Description:
Teachers are facilitators of our youth programs who are assigned to deliver in-school, afterschool, weekend or summer workshops for youth at the same school in which they work during the day.
Trainers are facilitators of our parent/family engagement or our professional development services who provide workshops to parents and/or staff of our clients.
Teaching artists are facilitators of our youth programs who have professional expertise and/or experience in a particular art, academic or athletic area and who are assigned to deliver in-school, afterschool, weekend or summer workshops for youth. The teaching artists integrate our youth programs with their area of expertise.
Objectives:
1. | To design and implement learning plans based on the Community Change, CareerVisions, Legacy, Money Moves, and Peace. |
2. | To ensure that the Models are implemented with integrity. |
Towards meeting these objectives, the teacher/artist/trainer will:
• | Develop a mastery of the Models and select evidence-based curricula. |
• | Ensure the integrity of the Models and select evidence-based curricula and adherence to the timeline provided. |
• | Research exercises and references to develop learning plans that support the State Standards. |
• | Develop and implement learning plans. Learning plans should be aligned with the day school curriculum, intentionally integrated with the State Standards, and be based on the facilitator’s choice of the Community Change, CareerVisions, Legacy, Money Moves, and Peace. |
• | Regularly submit draft learning plans, phase summaries and attendance along with time sheets. |
• | Attend scheduled meetings with company, and/or its client(s). |
• | Submit time sheets for payments, supported by research, learning plans, attendance and phase summaries. |
Warning:
Our programs are safe spaces for young people both physically and emotionally. If hired, the use of profanity, nudity and/or any other inappropriate contact, conversations, graphics, language and/or materials are all prohibited. Doing so will definitely result in your immediate termination and may result in both civil and criminal charges against you.
Being intoxicated and/or under the influence of any substance whatsoever during authorized scheduled hours is prohibited. Doing so will definitely result in your immediate termination.
Under no circumstance is a team member to promote their independent work or negotiate an independent relationship, professional or otherwise, with a client or participant without the prior knowledge or consent of this company’s Executive Director. Doing so will result in the permanent end of our working relationship.
Time Commitment:
Teachers/teaching artists and trainers can take on one or more project depending upon availability. There are multiple projects throughout New York State (https://communitychangeinc.com/service-locations-2/).
Each project runs up to 15-weeks or roughly one semester. The teacher/teaching artist/trainer is compensated for designing and implementing our pedagogy with fidelity and without fail for at least two, one hour sessions per week. Staff will not be employed or paid for neglecting this approach nor for implementing any other approach. Fidelity implementation includes: 1. Adhering to the implementation timeline 2. Having their students to successfully deliver the scheduled special event as outlined and 3. Having their students successfully engage their community to plan and implement an action project as outlined.
- Authorized, scheduled sessions with target population. Hours of sessions based on the assignment/program schedule (generally, at least two hours per session, four hours weekly for 14 weeks/56 hours total, per assigned project, with exceptions based on each assignment);
- Scheduled meetings with supervisor and trainings.
- Prep time is not a billable service.
- Time meeting for assistance completing payroll and/or attendance are not billable services.
- Each staff member, including those returning, is required to attend an orientation to the company, the training academy of their choice.
- The link to your lessons should be submitted as part of your payroll link to Professor A.I. Teacher Pai-generated lessons inclusive of the phase summaries.
- The time frame of a model does not exceed 15 weeks or one semester. In order to complete the tasks of the project within the timeframe, please
- Always bill up to one hour for same day cancellations and make notations on attendance sheets during payroll submission in these situations;
Compensation:
Please be advised that we are an entity independent of any and every school district and teacher union. As such, we are not bound by their pay rates for teachers, as we have our own (see below).
The regular hourly rate for the teacher is $55/hour. This includes the participation in the Training Academy, the link for which is here: https://docs.google.com/
For CareerVisions, Ltd., the regular hourly rate for the teaching artist is $55/hour. This does not include the participation in the Training Academy, the link for which is here: https://docs.google.com/
The rate for the trainer varies between $60/hour, and the flat rates of up to $300 for delivering workshops for parents; and between $500 (for half-day sessions of less than 3.5 hours) and $800 (for full-day sessions of more than 3.5 hours) for delivering external workshops to our clients, depending on the assignment. Trainers do not bill for prep time, independent research and/or independent writing of workshop outlines, as it is built into their compensations.
Staff may bill for one Training Academy session per phase.
Staff are welcomed to attend more sessions in a single phase, but they may only bill for one.
Teacher PAI lesson plans are designed for a single session in a day. Please only bill for single lesson plans that are implemented on a single day. Please do not bill for the same lesson plan more than once.
Bonus:
Teachers will receive an bonus for completing the following tasks on the same day:
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- For each day, teachers/teaching artists will be able to bill separately, as completed, for:
- .25 hours (15 minutes) for attendance entry (photo + P/A entry);
- .25 hours for each distinct learning plan designed using Teacher PAI; and
- .25 hours for each lesson plan summary at the end of each lesson.
- Each summary should be shared with and documented by students each ensuing lesson.
- These must be done on the same day in order to qualify for the daily bonus, as each task on its own does not consume .25 hours, hence the bonus for same day completion and submission. Each item is separate. Please do not charge for any item not completed on the same day.
- For each day, teachers/teaching artists will be able to bill separately, as completed, for:
Qualifications:
Must be accomplished in an academic or art discipline and capable of delivering engaging, dynamic learning plans to students. Must be in good standing with the assigned school district and pass local/state/federal security clearances.
Please send resumes to jobs@communitychangeinc.com.