Assistant Director Of K-12 Initiatives

The Center for Social Concern fosters a life-long commitment to active citizenship through education, action, and reflection. Originally founded in 1958, under the auspices of the chaplain's office, the Johns Hopkins University Tutorial Project now functions as a program of the University's Center for Social Concern. We are seeking an Assistant Director of K-12 Initiatives who will primarily focus on the development, planning, implementation, and overall management of the Tutorial Project and how Hopkins students further their commitment to active citizenship through community engagement with the K-12 population.

The Tutorial Project is an after-school tutoring program that provides academic support for elementary school students (grades 1-5) on the Johns Hopkins University Homewood campus. Children are paired with Johns Hopkins University students and receive one-on-one tutoring in reading and math. For nine to ten weeks each semester, approximately 120 children come to the Homewood campus twice a week for tutoring. The children are transported by either the program's bus or by their families. An assessment is given to each child at the beginning of each semester. Based on the results of the assessment, each week trained tutors plan two hour and a half activities and educational games that are specifically selected to meet each child's needs. The children are also encouraged to express their creativity while working with their JHU student tutor. There is an on-site computer lab and children's library available to help provide individualized instruction for each child. Tutors will be trained and supported throughout the academic year by the Assistant Director of K-12 Initiatives and graduate assistant(s) with content area expertise. Additional student staff oversee the progress of each tutor-tutee pair to ensure that they are receiving the support, guidance, and resources that are needed to reach academic success.

Funding for the Tutorial Project is provided by Johns Hopkins University and individual donors and contributors. In addition to the Tutorial Project, the Assistant Director of K-12 Initiatives will work collaboratively with Student Affairs personnel, faculty, and students to develop and implement trainings, resources, and evaluations of Hopkins-led programs and projects providing direct service to K-12 students in Baltimore City. The Assistant Director of K-12 Initiatives will report to an Associate Director at the Center for Social Concern.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

Program Development & Management (60%)

• Develop relationships: Facilitate programmatic relationship with Baltimore City Schools, children, and families through planned registration and incentive activities, daily interaction with children and families, and consistent communication.
• Oversee enrollment: Develop, edit, and review tutee enrollment and risk management forms (i.e. vaccination cards, release and indemnification form, media release form, and tutor child safety and background checks, etc.)
• Facilitate logistics: Develop and implement the program calendar, manage bus company contract/negotiations, make room reservations, provide budget oversight and contribute to reporting with the Center for Social Concern's budget analyst and leadership team, make and/or approve program purchases, oversee day-to-day operations, plan and coordinate all programmatic events, maintain quality of resources and supplies and keep an inventory of materials
• With Center for Social Concern leadership, develop evidence-based proposals and pilot relevant programs such as spring or winter break K-12 education initiatives or summer camps, gather data, and assess potential for growth, partnerships, or expansions of existing or new programs

Supervision (25%)

• Supervise graduate assistants and, if applicable, AmeriCorps VISTA members as support staff providing content area expertise, training, evaluation, and leadership to students.
• Recruit and hire student workers including hiring, training, and managing America Reads Federal Work Study tutors and timesheet approvals.
• Train all student leaders including two student directors and roughly 20 organizers, prior to the start of each semester, and facilitate reflection sessions at the end of each semester with follows-up, check-ins, and trainings throughout the semester as necessary.
• Train tutors at the beginning of each semester to include expectations, logistics, games/resources, behavior management/discipline, social and emotional learning, and applicable Center for Social Concern trainings.
• Align the Tutorial Project's student leadership model with the Center for Social Concern student leadership development program.
• Build measures for peer leadership including internal evaluation rubrics and feedback mechanisms with transparent systems of communication and documentation among and between student employees and their supervisors.

Collaboration & Leadership (15%)

• Provide knowledge, resources, tools, evaluation procedures, and other supports to relevant student organizations and tutoring initiatives of Hopkins affiliates.
• Convene key stakeholders in similar (tutoring/mentoring) and complementary (sports/arts/family services) programs to share learning and develop best practices.
• Lead Hopkins' efforts in the tutoring and K-12 mentoring space within Baltimore City.
• Collaborate with offices, programs, student organizations, and individual Hopkins affiliates to improve the quality of Hopkins-affiliated programs in alignment with the goals of Baltimore City Public Schools.
• Regularly assess the landscape of tutoring and mentorship of K-12 students working with Hopkins affiliates and share data/reports with relevant stakeholders.
• Participate in relevant educational and youth development organizations driving the field.
• Participate as an active member of university committees and cross- functional teams to meet the overarching goals of the Center for Social Concern.
• Serve as an advisor to student organizations, supporting their executive boards in navigating their direct service and K-12 civic engagement activities.

About JHU

• The Johns Hopkins University was America's first research university, founded for the express purpose of expanding knowledge and putting that knowledge to work for the good of humanity. Today, Johns Hopkins has approximately 6,500 faculty, 6,200 undergraduate students, and 17,600 graduate students across 230-degree programs at the baccalaureate, master's, and doctoral levels. JHU has multiple campuses in Baltimore and campuses serving graduate students in DC, Italy, and China. Johns Hopkins stands alone among top research universities in its extraordinary commitment of attention and resources to ensuring student success and particularly those from first-generation or limited income (FLI) backgrounds, making bold, sustained, and dramatic investments in the student experience over the last 15 years.
  

