Bilingual Education and Outreach Coordinator (Star Learning Center)

Organization Overview: The Goddard Riverside Community Center (Goddard Riverside) and the Stanley M. Isaacs Neighborhood Center (Isaacs Center) are well-established Manhattan community-based agencies that support services to approximately 30,000 New Yorkers. We are two of New York City’s leading human services organizations meeting the needs of children, youth and families, homeless individuals, and older adults through-out Manhattan and New York City. We work every day for a fair and just society where all people have the opportunity to make choices that lead to better lives for themselves and their families. The Isaacs Center focuses primarily on the needs of children and low-income families, out-of-school and out-of-work youth, and aging New Yorkers. We operate at community centers located in the neighborhoods of East Harlem and Yorkville, and seek to deliver programs that are impactful, innovative, and intergenerational.

Program Description: Goddard Riverside Community Center (GRCC) is a leading Manhattan community-based agency with an annual operating budget of $30 million. Star Learning Center, a program of GRCC, is a year-round tutoring program for underserved students from across NYC. The program provides one-to-one academic support and educational advocacy to students in grades 2 through 12. Each student at Star is matched with a volunteer tutor. Tutors receive an orientation to the Center and their individual students and staff provide ongoing coaching and support. Star also connects students with other GRCC programs and outside resources to enable them to reach their full potential.

Position Summary: Star Learning Center seeks a committed, compassionate, and highly organized individual to join a close-knit and diverse community of staff, students, volunteer tutors and parents. The candidate should enjoy working closely with others and also work well independently. We are looking for a team member invested in having an impact on the lives of young people, committed to learning, and inspired to be a part of ending educational inequities.

Schedule: Monday-Friday (Mon 11am-7pm, Tue & Wed 10:30am-6:30pm, Thurs & Fri 10am-6pm)

Salary Range: $47,000 to $53,594

Candidates must have the required qualifications to be considered for the position. The salary offer will be based on the candidate’s number of years experience in the exact or comparable position and additional preferred qualifications will be taken into account.

Role, Responsibilities, and Essential Duties

Education Duties will include:

• Support student-tutor pairs during tutoring hours by providing materials to tutors, showing tutors how to locate and track students’ class work, homework and online assignments, and assisting tutors with content support as needed
• Schedule student testing appointments, administer post-tests to current students (using the Woodcock-Johnson IV Tests of Achievement) to measure progress, and write testing reports for tutor use
• Organize and maintain Star’s library, including researching new book titles and tutoring materials, sorting donations, and working closely with library clerk and Educational Specialist
• Assist Director in administering the HS Regents Prep program and in tracking HS student progress toward graduation and annual course work
• Publish Star’s annual literary magazine and plan weekly writing prompts for students; encourage participation in a range of reading and writing activities
• Create holiday/book contests and find prizes; prepare holiday and end-of-year gifts for students and tutors

Outreach Duties will include:

• Research and update resource materials for families on free and low-cost summer camps, tutoring and enrichment programs; assist families and students to complete applications to summer and school-year program; create database to track the referrals