Site Manager--High School

High School Site Manager Job Description

Full Time Position, 40 hours/week

Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Mission and Overview:

The Zach Johnson Foundation serves one single mission: To provide students with new opportunities and guide them in navigating barriers so they succeed in school and thrive in life.

Based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, we serve nine high poverty schools. Our Kids on Course (KOC) Program provides tutoring, enrichment, parent engagement, summer learning and long-term mentoring opportunities. Programming begins with students in elementary school and follows them throughout their educational career, preparing them for post-secondary success and the opportunity to be a productive citizen.

Kids on Course supports students through four pillars:

• Family Engagement (home visits, parent engagement strategies)
• Address Barriers (weekend food bags, supporting access through transportation)
• Support Student Learning (tutoring and summer school)
• Enrichment (after school sports, arts, STEM experiences that tie to academic success)

Job Description: Work within the assigned high school to be a champion for students and help put them on a path to on time high school graduation. The job is different every day and demands a compassionate self-starter who is organized with impeccable time management skills. The work of the site manager includes collaborating with participating families, directly mentoring students, working with tutors to develop learning strategies, coordinating after-school enrichment activities, enrolling students in tutoring, working closely with school staff and district leaders and running a portion of the summer school program.

Site Management:

• Creates and executes a learning lab schedule and calendar ensuring students attend.
• Get required paperwork for student program participation.
• Recruits independent contractors to tutor.
• Creates and submits a monthly site budget by the last day of the previous month.
• Creates contracts and ensures all documentation is properly completed and submitted for each learning lab session for independent contractors.
• Keeps track of independent contractor attendance and submits requests for payment on agreed upon dates to Program Leader.
• Report student data for each learning lab session to the Foundation and building principal.
• Report metrics for your site on a weekly basis to the Program leader using the highlight reel.
• Manages financial integrity of the site as approved by Program Leader and annual budget.

Family Engagement:

• Hosts two family engagement events per school year (1 per session).
• Ensure the events fall within the site budget for the month.
• Manage events by ensuring all supplies and staff are in place and able to execute the event.
• Engage with students throughout the school day to build trusting relationships.
• Utilize appropriate methods of communication with caregivers about student progress.
• Refer family to outside resources, as needed.

Address Student Barriers:

• Work with tutors to find root cause of academic struggles.
• Refer student to outside resources, as needed.
• Monitor student improvement throughout each learning lab session.
• Follow and assist in execution of individual learning plans (IEP, 504, etc).

Support Student Learning:

• Collaborating with participating families, school building personnel and community partners.
• Mentoring students.
• Teaching students to learn to advocate for themselves through role modeling.
• Working with and supervising tutors to develop learning strategies.
• Encouraging students to attend tutoring or learning lab sessions.
• Helping students to develop a plan to graduate on time.
• Fostering student post-secondary success by giving them resources to create a plan for after graduation.
• Seeing students as individuals and helping them create their own plan for on time high school graduation and beyond.
• Planning and implementing a summer program.

Team Member:

• Follows communication expectations.
• Submits information requested in a timely manner.
• Follows company policies and procedures.
• Readily available to support building staff or Foundation team members, as requested.
• Participates in Foundation events such as gala, tournament, and KOC Classic.

This position is on site at one of the area high schools Kids on Course serves.

Successful candidates will have:

• Degree or certificate from a post-secondary institution, preferably a four-year college degree.
• Valid driver’s license and auto insurance, reliable vehicle, and clean driving record.
• Experience working with and supporting high school aged students and their families.
• A passion for diversity and cultural competency.
• A belief that you can create positive lasting change for a community, one family at a time.
• Computer Skills: Mastery of Email communication, Microsoft Word, and Excel
• Bilingual candidates in Spanish, French, Swahili and/or Kirundi are strongly encouraged to apply.
• Experience leading a dynamic team to execute the program’s mission and meet program goals. Team members could include Site Coordinators, tutors and others.
• Ability to build relationships with varying groups of people including, but not limited to students, families, teachers, school staff, principals, tutors, and community partners.
• Recruiting and working with qualified tutors to develop learning strategies to meet student needs.
• Be present and engaged, while positively representing ZJF and KOC
• Build strong relationships with students, parents, the school and the community.
• Work closely with school staff and district leaders to support student progress and achievement.
• Track and utilize student data to determine how to best support students.