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About the Role
The NYC Success Mentor Corps is a research-based, data-driven mentoring model designed to improve attendance, behavior, and educational outcomes for at-risk students in low-income communities citywide. Success Mentors act as advisors, motivators, connectors, and confidence-builders for chronically absent students. This role is part of a city-wide initiative to improve school attendance and educational outcomes.
Responsibilities
- Oversee a caseload of youths and mentees for the school year.
- Meet and greet assigned mentees each morning/afternoon when arriving at school or program site.
- Track attendance to conduct morning calls to absent students or to celebrate improvements.
- Meet with mentees regularly, both one-on-one and in small groups, to check school progress and student needs.
- Provide one-on-one tutoring support or small group instruction daily for one classroom.
- Support classroom behavior/management, instruction, hall support, lunch support, and event planning during day school.
- Develop and maintain an effective system of classroom management that encourages students to develop pro-social behavior and self-discipline.
- Work with school and site leadership to identify appropriate interventions to support and engage the mentees.
- Seek advice and identify targeted sources of youth or family supports from appropriate school staff and community-based partners under the direction of the Community School Director.
- File notes of youth attendance patterns, needs, and interventions to ensure monitoring of data is strategic.
- Attend weekly/bi-weekly student success meetings to share any best practices or challenges and to present a student progress summary.
- Communicate regularly with the Community School Director or other designated personnel regarding needs and supplies to support mentees.
- Perform other related duties and responsibilities as requested by the Community School Director.
Requirements
- High School/GED required
- Ability to collaborate effectively with school-based and after school staff
- Excellent written and spoken communication skills
- Commitment to fostering a student-centered, safe, respectful, and productive environment for all participants, families and school partners
- Proficient in Microsoft products, Google Suite and ability to learn other online platforms
- Remain positive and energetic while working with a high-needs population
- All staff must pass NYC Dept of Education fingerprinting clearance before beginning work
- All staff must be fully vaccinated to work at this site
Skills
- Previous after school experience, ideally with elementary school aged youth
- 1-2 years of experience in a school setting preferred
Location
- Citywide
Work Type
- Part-time
- 20 per week
- 4 per week
Education Level
- High School/GED
Salary/Compensations
- Commensurate with experience
Benefits
- Excellent benefits package
- Generous paid time off
- Paid sick time
About the Company
- Dream Yard’s mission is to collaborate with Bronx youth, families and schools to build pathways to equity and opportunity through the arts.
- DreamYard Project is the largest arts provider in the Bronx, and uses project-based arts learning to ignite the transformative spirit in youth, public schools and communities.
- Dream Yard’s school-based and out of school programs are based on 21st century learning and social justice pedagogy principles.
- Our work is aligned with the NYC Department of Education Blueprint for the Arts and the NY State Learning Standards, and encourages young people to pursue educational pathways toward higher learning, meaningful careers and social action.
- Our nationally recognized programming has grown tremendously in response to student interest and community needs.
- Co-Executive directors Jason Duchin and Tim Lord founded DreamYard in 1994.
- Since then, DreamYard has worked with more than 100 public schools and over 100,000 young people and families.
- DreamYard has developed a robust educational community in the Bronx – from its network of over 45 partnering public schools including the DY Preparatory High School to year-long programs at the DY Art Center.
Equal Opportunity
- DreamYard is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to the principles of arts education, educational reform and social justice, and fashions its programs to specifically address the needs of urban communities that are typically underrepresented because of race, sex, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status.
- Accordingly, we welcome and encourage applications from a diverse range of individuals.
- Bronx-based and Spanish-speaking applicants are strongly encouraged to apply.
- DreamYard Project, Inc. employs without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, age, disability, or any other attribute not related to superior performance.