PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:
The OMME 5-Week Academic Enrichment program helps English/multilingual learners improve their language skills and reach their full potential. Our program is carefully crafted to cater to the unique needs of students with varying levels of English proficiency, enabling them to focus on specific aspects of language development, including reading, listening, speaking, and writing skills. Our interactive and engaging language-rich learning activities are designed with a project-based learning approach that fosters a supportive and enjoyable environment for students to practice and refine their language skills. The program features a comprehensive academic curriculum that includes Math and ESL/English Language Arts, ensuring that cognitively demanding tasks and grade-level complex texts are accessible to multilingual learners. In addition to academics, our program also offers a diverse range of enrichment activities, including STEM, Arts, Leadership Building, and Physical Fitness, tailored to the needs of English/multilingual learners entering 1st-12th grades.

Position Summary:
This is a summer program coordinated by the Office of Multilingual and Multicultural Education (OMME) in order to support EL acceleration in English language acquisition and development. Coordinators hired are expected to adhere to the vision and mission of OMME, which is to provide a culturally and linguistically responsive education with the support needed to ensure equitable access to opportunities that promote language acquisition, bilingualism, biliteracy, and lifelong learning.

Site Coordinators will supervise, guide, assist, and facilitate all classroom responsibilities, including the learning environment, lesson plan implementation, assessment, classroom management, parent communication, and classroom observations.

For example, if the site operates from 8:00 am-2:00 pm, the coordinator will work from 7:30 AM to 2:30 PM with additional pre-planning, Monday to Friday, beginning on July 10 th , 2023, and ending on August 11 th , 2023. Job responsibilities will require additional time for site prep, data entry, data analysis, and communications with families.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

Pre-Planning

• Participate in the program planning process prior to the start of the program and assist with the staff selection process, student recruitment, and events.
• Develop and submit daily schedules for their sites utilizing the operational systems put in place by the Office of English Learners.
• OMME will provide train-the-trainer model summer orientation materials to site coordinators. Site coordinators will adapt the materials to host their own summer orientation with their teachers.

During Program

• Develop strong relationships and work collaboratively with school administration, summer school staff, and parents
• Serve as the Summer School's liaison with OMME in Central Office.
• Be responsible for the implementation of the OMME program model by building a strong team, ensuring positive outcomes and a high-quality experience for the scholars.
• Ensure a safe learning environment by following procedures in accordance with the district's Code of Conduct protocol and safety procedures as outlined in the Superintendent's newsletter and other applicable policies.
• Manage student attendance, grades, progress reports, parent contact, and student discipline.
• Supervise the administration of summer district-wide assessments to all enrolled students
• Schedule and coordinate summer formative and summative assessments.
• Oversee the use of data-driven instruction utilizing formative assessments.
• Review lesson plans and create 'best practice' instructional strategies.
• Implement and maintain a positive behavior management system that is clear and aligns with program goals.
• Ensure that all curriculum and supplies are received, distributed, and maintained throughout the program.
• Be prepared to substitute or provide adequate coverage during a teacher's and/or teacher assistant's absence.
• Coordinate logistics related to field trips if applicable.
• Maintain confidentiality of co-workers, students, and families.
• Supervise common areas (breakfast, lunches, hallways, transitions) daily.
• Facilitate fifteen-minute briefing/check-in sessions each morning with staff.
• Coordinate the end-of-program cultivating activity with artifacts such as presentations, and art with a written summary of purposes.

After program

• Ensure that all relevant information about students is returned to the OMME in Central Office.
• Coordinate cleanup of the site and shutting down of the program.
• Ensure "wrap-up" duties are completed.

Program Delivery: fully in-person
Program Start Date: Monday, July 10, 2023
Program End Date: Friday, August 11, 2023

Hours:
General hours include a 6-hour work day and additional prep/planning time depending on specific sites. For example, programming at sites could have a duration of 8:00 am - 2 pm or 9:30am - 3:30 pm, Monday - Friday. Job responsibilities will require site prep, data entry, data analysis, communications to families planning, and prep time outside the hours' instruction.

Qualifications Required:

• Education: Bachelor's Degree
• License: ESL License and/or SEI Endorsement
• Experience: Demonstrated experience working with English Learners and/or Students with Interrupted Formal Education.
• Preferred prior experience as an After School or Summer Site leader.
• Authorization: Current authorization to work in the United States - Candidates must have such authorization by their first day of employment

Terms:

Schedule:

• Pre-Summer: Scheduled planning meetings & PD, Regular check-in with w/non-profit partner & school liaison(s), curriculum training, Staff Hiring, and on-site planning.
• During Summer: the BPS site coordinator is required to be on site every day for all hours of programming for all weeks.
• Post-Summer: Some "wrap-up" duties (such as student progress reports, and curriculum inventory) occur immediately following the conclusion of summer learning programming.
  
  

Compensation:

• $55.16/hr
• Total compensation is set based on hours of work, including professional development, on-site program time, and additional duties. Compensation differs based on the Summer Learning Academy program.
• Site-specific job requirements, program hours, and training schedules are to be determined by the EL Summer Learning Academy program. Agreement to site-specific terms is required for hire.

• Payroll will be processed on a biweekly basis after receipt of completed timesheets in accordance with the BPS summer payroll schedule.

• (Stipend includes pre-summer planning & student outreach/engagement, curriculum planning/training, and summer programming).

HR & Payment:

• The position reports to OMME Supplemental Service Program Manager. Interested candidates should apply via Talent Ed. Payroll will be processed in accordance with the BPS summer payroll schedule and reception of completed time sheets.

NONDISCRIMINATION POLICY
The Boston Public Schools, in accordance with its nondiscrimination policies, does not discriminate in its programs, facilities, or employment or educational opportunities on the basis of race, color, age, criminal record (inquiries only), disability, homelessness, sex/gender, gender identity, religion, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, genetics or military status, and does not tolerate any form of retaliation, or bias-based intimidation, threat or harassment that demeans individuals' dignity or interferes with their ability to learn or work.