Student Affairs at JHU

• Student Affairs on the Homewood campus is made up of 23 departments ranging from Residential Life, Dining, Athletics, and Campus Recreation to Student Engagement, Student Conduct, Student Transitions and Family Programs, Center for Student Success, Center for Social Concern, and University Student Services administrative units like Human Resources, IT, and Communications.

Student Affairs at Johns Hopkins educates beyond the classrooms, helping students to deepen their self-awareness, develop relationships, nurture inclusion, and find fulfillment in the collegiate experience to ensure lifelong success and meaningful contributions to our global community. Our culture is defined by our commitment to the "Aspirations for Student Learning," which play a critical role in helping us fulfill our mission. We challenge, encourage, and support students.

• Live with curiosity.
• Deepen self-awareness.
  
• Engage in meaningful collaboration.
  
• Grow in confidence.
  
• Practice responsible leadership.
  

Student Affairs enjoys a close relationship with Academic Affairs at JHU, and with shared responsibility for delivering on one of the University's highest priorities: ensuring that highly talented students from a wide range of backgrounds, regardless of their ability to pay, thrive during and after their time at JHU. We work closely with our colleagues in Student Health and Well-Being, Academic Affairs, Integrated Learning and Life Design, and the Office of Diversity and Inclusion to ensure students can take full advantage of all that JHU has to offer.

Our team is seeking student-centered, success-oriented professionals who want to make a difference in students' lives. Ideal candidates in Student Affairs are curious, solution-seeking, have a can-do attitude, and are committed to the dignity and equity of all persons. If you enjoy student-centered work, work focused on building relationships and fostering community, that is rarely the same day-to-day, engaging with both college students and colleagues in-person as well as virtually, and have an entrepreneurial spirit, we want you to join us!

Hopkins Student Affairs Statement on Inclusion, Community, and Excellence

• At Johns Hopkins we strive to be a model of a pluralistic society in which we acknowledge, embrace, and engage diverse identities, perspectives, and experiences. We seek to build and buttress an inclusive intellectual and physical environment to ensure that all members of our community know with certainty that they belong at Johns Hopkins and we aspire to equitably share the benefits and burdens of dismantling persistent systemic barriers to individual and communal success.
  

Hopkins Student Affairs is committed to fostering a welcoming and inclusive community for students, faculty, and staff of all backgrounds.

• We believe that diversity is inherent to excellence and that the broad diversity of talents, cultures, identities, and experiences of our community members are core to our ability to deliver exceptional student development and learning experiences.
• We strive to support a student experience where academic, leadership, and community engagement opportunities spur discovery and learning; encourage a respect for and valuing of the perspectives of others; and foster a sense of belonging and connection across our student, broader university, and Baltimore community.
  
• We strive to create a learning environment where our students feel invited to learn from, and contribute to the learning of others through the sharing and honoring of each other's perspectives, identities, cultures, talents, and experiences.
  

Hopkins Student Affairs seeks to hire, and support the professional development of, colleagues who: are equity-minded; demonstrate a commitment to inclusion; share a keen understanding of the importance of our identity as a diverse community of learners; are poised to contribute to our efforts to support student learning and offer robust leadership development and community engagement opportunities; and can contribute to our efforts to foster student connection and a sense of belonging across our university.

• Bachelor's Degree in Education or a related field and eight years of experience in K-12 education, after school programs, or youth program management.
• Master's degree preferred.
  

Special Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• Possess a strong commitment to excellence and a desire to develop students.
• Demonstrated ability to build strategic relationships with stakeholders in Baltimore City Schools and with relevant local and national organizations.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to work with diverse populations.
• Strong knowledge of content area for K-12 education.

Additional Information

• This position's duties will require routine evening and/or weekend work.
• They will be expected to periodically represent the office on various internal and external committees.
• Duties may also require in and-out of state travel or other duties as assigned.
  

Classified Title: Community Programs Specialist 
Working Title: Assistant Director of K-12 Initiatives   
Role/Level/Range: ATP/03/PB  
Starting Salary Range: $44,850-$61,600-$78,360 Annually (Commensurate with experience) 
Employee group: Full Time 
Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:30 am - 5:00 pm 
Exempt Status: Exempt 
Location: Hybrid/Homewood Campus 
Department name: Center for Social Concern 
Personnel area: University Student Services 

Total Rewards
The referenced salary range is based on Johns Hopkins University's good faith belief at the time of posting. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as geographic location, work experience, market conditions, education/training and skill level. Johns Hopkins offers a total rewards package that supports our employees' health, life, career and retirement. More information can be found here: https://hr.jhu.edu/benefits-worklife/

Please refer to the job description above to see which forms of equivalency are permitted for this position. If permitted, equivalencies will follow these guidelines:
JHU Equivalency Formula: 30 undergraduate degree credits (semester hours) or 18 graduate degree credits may substitute for one year of experience. Additional related experience may substitute for required education on the same basis. For jobs where equivalency is permitted, up to two years of non-related college course work may be applied towards the total minimum education/experience required for the respective job.
**Applicants who do not meet the posted requirements but are completing their final academic semester/quarter will be considered eligible for ...