Harlem Children’s Zone (HCZ) — a world-renowned education and poverty-fighting organization based in New York — seeks an enthusiastic, dedicated, and mission-aligned Academic Specialist to aid the Academic Support Unit (ASU).
The Academic Specialist will bring a passion for the mission of Harlem Children’s Zone: break the cycle of intergenerational poverty with comprehensive, on-the-ground programming that builds up opportunities for children and families to thrive in school, work, and life.
The Academic Specialist will join our ASU team that is responsible for the design and delivery of academic intervention services to students in HCZ programs who are academically at-risk/off-track for college admission. The ideal candidate will be a certified teacher and or master’s level teaching professional supporting the development of well-designed, standards-based afterschool programming at their designated programs to help ensure all children consistently have quality learning experiences in HCZ programs.
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REQUIREMENTS

• Commitment to HCZ’s mission, vision, and values
• Master’s Degree in education or related area with at least 4 years of teaching experience, or bachelor’s degree in Education or related field with at least 5 years of teaching experience with students in an urban/low-income community
• Teaching experience in an after-school setting is highly desirable

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT AND OUTREACH RESPONSIBILITIES

Work closely and collaboratively with program colleagues, public school partners, and appropriate HCZ departments and units.

• Closely monitor and advise ACM Coordinators and Student Advocates on learning interventions for students with special learning needs (e.g., students with IEP designation) and English Language Learners (ELLs).
• Work collaboratively with program teams and lead the academic aspects of transition planning for incoming 6thand 9th-grade students to identify needed learning supports and other services related to students’ academic performance
• Collaborate with Academic Specialists colleagues to develop and coordinate standard and common academic support services for HCZ students who attend the same public (including Charter) schools; where possible, develop partnership agreements with schools to support students, including but not limited to negotiating credit recovery classes through summer remediation programs, providing HCZ on-site study-hall or school-based support, and or assigning an HCZ teaching assistant to a particular class or core subject for which a number of HCZ students are at-risk of failing
• Collaborate with program colleagues to design and co-facilitate components of parent and student meetings to discuss student performance, college-readiness standards, early warning, and at-risk indicators, and HCZ’s supplemental academic and enrichment programs and strategies to support students’ learning needs and college readiness
• Participate in program special events, staff meetings, and other program events