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Site Coordinator - Charlottesville Freedom School (Staff and Student Wage)

Employer
University of Virginia
Location
Charlottesville, VA

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Employment Type
Full Time
Institution Type
Four-Year Institution

Job Details

Job location: Charlottesville, VA


Employment Type: Part-time
Posted data: 2022-01-23
Req: R0028952

Nature and Scope

The Children’s Defense Fund's (CDF) mission is to ensure every child receives a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities. The CDF Freedom Schools® program is a direct service initiative coordinated nationally by the Children’s Defense Fund in partnership with local community organizations. It is an educational and cultural enrichment program that provides summer options for children and strengthens family and community involvement. The program serves children in grades kindergarten through twelve for six to eight weeks. The activity-based Integrated Reading Curriculum, which is aligned to the Common Core State Standards, integrates reading, conflict resolution, and social action, and is designed to promote social, cultural, and historical awareness. Multi-year assessments of CDF Freedom Schools program sites continuously demonstrate the effectiveness of the Integrated Reading Curriculum, which has proven to avert children’s summer learning losses in reading.

Charlottesville Freedom School

The site coordinator is an essential link between student leader interns, SLI’s, parents, and student success in the Charlottesville Freedom School program. The site coordinator will manage the day-to-day operations and serve as the supervisor for the Charlottesville Freedom Schools program, a collaboration between the University of Virginia’s School of Education and Human Development, Charlottesville City Schools, and Albemarle County Schools. In the past two years the Charlottesville Freedom School program has operated within a virtual and hybrid capacity. The Charlottesville Freedom School will begin its third operational year in summer 2022.

Despite the challenge of creating a Freedom School in a virtual setting, students were able to thrive. Some activities included virtual field trips to history museums, cultural centers, and landmarks. arts and crafts, reading time, sports, and music. Family Engagement workshops were also implemented to build families knowledge around key child development issues. The 2022 Charlottesville Freedom School will be fully in person.

The tentative dates of the Charlottesville 2022 program are June 2022- July 2022. Site coordinators are also expected to attend mandatory CDF national training mandatory training (dates TBD).

Responsibilities

  • capable of leading an intergenerational staff.
  • committed to the goals of the program
  • able to work collaboratively with all program constituents and familiar with the culture and dynamics of the community.
  • Work in conjunction with project director to recruit children and families for the program.
  • Work in conjunction with the project director to recruit, hire, train and manage staff.
  • Work with the project director and executive director to recruit children and families from the most vulnerable populations.
  • Attend all required trainings and ensure, that all program staff attend required trainings, including virtual and onsite trainings.
  • Maintain the safety of all staff and students at the site, which includes: securing staff background checks and clearances, training all staff and students to understand and comply with onsite safety procedures and protocols, and providing first aid (mental and physical health) training and materials.
  • Managing daily site activities to ensure proper implementation to of the CDF Freedom Schools program model.
  • Supervise the Charlottesville servant leader interns during the June Ella Baker Child Policy Training Institute and serve as the primary contact for the Charlottesville site.
  • Work in conjunction with project director to check book inventory upon receipt and notify the CDF designee of any discrepancies.
  • Work in conjunction with the project director or other designee to coordinate field trips, family engagement initiatives and volunteer responsibilities.
  • Partner with your project director and servant leader interns in the planning and implementation of afternoon activities, the National Day of Social Action, local social action projects, and structured recess periods.
  • Work with servant leader interns to identify and schedule guest readers and lead Harambee.
  • Ensure that the Charlottesville servant leader interns have the necessary books, materials, and supplies for daily activities through the scheduled collection and review of lesson plans.
  • Conduct daily debrief sessions to maintain team spirit, and provide technical support and feedback for servant leader interns.
  • Ensure that the CDF Freedom Schools Integrated Reading Curriculum is implemented with fidelity by guaranteeing that all IRC classrooms are monitored daily and evaluated at least three times within the summer.
  • Collect, review, and provide feedback on Integrated Reading Curriculum and afternoon activities lesson plans.
  • Enter all required child, parent and staff enrollment data in CDF’s reporting system.
  • Maintain regular communication with the Charlottesville project director.

Salary: $13.63

  • Attentive to details
  • At least two years of college completed successfully (GPA of 3.0 or higher).
  • Interpersonal and Management skills, sufficient to lead and motivate an intergenerational staff.
  • Ability to translate a strategic plan into direct implementation.
  • Ability to motivate others, and lead long-term planning.
  • Demonstrated commitment to the success and well-being of children.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • A mature and professional demeanor that consistently displays positive behavior and attitudes.
  • Strong appreciation and understanding of individual cultural history and the willingness to be open and respectful of other cultures.


