Elevate Indianapolis Hiring for Teacher-Mentor Job at Indianapolis, IN Full Time

Position Status: Salaried exempt.

Reports to: Pipeline Coordinator

Job Overview

The role of the Teacher-Mentor is the high calling to sacrificially serve the next generation of our city through executing the complete model of Elevate Indianapolis by investing a balanced 50/50% teaching students during the school day and outside the school day life on life mentoring.

Works with Elevate Indianapolis to serve organization’s mission to build long-term, life-changing relationships with urban youth, equipping them to thrive and contribute to their community.

General Teacher/Mentor Responsibilities:

• Teaching — Teaches and manages classroom professionally in accordance with Elevate Indianapolis standards and training utilizing the Elevate USA curriculum.
• Administration — Keeps records and reports as necessary. Administration is accurate, consistently turned in on time, and contains minimal errors.
• Attendance — Participates, is attentive, and present on time to meetings, classes, and activities.
• Bonding — Establish, build and sustain mentoring relationships with students in caseload to produce positive holistic life-change in urban youth.
• Modeling — Serve as positive role model and leader for Elevate Indianapolis students to demonstrate outstanding ethics, organizational values, character qualities, and behavior.
• Representation — Represents Elevate Indianapolis in professional manner in classroom, site visits, community collaborations, and community functions.
• Professional Development — Participates and is attentive with learning opportunities as assigned or pursued
• Fiscal Management — Ensures that funds are used properly and for the allocated purposes according to policy.
• Programming — Develops and implements programming that promotes the overall mission of Elevate Indianapolis according to the Elevate USA model.
• Dashboard — Provides accurate weekly Thriving Youth Dashboard Salesforce app, aligned with SMART goal objectives as identified by Pathways to Purpose Director and President. Maintains and reports on metrics for and pipeline as required.
• Flexibility — Fulfills other responsibilities as assigned with respectful, team attitude.
• Community Collaboration — Embraces our holistic mission is executed through vetted out proven partnerships with community organizations.

Specific Teacher/Mentor Responsibilities:

• Teaching — Lead teacher for designated classes including curriculum prep as given by Elevate USA with minimal modifications.
• School/Pipeline — Participate in school and Elevate team culture building, classes, weekly planning meetings and other responsibilities as assigned.
• Sports & Adventure — Monthly Sports & Adventure mentoring program engagement of caseload and class load students.
• Mentoring case load — Primary caseload of between 20-40 same-sex students.
• Community Collaboration Programming — Embraces our holistic mission is executed through vetted out proven partnerships with community organizations.
• Volunteering — Engaging volunteers from area businesses and community organizations to invest in our students towards their holistic development according to the Elevate USA model.

Example Teacher- Mentor Schedule Elements:

• One day of weekly admin time as needed.
• Teaching daily classes, visiting to support other pipeline classes.
• After school individual & group mentoring 3 day a week after school.
• Evening event weekly with a community collaborator or student mentoring.

Essential Job Qualifications:

• Education — Four-year college education or two-year post-secondary degree and teaching experience preferred, but not required.
• Experience — Minimum two years’ experience in youth service; certifications or education in youth services preferred.
• Commitment — Willingness to provide 24/7/365 availability to support student relationships for year-round position (including summer programs); NOTE: This is a 12-month position.
• Driver’s License — Maintain Indiana Driver’s License and Proof of Insurance; Complete activity bus trainings as assigned.
• Travel/Overnight Experiences– Willingness to attend professional development and student programming that might be overnight and out of state as required.

Required Competencies, Abilities & Skills

• Ability to connect with urban youth; urban youth experience preferred.
• Mastery of communication skills including written, verbal, and presentation.
• Willingness to be coached and eagerness to learn new information.
• Personal relationship skills allowing employee to manage and work with wide variety of people, professionals, and students.
• Passion and commitment to help positively change culture and graduation rates.
• Ability to work and contribute in team environment.
• Ability to manage variety of projects and goals along with personal and team responsibilities.
• Software skills including: Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and email.
• Ability to drive and transport students/staff using 15-passenger buses and seven-passenger mini-vans.
• Completes annual 360 review performance process.
• Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Pioneering opportunity to serve students to provide hope for urban youth through dynamic relationships, highly effective in-class experience, after-school/summer programs, and planning for the future.
• Competitive salary — $40-60k depending on experience and concentration area.
• 100% employer-paid health/dental/vision/life insurance for employee (opportunity- ty for employee to pay premium for spouse/family coverage)
• Paid Time Off accrued according to staff issue handbook, 10 paid holidays and selected compensation/personal/bereavement days off.