Academic Coach- SYAEP

Responsibilities

• Provide one-on-one and small group academic coaching sessions
• Support students in setting academic, personal, and career goals, and monitor progress regularly
• Build strong relationships with students, serving as mentors, positive role models, and ally
• Prepare and facilitate activities and workshops for groups
• Assist students with study skills, time management, organization, and test preparation
• Track student grades, attendance and performance
• Collaborate with teachers to identify students who need additional suppor
• Expose students to college pathways and career exploration
• Organize and lead workshops, field trips, or college tours
• Check in with students and provide support if need be
• Communicate with supervisor about any interventions that may need to be taken
• Work in partnership with classroom teacher to make sure supplies needed are available
• Communicate any changes from Site Coordinator to Classroom Teacher
• Encourage a positive classroom climate for students to be themselves
• All other duties as assigned

What you will bring

A successful candidate will possess

• Minimum of 1 year of college, B.A./B.S. preferred or 1 year of relevant experience
• Ability to work with youth who perform at different levels in either a classroom or after-school program setting
• Strong ability to demonstrate 3 teaching modalities: visual (presenting information using graphs, tables, videos, etc.), auditory (by explanation and discussion), and tactile (having the student use their hands, i.e., constructing a model or having them work out a problem or it’s concepts on the board)
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with schools and work in partnership with administrators, teachers, and community partners
• Passion for mentoring young people, promoting youth development practices, and working towards social change
• Excellent cross-cultural communication skills and the ability and willingness to work with economically and culturally diverse clientele from various professional and ethnic backgrounds
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills, written communication, patience, diplomacy, and high level of customer service skills
• Ability to think critically, problem-solve and be resourceful
• Embraces cultural differences and is willing to foster diversity, equity, and inclusion
• Must have proven ability to work both independently and as part of a team
• Strong commitment to the mission of Young Community Developers Inc./100% College Prep and to individuals from diverse populations
• Continuous commitment to improve occupational knowledge

What you will bring

A successful candidate will possess

• A college degree or proof of current college enrollment
• Responsible, dependable, honest, and mature
• Friendly, patient, and sensitive to a diversity of students
• Clearance of TB test and fingerprinting are required
• Embraces cultural differences and is willing to foster diversity, equity and inclusion
• Strong commitment to the mission/vision of Young Community Developers and to individuals from diverse populations and backgrounds. Emphasis on understanding historical and socio-economic impacts within D9 and D10 of San Francisco
• Excellent cross-cultural communication skills and ability and a desire to work with economically and culturally diverse clients

Additional qualifications

To best mitigate the spread of disease and protect our staff, it is a condition of employment that all employees be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Because YCD prioritizes the health and well-being of employees, proof of vaccination will be required upon hire and be kept on file for each employee.

Location: San Francisco, CA

JOB TYPE: Part Time; 30/hours – Non-exempt

Supervisory: No

Compensation

$24.00

Young Community Developers is an “at-will” and Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants and employees shall not be discriminated against because of race, religion, sex, national origin, ethnicity, age, mental or physical disability, sexual orientation, gender (including pregnancy and gender expression) identity, color, marital status, veteran status, medical condition, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law or ordinance.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.