General Instructor
After School Matters
Location
Chicago, Illinois
Salary
$20 - $27 / HOUR
Quick overview
The General Instructor is responsible for planning and facilitating a 75-hour curriculum, including field trips and guest speakers. They will also conduct teen interviews, prepare program budgets, and supervise teens during the program.
Requirements summary
A bachelor's degree in a relevant content area is preferred, along with experience working in a related field. Commitment to diversity and inclusion is required, and experience teaching teens is highly preferred.
Job description
Summary of Position
This is a part-time position scheduled for approximately 7.5 hours per week. The General Instructor position is here for applicants to propose a fall program if they feel like it it doesn't fit in the existing content areas.
Major
Duties and Responsibilities
- Instructional: Plan and facilitate a 75-hour curriculum, including field trips and guest speakers
- Create clear structure and support for teens, including agenda setting, creating group norms, and abide by ASMs supportive behavior management plan and incident reporting procedures
- Lead the teens through the planning and implementation of an end of session demonstration of learning (showcase)
- Administrative: Conduct teen interviews and select teens by the roster deadline, complete data entry including interview outcomes, daily attendance, teen checklist support, program reports, teen survey administration
- Prepare program budgets in accordance with ASM guidelines
- Supervise teens at an average of 15:1, teens: instructor ratio
Instructors must have a program curriculum plan. See ASM Program Planner [https://afterschoolmatters.box.com/s/ue7dll9axngm47e78gvnz4yr31qf45dp]
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Demonstrated practical knowledge of content area
- Classroom management experience, preferred
- Ability to effectively communicate with a variety of stakeholders including teens, participants, parents, ASM program staff, vendors, etc
- Intermediate computer skills, working in Google Suite
- Cultural competence
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in relevant content area etc. is preferred, high school diploma or GED required
- Experience working in a field relevant to the content area is highly preferred
- Experience teaching, specifically teens, if highly preferred
- Commitment to diversity and inclusion is required
Compensation: $20-27 salary/per hour, depending on applicable experience and education
About Us
- After School Matters is a Chicago-based nonprofit organization that annually offers after-school and summer programs to nearly 19,000 Chicago high school teens to explore and develop their talents while gaining critical skills that will set them up for success in college and beyond. ASM has engaged more than 450,000 Chicago teens and is the nation’s largest and most successful provider of after-school and summer programs for high school teens. ASM offers paid apprenticeships led by professionals in the fields of arts, communications and leadership, sports, and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math). Our nationally respected youth development model has been replicated in cities across the country and earned us the City Livability Award from the U.S. Conference of Mayors. Programs take place at community locations throughout the city, including four
- ASM buildings: downtown at Gallery 37 Center for the Arts and Orleans, the Michael and Karyn Lutz Center in Belmont Cragin, and the Pullman community at Gately Park. Currently, After School Matters’ annual operating budget is approximately $48M and employs approximately 500 staff across the organization.
EEO
After School Matters is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, military discharge status, age, marital status, parental status, or source of income.