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Afterschool Teaching Associate (part-time) 1 of 3
Overview:
Salary: $15 – 20
Classification: Part-time, Temporary, ~20 hours per week
Hours: Monday – Thursday, 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Location: 6809 Larmanda Street, Dallas, Texas 75231, United States
Job Description
Heart House Afterschool Teaching Associate will assist the Heart House Site Teacher in working directly with 15-30 students. Program support staff assists classroom teachers in preparing for and facilitating lessons and activities, mentoring, and relationship-building. Someone considering this position should have a passion for working with underserved communities, particularly children, and the desire to work with culturally and ethnically diverse populations.
Position Responsibilities:
- Provide daily homework and assignment support to students
- Ensure the program site is clean, organized, safe, and conducive to working with children
- Support the Site Teacher by implementation of lessons and activities
- Act as a mentor for students, building positive relationships with them
- Participate in various trainings and professional development activities
- Guide onsite volunteers
- Assist with conducting family home visits, administering student assessments, and collecting data, and other tasks as assigned by staff
- Administrative duties including but not limited to general supply requests, data input into Salesforce and student record management
Qualifications
- High School Graduate required
- Have or working towards a bachelor’s degree preferred
- Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident
- Ability to work cooperatively/collaboratively with colleagues and Heart House partners.
- Experience working with elementary and middle school youth
- Ability to communicate effectively and demonstrate sensitivity to others as well as respond to critical incidents and act swiftly in an emergency situation
- Open to learning and acquiring new skills
- A self-starter with ability to take initiative
- CPR/First Aid Certified (may be obtained after hire)
Physical Demands:
- Occasional need to lift boxes of up to 25 lbs. or more.
- Job entails standing for long periods of time, cleaning, food distribution and more.
If you are interested in applying, please send a cover letter and resume to [email protected].
Afterschool Teaching Associate (part-time) 2 of 3
Overview:
Salary: $15 – 20
Classification: Part-time, Temporary, ~20 hours per week
Hours: Monday – Thursday, 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Location: 6809 Larmanda Street, Dallas, Texas 75231, United States
Job Description
Heart House Afterschool Teaching Associate will assist the Heart House Site Teacher in working directly with 15-30 students. Program support staff assists classroom teachers in preparing for and facilitating lessons and activities, mentoring, and relationship-building. Someone considering this position should have a passion for working with underserved communities, particularly children, and the desire to work with culturally and ethnically diverse populations.
Position Responsibilities:
- Provide daily homework and assignment support to students
- Ensure the program site is clean, organized, safe, and conducive to working with children
- Support the Site Teacher by implementation of lessons and activities
- Act as a mentor for students, building positive relationships with them
- Participate in various trainings and professional development activities
- Guide onsite volunteers
- Assist with conducting family home visits, administering student assessments, and collecting data, and other tasks as assigned by staff
- Administrative duties including but not limited to general supply requests, data input into Salesforce and student record management
Qualifications
- High School Graduate required
- Have or working towards a bachelor’s degree preferred
- Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident
- Ability to work cooperatively/collaboratively with colleagues and Heart House partners.
- Experience working with elementary and middle school youth
- Ability to communicate effectively and demonstrate sensitivity to others as well as respond to critical incidents and act swiftly in an emergency situation
- Open to learning and acquiring new skills
- A self-starter with ability to take initiative
- CPR/First Aid Certified (may be obtained after hire)
Physical Demands:
- Occasional need to lift boxes of up to 25 lbs. or more.
- Job entails standing for long periods of time, cleaning, food distribution and more.
If you are interested in applying, please send a cover letter and resume to [email protected].
Afterschool Teaching Associate (part-time) 3 of 3
Overview:
Salary: $15 – 20
Classification: Part-time, Temporary, ~20 hours per week
Hours: Monday – Thursday, 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Location: 6809 Larmanda Street, Dallas, Texas 75231, United States
Job Description
Heart House Afterschool Teaching Associate will assist the Heart House Site Teacher in working directly with 15-30 students. Program support staff assists classroom teachers in preparing for and facilitating lessons and activities, mentoring, and relationship-building. Someone considering this position should have a passion for working with underserved communities, particularly children, and the desire to work with culturally and ethnically diverse populations.
