After School Program Site Coordinator

About LEARN

LEARN strives to encourage a culture of learning for both our students and our staff! We offer rewarding internship and job opportunities and proudly support our team members by fostering their professional development and offering promotional opportunities when possible. Join our team at LEARN and see the difference you can make!

MISSION

L.E.A.R.N. works to encourage a culture of learning by securing and providing resources to students and families in areas of need.

CORE VALUES

• To foster the belief that all children can learn through constant support and guidance of LEARN staff, strategic partners, children and their families;
• Provide quality programming through proven strategies to keep students interested in school as active learners through high school and beyond;
• To provide clearly specified benchmarks of success to achieve the highest quality of programming for students and families;
• To provide a personalized and caring learning environment for students, parents and faculty to interact in; and
• To support rigorous and meaningful instruction for all students with applicable connections to the real world.

Job Location: 

El Monte, CA

Job Title: Site Coordinator

About the role: 

SUMMARY OF POSITION

An Expanded Learning Program Site Coordinator oversees an expanded learning program at a single school site (K – 12) intended to encourage a culture of learning by providing students with the knowledge, skills, and resources for academic and personal success.  Expanded Learning Programs are defined as a before school, after school, summer, or intersession learning programs that focus on developing the academic, social, emotional, and physical needs and interests of pupils through hands-on, engaging learning experiences. Activities may include tutoring, personal enrichment, life skills, recreation, and other activities that facilitate success. 

An Expanded Learning Program Site Coordinator is responsible for the planning, implementation, and oversight of programming including the supervision of Youth Leaders and other program staff who work directly with students.  Under supervision from a Program Quality Supervisor, an Expanded Learning Program Site Coordinator trains and evaluates staff, and works closely with school administration, faculty, community partners, parents, and students to ensure that programming meets the needs of the school and its students as well as the policies of the California and/or Federal Department of Education. 

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES An Expanded Learning Program Site Coordinator works at an elementary or middle school.  Programming typically occurs after school for 3 – 4 hours per day outside of instructional day hours and involves academic support, purposeful recreational activities, and a variety of other skills and confidence building activities that students engage in.

What you'll do:

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Oversee the general operation of day to day programming at a designated LEARN partner school;
•  Develop and foster positive relationships with school administration, faculty, staff, community partners, parents and students;
•  Plan and coordinate programming with input from school administration, ASB students, teachers, parents, counselors, and Title I Coordinators via a program Advisory Board.
• Develop staffing plan to implement programming;  
• Supervise Youth Leaders and other program staff, including performance monitoring and evaluation, interviewing candidates and making recommendations for hiring, and providing direct input to staff disciplinary decisions;  
• Monitor expenses on a regular basis to ensure that the program costs remain within the program budget;  
• Regularly meet with teachers, principals, and other instructional-day staff to align after school activities with the students’ instructional-day curriculum or to ensure that after school activities align with the interests and goals of the students;