​Mission Graduates provides a friendly and supportive environment with other motivated faculty members, helping K-12 students in San Francisco's Mission District.

Highlights

• Gain on the ground experience working directly with students at one of our schools in the San Francisco Unified School District
• Receive training on a variety of topics including teaching methodologies, lesson planning, classroom management
• Help build cultural and educational bridges with students and their families
• Work in a friendly and supportive environment with a team of amazing educators
  

Key Responsibilities & Primary Duties

• Plan and lead daily academic and enrichment activities for about twenty students
• Utilize standards-based curriculum to write lesson plans infusing students literacy development;
• Lead an enrichment class (i.e. art, drumming, gardening) each semester;
• Develop and integrate college "culture-building" activities into the classroom;
• Coordinate and support volunteers in classroom;
• Develop a nurturing, safe, respectful, multicultural learning environment.
• Support students to reach specific literacy benchmarks
• Facilitate vocabulary building and reading comprehension activities that build upon the "school day" learning objectives;
• Design, develop and implement theme and project-based learning projects that supports student academic and personal achievement.
• Build cultural and educational bridges with students and their families.
• Assist in community outreach, parent communication, and volunteer supervision;
• Coordinate on-going communication and feedback systems with families, teachers and volunteers;
• Assist in the daily operations of the EDP including supervising youth, administrative tasks and staff development;
• Maintain accurate youth files and records, i.e. attendance, student behavior, and other evaluation forms to track student progress;
• Participate in staff development, team and supervision meetings;
• Provide overall support of the program, including support for field trips, special events and parent workshops;
• Plan and coordinate field trips, parent events, and other school-wide events;
  
• Serve as part of larger Mission Graduates team;
• Other duties as assigned by the supervisor.