Overview
Position Title: Reinvent After-School Instructor
Company: City Of Las Vegas
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, US
Job Description:
The City of Las Vegas is seeking qualified teachers/instructors for our ReInvent After-school Program (RAP). This program is comprised of students in grades K-5. The no-cost RAP, funded by the 21st Century Community Learning Center grant, offers students a broad array of support services and activities before and after school. RAP is designed to reinforce and complement in-school curriculum through providing activities that promote student success. The RAP sites will provide academic growth opportunities and enrichment activities, along with family engagement programming. Enrollment is limited. Attendance requirements will apply for participating students.
Responsibilities:
- Tutors students
- Helps students with homework
- Supplements tutoring/homework help with educational activities
- Create a classroom culture that encourages group thinking, curiosity and discovery
- Collaborate with staff to design and implement integrated lessons with a strong S.T.E.A.M emphasis
- Incorporate school curriculum for students
- Communicate with students, parents, staff and student’s daytime classroom teacher
- Implement daily expectations and behavior system
- Commitment to total classroom engagement
- Develop individual, small group, and large group academic lesson plans appropriate for students in the RAP program.
- Teach and evaluate academic lessons.
- Maintain contact with each child’s classroom school teacher on a monthly basis, in person, or via telephone or email, to coordinate afterschool lessons with classroom teacher curriculum and review reading and math progress.
- Establish liaison with the teacher and work under the teacher’s direction, if necessary to assist the student.
- Help students develop positive attitudes toward learning and studying.
- Help students develop self-confidence, raise self-concept, and reduce anxiety of fear of failure in academic work.
- Assist students in achieving a better understanding of specific subject material and in improving academic capabilities in designated areas.
- Help students develop the study skills necessary for academic success.
- Assist in designing and implementing cooperative projects.
- Be responsible for maintaining records on each student who is being tutored, including follow-up and periodic assessment. Keep a record of student response and progress. Complete case note records monthly. Provide evaluations and other reports as requested by the 21st CCLC grant.
- Collect and record program evaluation (Pre/Posttests, test scores, etc.) information as assigned.
- Ensure that confidentiality of records and information is maintained at all times.
- Participate in training as assigned. Continually enhance and develop one’s own professional skills through participation in internal training programs.
- Attend any special events/meetings coordinated by the afterschool program.
- Any other necessary duties as assigned
Requirements:
- Interact effectively with all ages.
- Demonstrate effective problem solving skills.
- Understand and follow oral and written instructions.
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.
- Communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing.
- Appropriately represent City of Las Vegas and ReInvent Schools Las Vegas
- Pass required criminal background checks and drug test
- Bachelor’s Degree, Elementary Education (preferred) or Substitute License
- Experience working with students in a classroom setting
- Experience writing and completing lesson plans
- Excellent oral communication skills
- Knowledge of current educational research
- Strong classroom management and organization
