College & Career Readiness Specialist

Description

POSITION DESCRIPTION 

Title: College & Career Readiness (CCR) Specialist  

Work Schedule: Full-time, non-exempt; generally to be scheduled between 9:00am – 6:00pm, Monday – Friday during Regular Program with occasional later evening and weekend responsibilities for teen programming and special events. 

Reports to:  Teen Coordinator 

Department: Teen Program

MISSION: 

“Our Mission is to inspire and empower the youth of Monterey County to realize their full potential to become responsible, healthy, productive and successful citizens.” 

PRIMARY FUNCTION: 

Under the direction of the Teen Coordinator, the CCR Specialist will support youth success through outstanding, Mission-driven and integrity-centered leadership and management of the Teen Pathway Center. The specialist  accomplishes this by cultivating and managing a high performing team who delivers an engaging, age-appropriate and outcome-driven program serving the 9th-12th grade membership. The specialist  will obtain measurable progress in obtaining positive youth development outcomes, especially related to: Academic Success, Healthy Lifestyles, and Good Character & Citizenship. Support youth to ultimately achieve on-time grade progression, high school graduation, college/postsecondary readiness and education leading to a livable wage career, healthy lifestyle and engaged citizenship.

KEY AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY:    

Youth Success 

• Foster a safe, positive, fun, and impactful Teen Pathway Center environment where 100-150 youth daily acquire a sense of belonging, competence, usefulness, power and influence. 
• Tutor 9th-12th grade science, math, technology, literacy, and reading.
• Lead SAT/ACT Preparation and college advising; and implement BGCA programming
• Host college, career preparation, and life skills workshops including organizing college tours, coordinating internships, and developing trade skill opportunities.
• Manage monthly case management and maintain compliance with each CCR member. 
• Demonstrate mastery of classroom management.
• Address youth behavior with a positive discipline approach that is fair, firm, consistent and kind and helps youth take responsibility for their actions with appropriate consequences.  
• Communicate regularly with parents/guardians to support youth success.
• Ensure a culture of high expectations and frequent recognition of youth for their efforts, achievements.  
• Responsible for delivery of school-day program commitment established in annual/quarterly goals (i.e. 100 high school students served through educational programming at school sites).

Program Staff Supervision & Development 

• Work collaboratively with the Teen Services Coordinator in hiring, training, and managing Teen Services Youth Development Professionals and Volunteers;
• Plan & lead CCR staff meetings.
• Meet with individual staff to set and monitor progress in achieving weekly, monthly & quarterly goals with clearly defined and measurable program outcomes/objectives with guidance and direction from the Teen Coordinator.
• Assist the Teen Coordinator in reviewing CCR staff performance, providing feedback and coaching within the performance management process.    Conduct performance reviews for CCR staff and oversee the performance management process with guidance and direction from the Teen Coordinator.
• Ensure ongoing training and professional development opportunities for CCR staff.
• Ensure CCR staff are knowledgeable and trained to utilize the Traxsolutions Membership system, tracking daily attendance, registering members, orientation, etc.…
• Ensure CCR staff is trained in CPR & First Aid; quarterly training occurs in the Club, e.g., guidance & discipline techniques, mandatory reporting requirements, discipline, outcome reporting, etc.

Program Impact Management

• Monitor progress in achieving results and take action accordingly, with special emphasis on youth reach (e.g., outreach, recruitment, retention, average daily attendance, program participation, etc.) and impact (i.e., youth progress in obtaining positive youth development outcomes).  
• Ensure the CCR program is offering quality youth development programs that are fun, educational and enriching; programs are modified and enhanced to accommodate 9th-12th grade teens.
• Utilize impact management tools effectively, including those monitoring specific youth success indicators such as school attendance, behavior, grades, standardized test scores, benchmarks, etc. 
• Gather and prepare data with ac