COVID Vaccination Requirement and Guidelines

Please visit the UVA COVID-19 Job Requirements and Guidelines webpage prior to applying for current information regarding vaccination requirements and guidelines for employment at UVA.

The University of Virginia, including the UVA Health System which represents the UVA Medical Center, Schools of Medicine and Nursing, UVA Physician’s Group and the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, are fundamentally committed to the diversity of our faculty and staff. We believe diversity is excellence expressing itself through every person's perspectives and lived experiences. We are equal opportunity and affirmative action employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, veteran status, and family medical or genetic information.

Organization

In 1819, the University of Virginia established a new model for intellectual exchange and cross-disciplinary collaboration in higher education. Two hundred years later, as a major research institution, we continue to challenge conventions, lead with ingenuity and advance knowledge for the common good.

What began as an innovative idea has become one of the nation’s leading public research universities, with over 21,000 undergraduate, graduate and professional students. UVA also has over 3,000 full-time faculty offering more than 400 degrees.

Each of the University’s eleven schools has its own distinctive mission, working together to garner consistently high rankings—including #2 Best Value Public College (Princeton Review, 2016), #3 Public University in the Nation (U.S. News & World Report, 2016), and #3 Best Value Among Public Colleges (Kiplinger’s, 2016).  

As we invest in and strengthen our research capabilities, UVA seeks new faculty ready to uncover new insights, rewrite old rules and collaborate on intellectual discoveries.

RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS THAT CROSS DISCIPLINES

As an R1 institution, the University’s research centers, consortia and laboratories are on the leading edge of discovery and technology, offering collaborative spaces for students and faculty to solve global problems.

Our professors are recognized members of major national scholarly and professional organizations, including the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Our faculty’s engagement in interdisciplinary research is being facilitated by new research institutes specializing in everything from big data to brain functioning, and by cluster hires across schools.

NATIONALLY RANKED HEALTH SYSTEM

UVA is also home to a nationally renowned academic medical center and the UVA Health System, which serves a three-part mission to treat patients, conduct translational research and train medical practitioners in a wide variety of disciplines.

Established as the nation’s 10th medical school in 1825, the institution has since grown to include a 612-bed hospital and a Level I trauma center, nationally recognized cancer and heart centers, a Children’s Hospital, and primary and specialty clinics throughout Central Virginia.

The UVA Medical Center is consistently ranked among the nation’s best hospitals by the U.S. News & World Report magazine and has been named among the top 25 percent in seven specialties.

INSPIRING STUDENTS, INSPIRED TEACHING

The vast majority of UVA students come from the top 10% of their high school class, as well as from all 50 states, over 142 countries and a variety of socioeconomic backgrounds. Despite their diversity, all UVA students share a love of learning and a drive to achieve.

One of the reasons students choose Virginia is our unique residential culture. At UVA, the community of students, faculty and staff personifies the Jeffersonian idea that living and learning are connected. The Academical Village was constructed to support a unique residential experience, with faculty living in the Pavilions, students occupying Lawn rooms and the world-famous Rotunda at its heart. The University’s residential culture continues to support this experience today—strengthened by students, faculty and staff rich in backgrounds, ideas and perspectives. Our unique culture is also paying dividends in innovation:  UVA’s faculty have generated more than 130 patents since 2010.

Perhaps most importantly, faculty come to UVA knowing that instruction is as important as research, and they pride themselves on their many teaching awards.  Our best professors look for ways to encourage, mentor and develop tomorrow’s leaders inside and outside the classroom.

LIFE IN CHARLOTTESVILLE

Living in Charlottesville you’ll find sophisticated restaurants, world-renowned wineries and breweries, cosmopolitan arts and music, friendly urban and suburban neighborhoods and a Piedmont landscape that has lured adventurous souls for centuries.  No wonder the U.S. National Bureau of Economic Research named Charlottesville the “happiest city in America” in 2014.

In addition to UVA and its health system, several major employers have facilities in Charlottesville, including State Farm, Northrop Grumman, the U.S. Department of Defense, GE and others.  Charlottesville is also becoming a center for innovative start-up businesses.  The University also actively helps spouses and partners of faculty members build their networks and pursue employment opportunities with a wide variety of area employers. 

The University of Virginia is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women, minorities, veterans, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA) and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, qualified individuals with disabilities are protected from discrimination and may be entitled to reasonable accommodations to assist in their pursuit of employment at the University. This includes assistance in completing the online job application as well as reasonable accommodations during the interview process. Please contact the UHR Service Center: 434.982.0123 orAskHR@virginia.edu to request assistance.

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