Facilitator-Afterschool Program
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Highfields Inc
Jackson, MI, US
Summary
The facilitator will provide homework support and academic enrichment to elementary students while fostering positive relationships and personal growth. They are responsible for maintaining a safe, engaging environment that complies with child day care licensing standards.
Job Description
The Facilitator will foster relationships with students to enable a proactive approach to conflict resolution and encourage personal growth in students of the Reaching Higher Afterschool Program at Townsend Elementary School in Vandercook Lake (Jackson, MI).
**We need someone up to four days a week. Program runs Monday through Thursday. This position will be working with students in third, fourth and fifth grades providing homework support in math and language arts and assisting in enrichment activities.
Minimum Qualifications / Experience:
- Bachelor degree.
- Demonstrated knowledge of youth.
- At least 2 years’ experience working with youth in a structured program setting.
- Shall be a person of good character who possesses the health, emotional stability, maturity and strength to carry out assigned duties.
Key Duties & Responsibilities:
- Create activities to implement engaging youth development opportunities.
- Engage and assist students during academic enrichment activities.
- Assist youth with homework and provide support for individualized tutoring.
- Conduct yourself in a manner to serve as a mentor and role model.
- Cultivates positive relationships with students, families, and school-day personnel.
- Attends all mandatory meetings and completes all paperwork as required.
- Participates in 18 hours of professional development per year that meets licensing requirements.
- Performs duties in a manner that ensures compliance with Child Day Care Licensing rules and regulations.
- Ensures program operates in a way that follows industry quality standards and in accordance with the grant.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Highfields, Inc. is a nonprofit human services organization dedicated to creating positive change in the lives of children, youth and families through counseling and support services. Highfields began in 1962 as a residential program for at-risk boys and has since expanded to serve about 8,000 people in 13 mid-Michigan counties. We offer a large variety of counseling, training, intervention and support services. Our mission is to provide opportunities to children, youth and their families to be more responsible for their own lives and to strengthen their relationships with others. Our vision is to create a brighter future for children, youth, families and their communities.
Founded
1962
Company size
201-500 employees
Industry
Individual and Family Services
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Onondaga, MI
Highfields, Inc. is a nonprofit human services organization dedicated to creating positive change in the lives of children, youth and families through counseling and support services. Highfields began in 1962 as a residential program for at-risk boys and has since expanded to serve about 8,000 people in 13 mid-Michigan counties. We offer a large variety of counseling, training, intervention and support services. Our mission is to provide opportunities to children, youth and their families to be more responsible for their own lives and to strengthen their relationships with others. Our vision is to create a brighter future for children, youth, families and their communities.
Founded
1962
Company size
201-500 employees
Industry
Individual and Family Services
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Onondaga, MI
