REPORTS TO: Director of Expanded Learning and Site Director
Position Summary
The Summer Enrichment Content Facilitator is professional, creative, flexible, fun, able to teach a diverse array of concepts, and able to communicate with both students and adults. The Content Facilitator is responsible for delivering high quality enrichment instruction for up to 25 students in age-specific/grade-banded summer camp classes for the 2023 summer. We are currently looking for enrichment facilitators in the following topics and subjects:
Visual and Performing Art: Painting, Ballet, Hip Hop Dance, Step, Theatre Arts, Graphic Design, Rap and Poetry
Sports: Basketball, Swim, Cheerleading, Flag Football, Lacrosse, Soccer, Baseball
Languages: Spanish (Beginner), Spanish (Advanced), Sign Language,
Career Specific: Fashion, Modeling, Cooking, Newspaper
Science: Forensic Science, Cooking, Gardening
Have experience in a topic not listed. We are open to other ideas. Please share what enrichment you would like to share in the form.
About Education for Change Public Schools
Founded in 2005, Education for Change (EFC) is a charter management organization that was created as a partnership between Oakland Unified School District and the education reform community in order to leverage the flexibilities in charter law to facilitate greater innovation and to address the underperformance of our most vulnerable student populations. EFC is Oakland’s largest charter operator, serving over 2,700 students in the Fruitvale and Elmhurst neighborhoods of East Oakland. Five of six of our schools were formerly OUSD schools that converted to EFC to leverage the flexibility and agility provided by charter law for greater outcomes for our students.
Job Responsibilities
- Plan, internalize, and deliver daily enrichment lessons for groups of up to 25 students
- Create a safe, respectful youth development-based learning environment
- Develop and modify curriculum for enrichment activities
- Develop creative and engaging projects to enhance students’ learning
- Implement lesson plans that are culturally relevant for a diverse population of
- Manage behavior and resolve conflicts between students
- Organize the classroom to facilitate independence and self-control in students
- Work closely with the Summer Academic Coach, Site Director and Operations Coordinator to track participants’ progress
- Work as a team member with the Expanded Learning Director, Site Director, and other Content Facilitators
- Communicate regularly with Site Director
- Participate in staff development, training and team meetings as scheduled
- Maintain organization of classroom and communal supplies and paperwork
- Effectively prepare for activities and classroom observations
- Perform other duties as assigned in person or in virtual workspace
About You
- Experience in and a desire to support students in improving their skills and interest enrichment subjects.
- Experience working with elementary-age students required.
- Experience working with diverse families and communities required.
- Commitment of work the entirety of the summer program.
- Effective verbal and written communication skills necessary to work with
- children, staff, and volunteers.
- Ability to spark curiosity, creativity, and confidence in students.
- Ability to manage up to 20 students in a safe, respectful environment.
- Open to gaining new knowledge and skills.
- Basic computer skills.
- Ability to bend, lift, and move up to 20 lbs.
Requirements:
Department of Justice clearance based on fingerprinting submission.
• Proof of TB test within the last four years.
Compensation & Benefits
This is a contracted position with the hourly rate of $30 and does NOT include a benefits package.
Work Schedule
40 hours, 5 days/week.
Work Hours: 8:00am-4:30pm.
Summer Start Date: June 11, 2024 (Staff training week is full time 8:00-4:30 pm)
Last Program Date: July 19, 2024
Must be able to work full program
EFC Core Values
- Connected- We continually work to build trusting relationships among students, families, staff, and the Oakland community at large. We are an all-hands-on-deck network driven by empathy. We value our collective identity and the individual identities of our community members and scholars such that we have a sense of collective ownership and responsibility for each other and for our scholars.
- Inclusive- We proactively disrupt predictable patterns of opportunity, power, privilege, and performance. We create an inclusive environment where multiple perspectives are not only valued but sought, where people from all backgrounds feel seen and heard and can thrive, and where we all feel a deep sense of accountability to our mission.
- Interdependent- Our success at every level is dependent on our individual and collective sustainability. To that end, we are transparent, creative, and collaborative problem-solvers who seek to build trusting relationships. We are curious and are open to new ideas while also putting systems in place to ensure continuity so that our employees can stay, grow, thrive, and help make good on our promise to our students and families.
- Learners- We support each other to develop and grow so that we can leverage our collective power, intelligence, and passion on behalf of our students. We lean on home-grown leaders who are rooted in our community. Individuals feel known and are provided opportunities to maximize their potential in alignment with their passions and goals.
Benefits
This is a contracted position with the hourly rate of $30-33 and does NOT include a benefits package.