MEI FUTURES ACADEMY PCS

Boarding School for Teen Parents and Their Children

JOB ANNOUNCEMENT

FAMILY SUPPORT ASSISTANT- Residential Student Services Team

(MEIFuturesAcademy will be accepting resumes for this position until filled)

POSITION PURPOSE:

  • The Family Support Assistant lives in the dormitory, is on 24-hr call, and is responsible for collaborating with instructional staff, clinical staff, community partners and residents to develop a boarding environment conducive to healthy family development and learning;
  • The ideal candidate will have a background that includes knowledge of human development, maternal and family health, early childhood development and/or related experience working in residence halls, life-skills education or with teen parents.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Actively participates in creating an exemplary school environment;
  • Collaborates effectively within a non traditional school schedule and organizational structure;
  • Assists in the development and achievement of school goals/objectives and the planning/implementation of the schools’ instructional programs including Expeditionary Learning Outward Bound (ELOB), HighScope, Parents as Teachers and MELD;
  • Facilitate learning within the dormitory that is linked to the academic goals of the student and the school;
  • Help create and maintain a boarding environment conducive to family development and learning;
  • Encourage programming aimed at students’ needs;
  • Work across departments to promote and provide educational and social programming that develops student ability to meet personal, academic and non-academic goals.
  • Provide individual visits to non-boarding families assigned to their support group
  • Facilitate weekly parent support group using MELD Parent Education and Support Curricula;
  • Work with families to promote security and safety awareness including personal safety, fire safety and emergency preparedness;
  • Maintain a good sense of humor and support the sharing of wonderful ideas, and having fun;
  • Actively commits to a school-wide, participatory management structure;
  • Actively uses a holistic, relationship building approach as a disciplinary model;
  • Participates in on- and off-site (national) staff development opportunities during

the summer and academic school year;

  • Actively involved in school self-study and accreditation process.

Ideal candidates will be available by July 15th, 2007.

QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Experience working with urban families;
  • Experience with residence hall or dormitory management;
  • Bachelors Degree in Human Development, Psychology, Social Work or a related field;
  • 3-5 years of experience working in a multi-systemic environment;
  • Knowledge of Family Literacy practices is a plus;
  • Familiarity with Parents as Teachers and MELD Curricula is a plus.

Administrative Office

1455 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW-Suite 100,Washington, DC20004

Phone:(202) 349-4054 Fax:(202) 832-6353

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