CERTIFIED TEACHER - CLAY HIGH SCHOOL

Certified Teacher - Clay High School

Overview

This position is designed to ensure Club members graduate from high school on time and achieve their academic goals. Certified Teachers are part of a team-oriented Club staff dedicated to serving our youth and creating an optimal Club Experience. This position will plan, supervise, and implement tutoring programs, homework assistance, and reading enrichment for youth ages 6 to 18. This position is responsible for ensuring youth development principles are incorporated into all programs and activities; providing guidance and discipline to ensure a safe and positive environment for youth; ensuring the incorporation of character development, age-appropriate, and gender-specific programs and activities; ensuring that culturally diverse programs are implemented; assisting, as needed, in the planning, implementation, and delivery of activities and programs for youth ages 6 to 18.

Key Roles (Essential Job Responsibilities)

• Prepare Youth for Success : Provide individual tutoring and homework assistance to Club members and assist volunteers as they provide tutoring and homework assistance to members.
• Design, plan, and facilitate activities with members around homework assignments to increase the students' interest and enrichment.
• Provide tutoring for high-risk students who have been identified below grade level performance and / or below average test scores in language, reading, math, and / or science.
• Assist students with special homework assignments and projects.
• Become familiar with current textbooks and learning materials used by students.

This position helps members make appropriate choices about their education, career, social, physical, and emotional needs related to educational goals. The position also assesses the youth\'s developmental needs, interests, and characteristics to develop targeted programs that result in an outcome-driven club experience.

Planning and organizing a range of program services and activities for members, such as field trips, program-specific activities, guest speakers, field trips, etc.

Health and Safety

Program Administration

Additional Responsibilities

Relationships

Internal : Maintains close, daily contact with club staff and volunteers, club members, and supervisor to receive / provide information, discuss issues, explain guidelines / instructions, instruct, and advise / counsel.

Education

Bachelor's Degree with a valid State of Florida teaching certificate or National Teaching Accreditation

Ability to pass DCF Level II background screening and drug test

Experience

Work Environment

This position generally works 2.5 to 3 hours per day, M–F, between the hours of 2 : 00 PM – 7 : 00 PM, but may require longer hours outside of this schedule when necessary. Work is conducted indoors.

Physical and Mental Requirements

Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Florida is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and Drug-Free Workplace. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.

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