After School Program Lead ( 4th & 5th Grade ) at Portland Tennis & Education

After School Program Lead (4th & 5th Grade Classroom) Job Description // Updated August 2024

**NO TENNIS EXPERIENCE REQUIRED**

The Purpose

Our Vision: Create access to a fair learning and playing field for Portland’s most underserved youth.

Organizational Mission: PT&E enables underserved youth to thrive and strengthens their community through academics, athletics, life skills, and family engagement.

The Opportunity

As an After School Program Lead at Portland Tennis and Education (“PT&E”), you will have the opportunity to lead a group of students (referred to as “Scholar Athletes”) in grades 4 and 5 (the Elephants classroom) in support of accomplishing academic goals, meeting character development milestones, and engaging in fun, thoughtfully planned tennis, wellness, life-skill, and community-based activities.

The After School Program Lead serves as an inspiring role model to Scholar Athletes, demonstrating a growth-oriented mindset, planning and leading meaningful educational and enrichment activities, monitoring and enabling student progress, and enthusiastically encouraging and enabling program participation and positive growth.

During the school year, this part-time position is at our After School Program. Approximate hours are 12:30p - 6:15p Monday through Thursday plus planning time which can be done based on a flexible schedule for a total of ~23 hours / week.

For this role, we ask for a commitment through the end of the 2024-2025 school year, which finishes in June. This role has the potential to continue into the summer with an increase in scheduled hours. The ideal candidate will be available to continue in the summer with the adjusted hours.

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Your Role: Services to Students

Plan and facilitate the following 4th and 5th grade classroom-based activities in keeping with PT&E’s program plan and schedule:

• Daily homework completion

• Daily academic activity, to be facilitated in whole groups or in small groups differentiated by level or need

• Daily life skills and/or character development activities aligned to PT&E values, such as facilitating a discussion circle and/or team-building activities

Ensure student safety and program participation, e.g.:

• Monitor individual and groups of students in a variety of settings (e.g. classroom, park, library, community events), providing a safe, respectful, and positive multicultural learning environment by enforcing program rules and participation expectations

• Develop and foster relationships with the students in the Elephants class, creating a feeling of belonging and a welcoming classroom environment.

• Facilitate program-wide and class-specific behavior management systems, including rewards and consequences

• Deploy and oversee support coaches and volunteers in alignment with submitted program plans

• Support class on the tennis court during students’ allotted tennis time

Identify and support students in need of academic, behavioral, and/or mental health-related interventions, e.g.:

• Refer students to Instructional Specialist and/or Youth and Family Advocate if available

• If necessary, partner with the above-mentioned specialists to determine an appropriate path forward

• Implement agreed-upon student interventions in the whole-group classroom setting

Ensure classroom is clean, organized, and adequately prepared for student participation upon program start and end time

Utilize provided templates to plan lessons, submit requests for necessary supplies, and ensure time tracking is complete by a deadline on a weekly basis

Your Role: Services to Families

• Partner with PT&E leadership and students' family members to ensure student success

• Communicate with parents at student pick-up to build positive rapport and trust

• Reinforce program procedures to families, e.g., attendance phone number, behavior systems, reminders about monthly family meetings

Your Role: Other

• Serve as a positive ambassador for PT&E’s mission and vision within the internal team and with external stakeholders

• Participate in meetings and complete all required tracking processes necessary to uphold the program’s commitment to meaningful data collection and evaluation methods

• Other duties as assigned, e.g., contributing to team projects to maintain a conducive learning and athletic environment

• Maintain up-to-date certifications and other employee requirements as outlined in the employee handbook

The ideal candidate must have:

• At least one year of lesson planning experience for grade school age students

• At least one year of experience working with grade school age students

• Ability to connect with students on an individual level while also creating a welcoming classroom environment

• Classroom management skills

• Experience working with students with diverse backgrounds

• Spanish language skills

• Proficiency in Google Suite

• Availability for an afternoon schedule

 

**NO TENNIS EXPERIENCE REQUIRED**

Application process will include a request for a cover letter. If we do not receive a cover letter, applicants may not be considered.

 

Employment Type: Part Time
Years Experience: 1 - 3 years
Salary: $19 - $21 Hourly
Bonus/Commission: No