Student Support Associate & After School Program Mentor

Citizens of the World Los Angeles; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Citizens of the World Los Angeles is seeking a full-time Student Support Associate and After School Mentor to lead engaging after-school activities for TK–8 students at the school site. The role includes supporting academic progress, SEL-focused classroom culture, and a safe outdoor play environment within a structured daily schedule (morning and afternoon hours, ~40 hours/week).

Responsibilities include assisting the Lead Teacher with data-driven instruction, supporting intervention for

Responsibilities

• Assist Lead Teacher with student progress and data-driven instruction.
• Support social-emotional learning in classrooms and the yard.
• Maintain a strong classroom culture aligned with SEL focus and school community.
• Supervise playgrounds, recess, lunch areas, and outdoor activities.
• Support students with special needs and behavior management.
• Contribute to school-wide events and family communication.

Job description

Student Support Associate and After School Mentors "SSA/ASP" are responsible for leading students in fun, engaging, and developmentally aligned after-school programming that provides daily academic, recreation, and enrichment activities for Transitional Kindergarten (TK)—8th-grade students.
This is a full-time, school-site-based position with morning and afternoon hours, approximately 40 hours per week (MON-FRI: 9:30 - 6 pm). Student Support Aid average hours 25 - 29 hours and After School Mentor average 15 - 11 hours per week not to exceed 40 hours per week.

Classroom Support

• Assist the Lead Teacher in the ongoing student progress and achievement assessment by collecting and reporting on academic data using various means.
• Assist the Lead Teacher in using data to tailor instruction to meet individual students' academic and social needs.
• Support and create a strong classroom culture developed through CWC’s social-emotional learning focus and contribute to the broader school community.
• Support social-emotional learning in the classrooms and the yard
• Assist Lead Teacher with intervention support for struggling learners and English Language Learners.

Outdoor Play Support

• Support the creation of a strong play culture developed through CWC’s social-emotional learning focus and contribute to the broader school community.
• Provide an atmosphere and environment conducive to students' intellectual, physical, social, and emotional development.
• Establish and enforce rules of conduct; supervise students on the playground, athletic fields, and recess/lunch areas.
• Collaborate with other Student Support Associates to plan physical activities that engage students in play.
• Demonstrate skills being taught; assist students in performing skills.
• Teach safety rules for each activity in the playground, athletic fields, and recess/lunch areas.
• Create and maintain a safe environment for students during lunch and recess.
• Support in creating and enforcing safe bathrooms while students play outdoors.
• Assist with the assessments of fitness levels; perform fitness testing once a year with 5th-grade students.
• Assist in creating and holding social-emotional learning lessons during outdoor play with groups of students that help facilitate student growth.

Individualized Student Support (RSP and Behavioral Intervention)

• Support with instruction to individuals or small groups of students with special needs as assigned.
• Assist students in prescribed learning activities.
• Assist students with behavioral challenges in and out of the classroom.
• Monitor student behavior and utilize approved behavior management techniques to redirect and modify inappropriate behaviors.
• Implement documented therapy plans for Behavior Intervention treatment.
• Monitor, observe, and report students' behavioral data according to approved procedures.
• Assist enrichment teachers, adapt activities to students with special needs, and develop appropriate modifications for I.E.P. and 504 plans.
• May provide adaptive support with eating and toileting.

School Culture Support and Collaboration

• Support in creating and maintaining a strong school culture (i.e., classroom and outdoor play) developed through CWC’s social-emotional learning focus and contributed to the broader school community.
• Collaborate with other Student Support Associates to assist with school-wide community events.
• Communicate and engage with students’ families, colleagues, and other school stakeholders, as coordinated and led by a school administrator.
• Participate as an active community member to provide stewardship of the school and adherence to its mission and guiding principles.
• Maintain a high level of professionalism, exhibited by meeting deadlines and commitments to self, students, and the community.
• Facilitate conflict resolution strategies with students when conflicts arise.
• Participate in professional development activities, both internal (led by the School Leadership Team and visiting experts) and external (visiting other schools, attending conferences, sharing best practices with others in the charter school community, etc.).
• Other duties, as assigned by the School Leadership Team.

After School Mentor Responsibilities 11 - 15 hours per week

• Monitors students’ arrival and departure to the out-of-school time.
• Tracks student attendance with appropriate student attendance programs.
• Plan, organize, and implement various creative indoor activities, including mindfulness and study habits programs.
• Supervise assigned students to ensure that they are at their safest all times and that the program operates according to the daily schedule in an organized and effective manner
• Oversee academic, homework, and enrichment activities
• Support the student snack and supper program data tracking
• Travel to staff meetings, school meetings, and training as scheduled and required
• Other duties, as assigned by the supervisor