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About the Role

The Study Hall Lead develops and leads engaging, structured study hall programming for middle school students. This role creates a strong foundation of academic and social-emotional habits, teaching skills like goal setting, time management, and organization. The Study Hall Lead will build this program from the ground up, developing lesson plans and gathering feedback from stakeholders. This is an excellent opportunity for a teacher or youth development professional passionate about executive functioning, strong scholar habits, and social-emotional learning.

Responsibilities

Lead study hall periods for students participating in up to 13 different after-school teams or clubs.
Facilitate study hall periods ranging from 45 minutes to 1.5 hours, supporting one to two groups at a time.
Develop and facilitate lessons that help students build strong academic, social-emotional, and executive functioning skills.
Explicitly teach skills including time management, organization, goal setting, planning, task initiation, self-advocacy, and asking for help.
Use a scaffolded approach to gradually increase student ownership, independence, and accountability.
Provide academic support and guidance related to studying, homework completion, assignment tracking, and preparation for assessments.
Establish clear routines, systems, and expectations that help students remain safe, focused, organized, and engaged.
Gather and incorporate feedback from students, teachers, school leaders, after-school staff, and other stakeholders to strengthen study hall programming.
Track student participation, skill development, academic needs, and other relevant program data.
Codify lesson plans, instructional strategies, data-management systems, routines, and resources to support future program replication and expansion.
Collaborate with after-school staff, coaches, club leaders, and school-based teams to ensure students receive consistent academic and social-emotional support.
Supervise and manage student behavior using positive youth development and restorative practices.
Model professionalism through consistent attendance, timeliness, preparation, flexibility, and responsiveness to feedback.
Participate in regular planning, professional development, feedback, and coaching.
Implement all health and safety protocols as required.
Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Ability to work during all scheduled hours.
Ability to work in person at the school or program site.
Ability to plan engaging and developmentally appropriate lessons.
Experience facilitating groups of adolescents.
Ability to take initiative and maintain flexibility.
Willingness to work in a team environment and meet high expectations for students and staff.
Deep embodiment of DREAM’s mission and values.
A strong belief in the mission and values of DREAM, including the desire to make a difference in the lives of our students, families, and community.
Ability to quickly problem-solve in the moment.
Ability to work collaboratively within a team setting.
Ability to communicate effectively with families.
Eagerness to grow professionally, including openness to receiving and implementing feedback.
Flexibility: willing and able to shift tasks and priorities as needed.
Belief in the importance of social emotional competency and advocacy for self and others.

Skills

Goal setting
Time management
Organization
Executive functioning
Self-advocacy
Asking for help
Studying
Homework completion
Academic support
Social-emotional learning
Positive youth development
Restorative practices

Location

East Harlem Middle School: 1991 2nd Avenue, New York, NY 10029

Work Type

Part-time
After-school
Hybrid (remote planning/prep time)

Experience Level

Middle school teacher experience preferred

Education Level

Bachelor’s Degree required
Masters in Education preferred

Salary/Compensations

$30 per hour
$9,000/ school year (stipend for full-time DREAM employees)

Benefits

403(b) retirement plan with employer matching up to 4% after one year of employment (minimum 1,000 hours worked)
Disability benefits
Referral bonuses
Discounted school meals through our in-house Scratch Food Program
Access to Employee Discount Program (travel, entertainment, retail, etc.)
Opportunity to apply for DREAM Teaching Fellowship for high-performing part-time staff (earn Bachelors or Masters degree)

About the Company

Founded in 1991 as Harlem RBI, DREAM serves over 2,500 youth annually across East Harlem and the South Bronx through seven PreK-12 schools and community sports-based youth development programs.
DREAM focuses on rigorous academics, social-emotional learning, family and community engagement, and health and wellness.
The organization has an aggressive five-year plan to expand to serve 3,500 students across seven schools.
DREAM aims to level the playing field for all children.

Equal Opportunity

At DREAM, diversity, equity, and inclusion are a matter of mission.
DREAM is committed to building a team where each individual can bring their full identity and experience to work because representation matters.
DREAM engages staff that represent and appreciate the diversity of our majority Black and Hispanic student body.
DREAM is dedicated to creating a world where youth, especially youth of color, have permission to dream—along with the tools and opportunities to make their dreams reality.
DREAM provides reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and applicable state and local laws.