21st Century Enrichment Specialist - IDEA Frontier (Immediate Opening)
$29,120–$29,120 year
On-siteBrownsville, Texas, United States
Job Summary
Implement a clear behavior management system to develop students' character and community while facilitating planned enrichment and recreational activities for groups of 12–18 students. Assist in academic skill development and foster self-esteem through positive interaction, ensuring all work aligns with campus-wide initiatives. Coordinate program design, evaluation, and outreach by attending scheduled meetings with the Site Coordinator and Project Director to organize schedules and implement reporting tools. Work after school for 2–2.5 hours under direct supervision, adhering to IDEA campus rules and procedures. This grant-funded role supports IDEA's mission to ensure 100% college readiness for its 80,000+ students across 143 schools in Texas, Florida, and Ohio.
Required Qualifications
- Current college enrollment, up to 15 college hours, or professional certification in the subject you will teach
- Experience working with youth (formal or informal)
- Experience working in a classroom/school setting (formal or informal)
- Ability to instruct students and manage student behavior
- Strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills
- Ability to adjust and adapt to a multitude of situations in the school environment
- Ability to track data weekly and monthly for reporting
Desired Qualifications
- Believes and is committed to our mission and being an agent of change: that all students are capable of getting to and through college
- Has demonstrated effective outcomes and results, and wants to be held accountable for them
- Has a propensity for action, willing to make mistakes by doing in order to learn and improve quickly
- Works with urgency and purpose to drive student outcomes
- Thrives in an entrepreneurial, high-growth environment; is comfortable with ambiguity and change
- Seeks and responds well to feedback, which is shared often and freely across all levels of the organization
- Works through silos and forges strong cross-departmental relationships in order to achieve outcomes
- Believes in education as a profession and holds themselves to a high level of conduct, professionalism and behaviors as models for our colleagues and students
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