Position Responsibilities:
- Provide daily homework and assignment support to students
- Ensure the program site is clean, organized, safe, and conducive to working with children
- Support the Site Teacher by implementation of lessons and activities
- Act as a mentor for students, building positive relationships with them
- Participate in various trainings and professional development activities
- Guide onsite volunteers
- Assist with conducting family home visits, administering student assessments, and collecting data, and other tasks as assigned by staff
- Administrative duties including but not limited to general supply requests, data input into Salesforce and student record management
Qualifications
- High School Graduate required
- Have or working towards a bachelor’s degree preferred
- Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident
- Ability to work cooperatively/collaboratively with colleagues and Heart House partners.
- Experience working with elementary and middle school youth
- Ability to communicate effectively and demonstrate sensitivity to others as well as respond to critical incidents and act swiftly in an emergency situation
- Open to learning and acquiring new skills
- A self-starter with ability to take initiative
- CPR/First Aid Certified (may be obtained after hire)
Physical Demands:
- Occasional need to lift boxes of up to 25 lbs. or more.
- Job entails standing for long periods of time, cleaning, food distribution and more.
If you are interested in applying, please send a cover letter and resume to [email protected].
3rd-5th Grade Afterschool Teacher
Job Description
The 3rd-5th Grade Afterschool Teacher is the creative and fun force behind an academically and emotionally supportive out-of-school program for upper elementary students. As you create a safe environment to boost the children’s academic success, you will be creating project-based learning modules that help students explore their interests interwoven with social-emotional learning concepts. Someone considering this position should have a passion for working with underserved communities, particularly 3rd-5th graders, and the desire to work with culturally and ethnically diverse populations.
Some of the responsibilities and duties include:
- Lead the Head, Heart, and Hands (H3) program for 3rd-5th graders. This includes curriculum development, lesson planning and execution as well as maintaining an inviting, safe, and orderly environment for students.
- Provide day-to-day oversight of Head, Heart, and Hands (H3) program while maintaining an inviting, safe, and orderly environment for students. Training in H3 program will be provided upon hire.
- Develop, coordinate, monitor, and deliver instruction for H3 program, as well as develop curriculum.
- Ensure curriculum correlates between school district curriculum, as well as state and national standards
- Support the organization through volunteers, community engagement, and fundraising
- Volunteers: Steward site volunteers
- Community engagement: liaison with school administration and staff, ensuring Heart House is connected to school district activities and curriculum.
- Fundraising: assist with grant application through providing timely reporting, testing, and surveys.
- Coordinate outreach to parents/caregivers via home visits and respond to inquiries regarding program offerings, attendance, and registration procedures.
- Review performance of teaching assistants, and provide suggestions, demonstrations, and assistance for improvement, as needed.
- Ongoing professional development to enhance skills/knowledge as well as mandatory training as dictated by DAS (Dallas After School), funders, or other governing bodies.
- Administrative duties including but not limited to general supply requests, evaluations, data input into Salesforce, development, fundraising, and volunteer management and stewardship
Qualifications
- An undergraduate degree from an accredited college or university. A BA in Education, Social or Human Services, Child Development, or related field preferred
- Ability to work cooperatively/collaboratively with school district staff, public officials, private sector officials, parents and community leaders
- Experience working with low-income underserved elementary and middle school youth
- Ability to communicate effectively and demonstrate sensitivity to others as well as respond to critical incidents and act swiftly in an emergency situation
- CPR/First Aid Certified (may be obtained after hire)
- Job entails occasional need to lift boxes up to 25 lbs., standing for long periods of time, food distribution, and cleaning
Benefits
Health, dental, vision and life insurance, generous annual PTO, 13 paid holidays, and professional development opportunities available.
Application:
If you are interested in applying, please send a cover letter and resume to [email protected].
An updated resume and cover letter are required to be considered for this position. In your cover letter, please include details on relevant experience and why you would be a good fit for this role.