Education Coach & Student Mentor (AmeriCorps)

City Year; Summit (MO); On-site; USD 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Happier membership

Job summary

City Year AmeriCorps members serve as entry level, paid, full-time student success coaches and mentors in schools across the United States. Members coach and mentor elementary, middle, and/or high school students, helping them achieve academic success, improve attendance, and develop positive behaviors.

Training is provided at the start of the year, with ongoing support from partner teachers and staff. You must be a U.S.

Qualifications

• Experience in all these tasks is not necessary. We provide 2-4 weeks of training at the beginning of the year to support you.
• Plus, you will work with partner teachers and school staff every step of the way.

Responsibilities

• Work with identified students 1:1 and in small groups
• Develop literacy and/or math skills varying learning activities by student level, answering student questions and encouraging assignment completion
• Create and implement a behavior management system for students
• Develop interpersonal skills throughout their day, using proven strategies of learning, practicing, reflection and repetition
• Collaborate with teachers and team members to collect, record, analyze and monitor individual student progress, participating in facilitated reviews of student data collected and entered into City Year’s student data system
• Create an engaging, safe and healthy classroom space in collaboration with the teacher
• Support and/or conduct extended day and virtual programming for students before, during and after school including, but not limited to, academic enrichment and intervention, homework support, recreation and student clubs, service learning, and leadership development
• Create, support and/or co-lead events or programs that recognize and appreciate student growth and/or achievement in math, literacy, attendance, and behavior

Skills

1:1 coaching

Small groups

Literacy development

Math skills

Behavior management

Interpersonal skills

Student progress data

Collaboration

Job description

City Year AmeriCorps members serve as entry level, paid, full-time student success coaches and mentors in schools across the United States. Members coach and mentor elementary, middle, and/or high school students, helping them achieve academic success, improve attendance, and develop positive behaviors.

Training is provided at the start of the year, with ongoing support from partner teachers and staff. You must be a U.S.