ENRICHMENT INSTRUCTOR

Job Title: Enrichment Instructor

Department: Department of Extended Learning & Community Schools

Location: Hallett Academy

FTE: Part-time

Schedule: Monday - Friday, Hours vary

Hourly Rate: $15.75

Highlights: Paid professional development trainings, benefits available for those working 20+ hours/week, free enrollment for your child during scheduled shifts

Position Objective:

The Enrichment Instructor will implement a variety of enrichment and educational classes at an elementary site, after school for 2^nd - 5^th grade youth, as well as support curriculum development, implement Out of School Time best practices, and program evaluation.

Essential Functions:

- Provides educational instruction in assigned subject/topic areas;

- Design new enrichment classes in alignment with OST best practices;

- Works to align curriculum with state and school standards

- Prepares pre and post tests for students and administers on a class basis;

- Evaluates and updates teaching materials as necessary;

- Ensures upkeep and working condition of all computers and updates software:

- Work with site staff on student recruitment and retention;

- Research and implement current trends in the education field and out of school time field.

Licensure and Certification:

Must have a current and valid Colorado driver's license and meet the district's insurance requirements.

Education Requirements:

- Bachelor's degree in related field preferred or 2 or more years in education and the technology field.

- A minimum of 460 experience hours working with school age children.

Knowledge, Experience, & Other Qualifications:

- Flexible, self-motivated and dependable individual;

- Strong Understanding of current Macintosh and Windows computer operating systems;

- Troubleshooting for: computer hardware and software and other digital devices;

- Ability to problem solve and research solutions;

- Strong organization skills and ability to multi-task.

Other information:
The Department of Extended Learning and Community Schools supports and strengthens DPS students, families, schools and communities by delivering and facilitating high-quality programs and services that extend beyond the traditional school experience. This includes out-of-school-time programs and volunteer and community partnership services. This work creates safe environments where students and families gain the tools, resources and social competencies they need to achieve success.:

About Denver Public Schools:

Denver Public Schools is committed to meeting the educational needs of every student with great schools in every neighborhood. Our goal is to provide every child in Denver with rigorous, enriching educational opportunities from preschool through high school graduation. DPS is comprised of nearly 200 schools including traditional, magnet, charter and alternative pathways schools, with an enrollment of more than 90,000 students.

Under the leadership of Superintendent Susana Cordova and guided by the tenets of The Denver Plan, DPS has become the fastest-growing school district in the country in terms of enrollment and the fastest-growing large school district in the state in terms of student academic growth. Learn more at dpsk12.org.

Denver Public Schools is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation. It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors.