Position Overview:

Assist in implementing strategies and innovative approaches to broaden access to education for all with a focus on the immigrant experience. This role will focus on collaborating across various activities related to the Access to Education Program such as elementary education, adult education, and other opportunities as they arise. On a weekly basis, this individual may spend their days working on ESOL classes, coordinating tutoring, and doing research on best practices in supporting immigrant integration through education.

Primary Job Functions (70%)

ESOL

• Coordinate, prepare and oversee classes in-person and online.
• Teach classes when needed.
• Communicate with students and volunteers.
• Track student attendance and volunteer hours.
• Provide assistance to volunteers before and after classes.
• Administer CASAS test to students.
• Create lesson plans that align with our mission.
• Create assessments for lesson plans
• Coordinate with partner organizations.

Elementary Tutoring (10%)

• Plan, coordinate and oversee elementary tutoring sessions in-person and online.
• Track student attendance and performance.
• Give instructions to students in-person and online when needed.
• Provide assistance to volunteers during sessions and track their hours.
• Communicate with parents and volunteers about students’ progress.
• Provide parents with support to understand the school system and schools’ platforms.
• Assist parents with teacher conferences and translation of documents.

Hope Rising (20%)

• Provide information to students, adults and parents regarding college admissions process including applications, standardized testing, financial aid and high school preparation. This includes technical school education when applicable.
• Provide assistance in locating and using college/career information as needed for post-high school planning.
• Assist in the plan and implement career events (career days, career month, job fairs, or college fairs). Arrange guest speakers from the local business community to present information regarding specific occupations.
• Assist in scheduling visits to local colleges and career-related events and opportunities for students to learn about higher education and vocational training and preparation.
• Provide career/college informational presentations to community groups as needed. (Middle schools, high schools, parents, adults seeking to continue their education, community organizations, and migrant education programs.)
• Assist Monthly meetings with scholarship students and leadership groups. These meetings seek to create a leadership pipeline for youth to become more civically engaged.
• Provide assistance in completing the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid).

Other Duties:

• Coordinate and oversee OCPS school registration events.
• Support program participants through enrollment in programs at Hope CommUnity Center and local schools.
• Maintain an accurate database of program participants, their activities and progress when applicable.
• Data entry as required by different grants.
• Work with volunteer coordinator to engage the students in civic engagement requirements.
• Advocate alongside parents and students to support their needs as it relates to their educational success.
• Other administrative duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bi-lingual (English/Spanish/Creole desirable but not required.)
• Committed to education as a path to the learners’ integration as full participants in their local communities, with a special emphasis on empowering youth and adults in their educational journeys and raising critical consciousness about the circumstances that affect their realities.
• A passion for adult and youth education
• Familiar with career and post-secondary options, including admission requirements, financial aid and requirements for high school education.
• Organized, self-directed, creative and motivated.
• Deep passion and commitment to HCC’s mission and organizational overview.
• Knowledge of Office 365, spreadsheets, data entry, Audio/visual equipment.
• Must be able to work during evening hours.

Other Skills/Abilities:

• Leadership
• Ambitious
• Creativity
• Active listening skills
• Communicates with others effectively, in person and in writing.
• Ability to relate to people of different age, cultures and traditions.
• Ability to prioritize.
• Teamwork with the Access to Education team as well as other HCC departments
• Compassionate approach towards undocumented students and the community
• Empathy
• Responsibility skills: enable individuals to fulfill their obligations commitments, and duties effectively
• Accountability skills: asking for opinions, using feedback to improve, offering feedback to others, taking risks, and fulfilling promises.

Contact

[email protected]