Job Opportunities
Education Coordinator
Reports To: Program Director
Supervises: Tutor/Volunteers
Compensation: 17$-18$
Summary of Job Description: To coordinate all aspects of student academic services – including mentoring, tutoring, college and career counseling, counseling referrals, college preparation services, and project management. Applicants must be bilingual (English/Spanish)
Specific Responsibilities:
- Recruit, screen, train, and match volunteers interested in tutoring MECA students. Monitor tutors to determine whether student-tutor relationships are progressing in a positive direction and students are achieving academic goals. Education Coordinator steps in as a tutor and mentor to MECA students when volunteers/tutors are not available
- Prepare monthly reports for Executive Director and MECA Board of Directors to update the Executive Director and Board on coordination of programs and student progress as it relates to artistic, academic, and other types of achievements.
- Facilitate workshops and meetings relating to college readiness for parents to inform them about the resources available to become the best support system while their students prepare for higher education
- Seek out opportunities to fund education programs
- Schedule and coordinate college field trips to area universities, college fairs, or other locations of interest (museums, theater productions, etc.)
- Develop and maintain resource library for tutors and students on college applications and procedures, scholarship opportunities, and alternative college funding resources. Assist MECA students with completing forms and applications for continued education.
- Coordinate SAT/ACT prep services for students
- Assist students in addressing issues/problems that influence their ability to stay in school. Refer students to counseling and other social services as needed, and provide follow-up to determine whether students received services.
- Coordinate student work experience, internship opportunities, and community service requirements
- Assist with continuous quality improvement of all programs by creating improvement plans, adapting strategies, evaluating organizational outcomes, administering surveys, and implementing changes in MECA’s programs and services
- Represent MECA in community and in professional meetings as it pertains to the social and academic needs of MECA students and families.
- Assist Program Director with other responsibilities as needed.
Expectations/Qualifications/Experience Required:
- Bachelor's degree required
- Good communication skills (written and verbal)
- Good organizational skills
- Good listening skills
- Resourceful in being able to search out scholarships and other alternative funding mechanisms for students in need of financial assistance to attend college or for other education opportunities
- Understanding of and appreciation for the value of having strong, positive adult role models in the lives of young people
- Understanding of and appreciation for the importance of an education in preparing one’s future
- Ability to relate to youth
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