designated sources within time and date restrictions.
- Lead student IPISJC Pathways to Success retention effort from elementary to middle school, and middle school to high school
Participate in staff trainings in the following areas:
- Social Emotional learning
- Diversity and inclusion/Implicit Bias Training
- Safe and healthy youth
- Literacy: as indicated in the Professional Development Plan, all staff will participate in training related to the LitArt LEARN curriculum
- Positive behavioral management
- CPR/First Aid certification
- Parental engagement and educational attainment
- Supporting student-centered growth and learning
- Youth leadership development
- Trauma informed care
Requirements
- High School diploma or equivalent required, college preferred
- Reliable transportation
- Excellent record in previous employment
- State and local employment requirements
? Previous experience working with children and supervisory experience a plus |