Job Title: SYEP Service-Learning Facilitator
PVN ID: LA-2103-003930
Category: Instruction and Social Service
Location: LAGUARDIA C. C.

Job Description

General Description

Twenty  positions will be available from June 23-August 20, 2021.  The Service-Learning Facilitator will report directly to the Program Manager.

Service-Learning Facilitators will be responsible for guiding 14 &15 year old Younger Youth Summer Participants through a virtual six-week service learning process related to specific topics listed below.  We are looking for dedicated professionals who want to work with youth and provide them with an exemplary learning experience in one of a variety of topics. It is expected that the service-learning activities will build partnerships and address genuine community needs.  The service-learning activity will be virtual and on-line only.

Topics include:          

  • Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math (STEM)
  • Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math (STEAM)
  • Health & Wellness
  • Active Citizenship, Leadership and Power, and Youth Movements
  • Immigration and the New Administration
  • Violence Prevention
  • Restoring Justice
  • Digital Arts & Technology
  • Violence Prevention
  • Exploring the Performing Arts
  • Economic Recovery

Performance Responsibilities:

  • Manage a virtual classroom experience with participants over a six-week summer period
  • Coordinate and execute meaningful service-learning activities that afford participants an opportunity to apply conceptual knowledge to real-world situations
  • Plan for a wide range of effective pedagogical approaches in the discipline to engage learners in the learning process.
  • Create an engaging learning environment to ensure all participants are participating in a safe, constructive manner
  • Responsible for administrative tasks as mandated by the funder such as maintaining students’ folders, including student follow-up, attendance/payroll, evaluations and assessments.
  • Oversee classroom assistants to ensure that they assist in motivating and encouraging participants to complete tasks and assist with administrative duties.
  • Deliver on-line sessions using synchronous and/or asynchronous approaches.
  • Complete in a timely manner the submission of program documents.

Other Duties

Qualifications

  • Associates degree in a related field required, BA/BS preferred or a College Senior.
  • Must be interested in one of the service-learning topics and able to foster learning and dialogue around it.
  • Able to manage time in a fast-paced environment.
  • Ability to build rapport with youth ages 14 & 15 years of age.
  • Interested in working in a virtual culturally diverse setting.
  • Excellent oral and verbal communication and presentation skills
  • Computer literate in Microsoft Office and other related technologies
  • Comfortable working in a fast-paced on-line environment

A background check and finger printing are required prior to finalizing an offer of employment.

RFCUNY Benefits

RFCUNY Employee Benefits and Accruals

About the Research Foundation

The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) was established as a not-for-profit educational corporation chartered by the State of New York in 1963. RFCUNY supports CUNY faculty and staff in identifying and obtaining external support (pre-award) from government and private sponsors and is responsible for the administration of all such funded programs (post-award).

RFCUNY stands between CUNY’s principal investigators (PIs) and the sponsors who support them and strives to fulfill its essential responsibilities to both groups. Working closely with individual PIs and Grants Officers on the campuses, RFCUNY oversees employment, accounting, audit, reporting, purchasing, and special responsibilities that include management of a planned giving program; liaison with governmental agencies and foundations; negotiation of agreements; facility construction and renovation; protection and commercialization of intellectual property; and compliance with applicable standards in research involving human subjects, animal care, environmental and radiological safety, and conflicts of interest.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

The Research Foundation of the City University of New York is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Americans with Disabilities Act/E-Verify Employer. It is the policy of the Research Foundation of CUNY to provide equal employment opportunities free of discrimination based on race, color, age, religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, domestic violence victim status, arrest record, criminal conviction history, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

Key Features

Department
Workforce Education Center
Status
Full Time
Pay Range
$25.00
Closing Date
Sep 17, 2021 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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