Instructional Aide

GENERAL DUTIES Under the direct supervision of the Program Coordinator, the Instructional Aide is responsible for academic involvement, homework support, and enrichment activities to students in the Afterschool and Summer Jam programs.

PRIMARY FUNCTIONS/SPECIFIC DUTIES

• Be a positive role model for youth.
• Build positive relationships within the community.
• Effectively manages student classroom behavior to ensure all students are fully engaged in learning.
• Responsible for planning activities for groups of students, according to content area, in a classroom management structure.
• Responsible for independently supervising groups of students in a classroom and cafeteria environment.
• Assist in directing volunteers according to instruction of each grade of scheduled activities/homework support.
• Responsible for working with other members of the afterschool team to track students’ academic progress and support students’ development.
• Assist with set-up and clean-up of after-school activities as needed.
• Ensure that youth are safe at all times.
• Perform other duties, assignments and responsibilities as assigned or required.

SECONDARY FUNCTIONS:

• Works in a manner that is not disruptive to peers, volunteers and subordinates.
• Promotes good employee relations at all times.
• Assist with the diversity of recruitment and enrollment of youth into the program.
• Maintains regular and acceptable attendance at such level as is determined in the employer’s sole discretion.
• Promotes professionalism, through poised and effective phone etiquette, manners, appearance, and attitude.
• Develops, establishes, and maintains a work priority system to ensure daily and heavy workloads are fulfilled.
• Must prepare and submit agency statistical reports/profiles based on requested data within program coordinator’s records.
• Attend and participate in any training or other in-service as designated by the LMC.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:

• Great communication skills- written and oral.
• Well-groomed with a professional appearance.
• Ability to function in a diverse job situation.
• Be able to demonstrate above average levels of personal initiative.
• Ability to organize and set priorities.
• Knowledge of family systems and programming for “at-risk” youth.
• Knowledge of the community and its resources.
• Ability to calmly handle crisis situations.
• Requires tact, insight, leadership, and excellent work attitude/excellent interpersonal communication skills.
• Knowledgeable with computers and the ability to use word processing and spreadsheet software.

EDUCATION AND WORK EXPERIENCE:

High School Diploma; Preferred - monitoring, evaluation, and organizational skills; experience in a social service agency or nonprofit agency in working with “at-risk” youth and families; commitment to continuing education through higher education, self-directed study, workshops and in-service training; must be able to interface with various members of the community and Laughlin Chapel personnel.

WORK ENVIRONMENT AND QUALIFICATIONS:

Position is mainly a classroom environment. Incumbent may be required to sit for extended periods of time.

PHYSICAL SKILLS:

Must be able to drive a motor vehicle; must be able to write or have alternative writing skills to comply with data report requirements. Occasional requirements are: to stand, walk, use hands and fingers to handle or feel objects, tools, or controls, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, and lift/move up to 20 pounds. Incumbent may be expected to travel, during which he/she may be required to attend conferences and meetings, at which public speaking/representing of LMC in

a public role is necessary. Laughlin Memorial Chapel (LMC) tries to accommodate any handicapped individual in performing the essential function of the job, unless it would impose undue hardship on the operation of the After-school Programs.

LMC does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or physical disability in any of its relations with employees or employment

applications.

• I understand my job duties are not limited to those listed above. I accept responsibility of the job description listed. I acknowledge that a copy of this job description and a copy of the personnel policies have been provided to me.

Pay: From $10.75 per hour

Work Location: In person