About us School Connect WA is a mission driven nonprofit corporation dedicated to fundamentally transforming the lives of children in under-resourced communities starting in Seattle and South King County. It takes a passionate team inspired by faith, mission and core values to achieve our goals.

• Program Assistant Overview
• School Connect WA is seeking an innovative and dedicated professional to support the Site Director of a top-tier afterschool program designed to support low-income, BIPOC elementary students.

As the Program Assistant, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the successful execution of all academic and enrichment initiatives. Your work will directly contribute to the academic advancement of each student, ensuring they graduate at or above grade level in literacy and math. The best Program Assistants are drawn to School Connect WA because they already believe something important: that educational inequity is real, that children living in poverty and historically marginalized communities often face systemic barriers long before middle school or high school, and that education changes lives. They choose School Connect WA not because it is another job, but because it offers meaningful work with lasting purpose.

• Experience
• 1-2 years of experience working in academic-focused afterschool programs or teaching elementary-aged students in a classroom setting. Strong interpersonal skills with both adults and students. Fluency in a second language is a valuable asset and will enhance the ability to connect with the diverse communities we serve.
• Alignment
• Must agree with the School Connect WA mission and methodology: Creating affordable, high-quality afterschool programs for underserved youth, that connect the whole city to schools, so that every child and family can flourish.

Key connections that drive city-wide transformation: We connect churches to schools establishing long-term partnerships. Churches are essential community partners. School-Church partnerships empower congregations to impact their communities through love, justice, and serving the common good. We connect students to the academic and enrichment resources they need to succeed by providing affordable, high-quality afterschool programming. We connect organizations across all sectors of the city (e.g. local businesses, healthcare, arts, and technology, etc.) to their nearest Seattle Public School. When these "tables" gather around the needs of schools, they make a BIG impact.

• Responsibilities
• Facilitates youth programming to achieve the following outcomes for youth: Educational progress: Guides educationally at-risk youth to make quarterly strides toward their academic goals.

Social-emotional development:

Helps children strengthen the skills and assets that support positive social-emotional growth.

Self-worth and agency:

Cultivates a strong sense of self-worth and agency by valuing students' cultural and personal identities.

Program Assistant Responsibilities:

Coordinate with Site Director to create lesson plans tailored to each student, and review student data before students arrive to prepare individualized instruction. Guide volunteers to provide high-impact tutoring, thinking ahead about how each volunteer can best support specific students that day. Lead academic literacy activities, free choice/enrichment time, outdoor/physical activities and clean-up time. When a student struggles to learn a concept, change approach rather than lowering expectations

• every child can learn.

Record, and maintain student academic progress. Establish robust partnerships with teachers and staff at Daniel Bagley Elementary School, facilitating the exchange of curriculum and resources to effectively address and close academic gaps. Oversee conflict resolution and behavioral issues with and between youth, with a focus on positive discipline, consistent consequences, restorative justice and the values of honesty, respect, safety, cooperation and responsibility. Demonstrate positive interpersonal skills, cooperate and be able to successfully communicate with the Site Director, co-workers, volunteers, participants, and other service providers. Coordinate with Bethany Community Church and Daniel Bagley Family Support Worker to determine family needs and resources. Purchase necessary program supplies and food for the program.

Parent and Community Engagement:

At dismissal, partner with parents by sharing both successes and challenges, strengthening trust through consistent communication. Support quarterly Community Potluck Night that highlights student progress and cultural identity celebrations. The Transformation We Seek At the end of a year, we hope every Program Assistant can say something simple: "This work changed me." You will enter wanting to help children. Our hope is that you leave having become the kind of trusted adult children remember for the rest of their lives.

• Staff Hours
• Afterschool (Guaranteed hours):

M,Tu,Th,F:

1:30 PM

• 5:30

PM W:

12:30 PM

• 5:30 PM Daytime (Available upon application with the school, hours variable):

M,Tu,Th,F:

9:30 AM

• 1:30

PM W:

9:30 AM

• 12:30

PM Job Type:

Part-time Pay:

$23.00 per hour Expected hours: 21.0

• 40.

0 per week

Experience:

Childcare:

1 year (Preferred)

License/Certification:

First Aid Certification (Preferred) CPR Certification (Preferred) Ability to

Commute:

Seattle, WA 98103 (Required) Ability to

Relocate:

Seattle, WA 98103: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location:

In person