After School Program Youth Instructor

Mount Pleasant School District Job Description JOB TITLE: After School Program Youth Instructor • Job Purpose Statement/s:

The job of After School Program Youth Instructor is under the supervision of the Director of ELL & Student Support Services, and assists a group of 20 students through the various program components. Directly Responsible To: Director

• ELL & Student Support Services Duties and Responsibilities • Assists the school site to implement (plan and deliver) a quality After School Program with all the required components specified by the grant. • Assists in implementing and facilitating a "Parent Leadership Committees" to encourage and motivate parents to be active participants in all after school activities and events. • Works with the Site Supervisor to collect academic and attendance data required for evaluation reports (Assists in maintains 85% attendance requirement of site-specific grant. • Implements assigned activities and/or program components • Communicates regularly with the Site Supervisor regarding use of facilities, scheduling, discipline, and injury of students, staff, and/or parents. • Attends scheduled staff trainings and meeting; • Adheres to and participates in the planning and supports all of the calendar events of the program. • Works with ASP Site Supervisor and Lead Instructor to develop and maintain collaborative relationships with site administrators. • Evaluates situations for the purpose of taking appropriate actions and/or directing to appropriate personnel for resolution; • Other duties as assigned. Education and Experience • High School Graduate, plus one year of paid or volunteer experience working with youth, 2 years of college with experience preferred; • NCLB compliant • Strong organizational skills and interpersonal skills; • Skills:
  
  Excellent oral and written communication; • Ability: to be flexible and responsive to the needs and demands of the job; willing to become trained in CPR/First Aid; Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: Skills are required to perform multiple non-technical tasks with an occasional need to upgrade skills due to changing job conditions. Specific skills required to satisfactorily perform the functions of the job include: communicate with persons of varied cultural and/or educational backgrounds; operate standard office equipment; prepare and maintain accurate records.
  
  Knowledge is required to perform basic math including fractions, percents, and ratios; to read a variety of manuals; write documents following prescribed formats and/or present information before groups; and understand complex multiple step instruction. Specific knowledge required to satisfactorily perform the functions of the job includes: none specified. Ability is required schedule a number of activities; gather collate and/or classify data; and use basic job related equipment.
  
  Flexibility is required to work with others under a variety of circumstances, analyze data utilizing defined but different processes; and operate equipment suing standard methods of operation. Ability is also required to work with a significant diversity of individuals and/or groups; work with data of varied types and/pr purposes; and utilize a variety of job solutions; with data it is moderate; and with equipment it is limited. Specific abilities required to satisfactorily perform the function of the job include; adhere to safety practices; be attentive to detail; implement established curriculum; meet deadlines and schedules; work under time constraints; flexibility; written and oral fluency in secondary language.
  
  WORKING CONDITIONS: Environment

• The job functions are generally performed in an indoor environment. The work 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. Physical Abilities

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions for 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 stand, walk, sit, and talk, or listen. The employee may sit for extended periods of time and must have dexterity of hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.
  
  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust vision. Clearances:
  
  Tuberculosis Clearance and Fingerprint/Criminal Justice Clearance Salary: Range 24 Updated: 04/28/10 Board Approved: 06/23/10

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