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Position: “Alternative” Adult Education Teacher-Education Division Location: Chelsea, MA Organizational Overview: Roca is an innovative, nationally recognized organization working with disengaged and disenfranchised youth in Chelsea, Revere, and East Boston, Massachusetts. Utilizing a model of “transformational relationships,” Roca intensively serves 600 young people, provides a less intensive level of support to 150 + young adults and 250 parents, as well as provides outreach and education to a minimum of 20,000 additional people each year. Roca’s vision is for young people to thrive and lead change in their communities. Modeling the organizational values of Belonging, Generosity, Competence, and Independence, Roca strives to create spaces in which change can happen. Roca generates hope by working with young people in various ways: Transformational Relationships, relentless outreach, peacemaking circles, and providing opportunities for life skills, education and employment. Roca has an exciting engaged institution strategy leverage resources for young people and impact informal and formal policy and practice. Serving and supporting high-risk young people is at the core of Roca, and every employee is fully committed to creating opportunities for young in an effort to help them lead happy and healthy lives. Roca’s organizational culture is described as extremely hard-working, collaborative, and responsive. Model of Transformational Relationships and Educational Programming: • Using the innovative model of transformational relationships, Roca works with youth and young adults to create positive relationships and connections that can transform lives and create change. Roca believes change occurs in the following stages: pre-contemplation, contemplation, planning, action, sustaining, and relapse. Using this structure, Roca’s programs engage young people and others in a process of change that enables them to increase positive knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors over time. • Roca provides Adult Basic Education classes and has designed an “Alternative” Adult Education Program that would lead to better and more appropriate educational outcomes for high risk young adults. This framework sets up the ability to build curriculum that both begins at the educational levels of many of the young adults (literacy and pre-GED levels) and allows for the “not showing up” consistently factor. Given Roca’s role of readiness building, this model allows for everyone to have the ability to access education regardless of where they are on the spectrum of can’t show up to can show up with support, and low literacy/pre-GED to GED levels. “Alternative” Adult Education aligns with the MA Department of Education Curriculum and will expand to include vocational and life skills training opportunities. Organizational Growth Strategy: Roca is implementing a strategic plan to lead significant growth in 3 areas: deepening program quality, driving toward outcomes, and growing transitional employment opportunities. In terms of its programming, Roca recognizes that the core of its work with young people consists in building and maintaining transformational relationships. Accordingly, all programming must revolve around this model of transformational relationships. Furthermore, Roca must ensure that all young people in transformational relationships have flexible access to the multiple programs and services that will serve their needs and build on their strengths and interests. This focus on the multiple dimensions of transformational relationships requires Roca to build a new organizational structure and to develop and implement new operational policies and procedures. Position Overview: Under the supervision of the Director of the Education Division, this position will ensure the creation and implementation of quality educational programming with high risk youth and young adults including the creation and delivery of engagement, life skills, pre-vocational, and competency building programming. The “Alternative” Adult Education Teacher will provide leadership in the Educational Division, through the following responsibilities: • Understand, practice and promote the vision, mission, values, methods, and models of Roca. • Work with the Director of Education in the development and implementation of appropriate curriculum for the Education Division • Develop and implement an ongoing assessment, Individual Learning Plans (ILP) and evaluation activities for the Educational Division • Maintain transformational relationships with 5-10 multicultural youth and young adults • Maintain Efforts To Outcomes Tracking Database and implement all appropriate evaluation tools as instructed • Teach multilevel classes, implementing different stages of change based strategies to work with the youth with challenging behavior and learning difficulties. • Capacity to teach in multiple subject areas including: GED, ESOL, Math and Literacy. • Ensure quality of appropriate materials through regular reviews and curriculum updates • Maintain and submit all required documentation including: class syllabus, attendance records, ILP, curriculum development and reports as appropriate and requested. • Participation in educational meetings, advisory boards, and trainings appropriate for continued learning and development of “Alternative” Adult Educational Model • Facilitate classes all educational programming as assigned and/or created with a level of excellence to the Roca standard, including: outreach, follow-up, planning, preparation, etc.; • Assist with coverage and programming as appropriate and needed; • Assist with emergencies and crisis intervention; • Other tasks as assigned Qualifications: The successful candidate for this position will have the following qualifications: • BA preferred/Equivalent teaching experience accepted • Bilingual skills preferred (English-Spanish) • Understanding and experience working with street involved high risk young people. • Minimum of three years experience working with young people • Experience in conflict resolution, violence prevention, etc. • Strong written and oral communication skills. • Excellent at organizing, managing and completing multiple complex projects and tasks simultaneously with thoroughness, accuracy, timeliness and good humor. • Initiative, sound judgment and ability to work independently with minimal supervision is expected. Requirements for the position: • Travel around the Harbor Area • Computer Literate • Working with diverse cultures • Valid MA Driver’s License In addition, the ideal candidate for this position will be a trustworthy decision-maker. He/she will have a sense of humor, feel passionate and committed to direct work with high risk youth, and demonstrate interest in coaching and supporting coworkers. Bilingual (English/Spanish) is preferred but not required. To Apply: Please email a thoughtful cover letter, outlining how your skills and experience meet the qualifications of the position and stating how you heard about this opportunity, and resume (both in Word format) to Roca at HR@rocainc.com, subject line “GED Teacher.” Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Roca is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes candidates from diverse backgrounds.
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