Beacons School Success Lead - Ascension Catholic School

YMCA Twin Cities•Minneapolis, MN

48d•$17 - $17•Onsite

About The Position

The YMCA is seeking a dedicated Beacons School Success Lead with a passion for youth development to lead staff and serve as a mentor, role model, and educator within the YMCA Beacons network, creating a fun and inclusive environment while planning lessons and leading group activities. Beacons is a collaborative community initiative providing after-school and summer care for young people in grades K-12. Through Beacons, the YMCA of the North helps provide high-quality educational, recreational, and leadership development activities and eliminate barriers to participation for all youth. YMCA Beacons School Success programs engage youth as leaders and learners by transforming schools into active youth centers afterschool and in the summer, providing free high quality educational, recreational, and leadership development activities opportunities to kindergarten-12th grade youth and their families at our 8 Beacons School Success Centers located in neighborhoods in Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Richfield. The Beacons School Success Lead Staff are mentors, role models, allies, and educators. Lead staff are responsible for developing, planning, and leading groups of youth after-school. This position operates at a specific Beacons School Success center. The incumbent provides quality enrichment experiences for youth that focus on the YMCA core values: honesty, respect, responsibility, and caring.

Requirements

Minimum age of 18.
Experience and/or education in youth studies, child development, human relations, communication, or recreational programs.
Certifications required within 30 days of hire: Adult and child CPR or CPR/PR; First Aid; and AED.
Demonstrated ability to plan, organize, and facilitate youth development programming.
Excellent interpersonal communications and mediation skills.
Willingness to work with people of diverse populations.
Demonstrated commitment to working with school age children in an enrichment setting.

Nice To Haves

Minimum 6 months experience working with school-aged youth.
Degree in education, recreation or field related to child care
Supervisory/management experience.
Multilingual
Knowledge of Trauma Informed and Youth Development best practices
We encourage people to apply who have specialized skills that they can teach the youth (ex. dance, music, computer skills, art, sports).

Responsibilities

Plan, develop and implement enrichment curriculum and program activities with a group of young people.
Provide work direction to program staff and volunteers while on duty.
Evaluate the program on a continuous basis and recommend needed changes to the Beacons School Success Sr. Coordinator and/or Program Director.
Ensure that the center and classroom spaces are kept clean and organized.
Perform administrative activities to support the program, including collecting daily attendance.
Assist in the promotion of the program including recruiting young people to program, communication to families and school staff.