Collaborate with school staff and administration to identify youth at a high risk for academic failure
Case manage identified youth at a high-risk for academic failure, including tracking school attendance, behaviors, and grades.
Recruit and retain case managed youth into Boys & Girls Clubs of Weber-Davis programs.
Track students’ attendance and grades to provide support and follow through where needed. Implement the day-to-day program activities in accordance with established standards, goals, agendas, and lesson plans
Ensure that members are encouraged to participate in programs and receive instruction and constructive feedback.
Facilitate the Star Targeted tutoring programs and other academic support and approved programs.
Demonstrate leadership to assure conduct, safety, and development of members.
Maintain positive internal and external relationships.
Mentor assigned youth to achieve success.
Provide direct supervision over an assigned group of youth during Club hours.
Report all safety, incident, and worker's compensation issues within 24-hours to Assistant Site Director or Site Director and with appropriate documentation.
Collect and record member and program data as required by funding sources.
Service Activities
Case manage identified youth at a high-risk for academic failure, including tracking school attendance, behaviors, and grades.
Recruit and retain case managed youth into Boys & Girls Clubs of Weber-Davis programs.
Track students’ attendance and grades to provide support and follow through where needed. Implement the day-to-day program activities in accordance with established standards, goals, agendas, and lesson plans
Collect and record member and program data as required by funding sources.
Community Need Addressed
Succeed @ The Club AmeriCorps Service Member is a shared position between Boys & Girls Clubs of Weber-Davis and our local school partners. The AmeriCorps Service Member is responsible for collaborating with the assigned school’s staff to identify high need youth and provide mentoring, attendance tracking, progress checking, and Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s curricula during the school day. After school and during the summer, the AmeriCorps Service Member will facilitate BGCA’s Project Learn Framework ‘s five key components for its case managed youth and other at-risk Club members to include:
Homework help (PowerHour) and tutoring (STAR Tutoring),
High-yield learning activities (life skills, character building, service projects and academic enrichment),
Parental involvement (Families Plus and acting as a liaison between parents and school),
Recognition and incentives (Club store and goal setting),
Alignment with school (AmeriCorps day-time responsibilities).
The AmeriCorps Members will act as a liaison with parents to help in their efforts to get involved in their child’s education and connect them with additional social services and community resources available; They will recruit and retain volunteers to provide needed services and after- school homework help; and will work with other programs already implemented in the school and in the Club that meet the grant requirements.
Position Outcomes
- Increase baseline Reading and Math scores
- Decreasing excess absences and tardiness
- Increase Parent Involvement
- Improve Social-Emotional qualities in Youth
Benefits
Childcare assistance if eligible, Education award upon successful completion of service, Health coverage, Living allowance, Student loan forbearance, Training
Education Benefits
GED/High School Diploma
Competencies You Will Develop
Communication
Demonstrate sensitivity and empathy, Listen to and consider others' viewpoints, Maintain open lines of communication with others, Speak clearly, in precise language and in a logical, organized and coherent manner, Write cleary and effectively
Creativity & Problem Solving
Able to identify and define the problem, Capable of generating possible solutions, Communicate the problem to appropriate personnel
Teamwork
Derive consensus, Develop constructive working relationships and maintain them over time, Establish a high degree of trust and credibility with others, Interact professionally and respectfully with supervisors and co-workers, Stay positive and outcome oriented, Use appropriate strategies and solutions for dealing with conflicts and differences to maintain a smooth workflow
Decisions
Accepts responsibility, Anticipate the consequences of decisions, Identify and prioritize the key issues involved to facilitate the decision making process, Involve people appropriately in decisions that may impact them, Quickly respond with a back-up plan if a decision goes amiss
Tools
Operate tools and equipment in accordance with established operating procedures, safety standards, and ethical guidelines
Planning
Able to prioritize various competing tasks, Create plan of action, schedule tasks so that work is completed on time, Demonstrate the effective allocation of time and resources efficiently
Service
Be pleasant, courteous, professional and respectful when dealing with internal and external customers or clients, Understand and anticipate the needs of others, Understand the significance of maintaining a healthful and safe environment