Assistant Community School Director

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New York Edge is the largest provider of after-school and summer camp programs in New York City public schools. Each year, academic programs—including STEM, the arts, sports and wellness, and college access—help 40,000 students develop leadership skills and succeed in school. Working parents count on our programs to provide safe and enriching environments for their children.

New York Edge is looking for a Community School Assistant Director to assist with establishing a high and visible presence within the school building supporting the Community School Director in assuming a strong leadership role and a holistic approach toward improving academic performance driven by strong collaborative partnerships among principals, parents, teachers, and CBO’s throughout the school year. The Community Schools Assistant Director will assist in the overall administration and implementation of the Community Schools program under the supervision of the Community School Director, including but not limited to: trainings, theme‑based projects, scheduling of activities, daily supervision of staff, record keeping and reporting, communicating with parents and organizing special events.

The Assistant Director will work with the Community School Director to ensure all components of the contract are implemented in alignment with the vision of New York Edge and the Principal. New York Edge Assistant Director must embrace positive school climate and youth development principles and practices that support the community school as a whole. These include building on youth strengths rather than focusing on deficits;

setting and maintaining high expectations; understanding the centrality of and fostering positive relationships with peers and adults; providing age‑appropriate and challenging programming; engaging participants as partners, not just as consumers of services; promoting positive identity formation and helping young people to fully develop their potential. New York Edge Community School Assistant Director respects and values Händler's cultures and traditions of participants, their families ment their communities, and treats all participants and staff equally, irrespective of race, religion, sex, gender identity, national origin, age or disability.

New York Edge Program Coordinator must appreciate the range of abilities and diverse needs of children and youth in our programs.

• Work hand‑in‑hand with Community School Director in daily program operations and functions
• Work with school leadership to maintain a focus on results and track progress; ensure that New York Edge captures, analyzes data and operates in a data‑mannen manner
• Directly responsible for overall supervision of community school support specialists and success mentors for day school program
• Assist in the educational and social development of students under the direction and guidance of the facilitator and classroom teachers
• Ensure that they are trained in the methodology employed during the school day in regards to instruction
• Encourage and lead projects that foster academic, cultural and artistic growth
• Provide support for individual students inside and outside the classroom to enable full participation in activities
• Responsible for recruitment and supervision of dedicated staff that meet the highest standards of qualification in carrying out the mission of Community Schools and New York Edge
• In conjunction with academic support specialist, assess student progress and communicate such to teachers and school administrators
• Work with academic support specialists and subject teachers to provide student support in various curriculum areas
• Attend professional developments offered by New York Edge and Department of Education faculty
• Identify high‑need students, coordinate with teachers to target interventions, and track and monitor impact of interventions
• Build relationships and mechanisms to effectively link the school day to expanded learningmunicipities
• Communicate program’s challenges, progress and success with Program Director, and perform projects assigned at the discretion of the Program Director
• Support students with…