Part Time Mentoring and Literacy Program Coordinator - Los Angeles, United States - Read to a Child

Description

Position Overview

Read to a Child's Read Aloud Mentoring Program (RAMP) pairs a volunteer mentor with an elementary school student for a rewarding weekly read aloud experience either during the child's lunch or other non-instructional time.

The Program Coordinator is responsible for the daily operation, including relationships, record keeping and scheduling, of this program at a designated school or alternate program site.

Depending on the needs of the school, coordination of the RAMP may be conducted in-person, virtually, or a combination thereof.

The Program Coordinator is responsible for ensuring that volunteer mentors, students, and school staff have a positive and meaningful experience.

Specific Job Responsibilities Will Include All or Some of the Following (will vary by Region & School/Site)

• Ensure that the program starts smoothly, including maintaining the partnership with the school/ administration (relationships, space, scheduling, absences, etc.), solicitation of teacher referrals, student permission, rematching or matching pairs, and other startup tasks
• Communicate regularly with supervisor
• Notify students, teachers and potentially parents/guardians of volunteer mentor cancellations or schedule changes
• Communicate regularly with volunteer mentors, including regular program updates, and notification of student absences or changes in schedule
• Provide ongoing support and guidance to volunteer mentors on a general and case by case basis to address specific challenges as need arises (with input from supervisor)
• Provide volunteers with book ideas. If program is on site (i.e. not virtual), maintain an organized and inviting book cart for volunteers
• Potentially provide logístical support to parents/guardians with respect to virtual sessions
• Facilitate and monitor reading sessions, which may be inperson and/or virtual, to ensure smooth operation of program
• If coordinating onsite, ensure that state and school guidelines for hygiene and safety are followed carefully and that rooms are left clean and orderly
• Document reading session attendance and participant information changes in the database
• Collect midyear volunteer mentor surveys, and yearend surveys and assessments from volunteer mentors, students and teachers, as applicable
• Plan and implement yearend celebration (in person or adapted for virtual setting), as applicable. Assist students in making Thank You cards for their mentors.
• Attend required Program Coordinator training sessions and meetings
• Support volunteer recruitment efforts
• Facilitate other activities or tasks as requested. Interested Program Coordinators may be able to take on some Program Assistant roles (virtually or in person) at other schools
• Submit timesheets accurately and on time
• Participate in the Performance Evaluation and goal setting process

Essential Job Duties For In-Person Positions

• This person working in this position will be in a school setting. It involves constant movement throughout the building and designated session areas guiding students to their reading session. Depending on the school, this may require occasionally ascending/descending stairs. It also requires frequent positioning of books and/or program materials of various weights and sizes on a rolling book cart, as well as rolling the book cart to/from various locations within the school.

Key Qualifications

• Commitment to Read to a Child's mission, viability and growth
• Experience working with young children
• Enthusiastic about children's books, willingness to become familiar with the Read to a Child book collection

• Preferred

• Experience managing volunteers

• Preferred

• Bilingual in English/Spanish
• Commitment to actively and continuously working toward achieving the organization's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion goals
• Extremely organized and adept at successfully managing multiple projects simultaneously and prioritizing according to the organization's strategic plan with flexibility and a positive attitude
• Comfortable working with and hosting group video conference platforms (eg: Zoom and/or Google Meets)
• Proficiency working with various technological platforms: Email, Google Drive, word processing, spreadsheets, Ebook sources, and some data entry
• Access to transportation

Schedule and Hours:
RAMP sessions at 10th Street Elementary School run Wednesday through Friday. Hours will vary between approximately 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on these days during the school year from August/September to June. Also, some availability outside of these times for data entry, communications, and meetings as needed. An average of 6-10 total hours per week.


Benefits:

Employee Leave, 401k, flexibility and countless non-monetary rewards


Desired Start:
April 2024


Interested Applicants Contact Information

Job Type:
Part-time


Pay:
$17.50 per hour


Expected hours:
per week


Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Paid time of