AGREEMENT: South San Francisco Public Library 4
ATTACHMENT: Big Lift Inspiring Summers (BLIS) Site Coach Job Description The Position: The Inspiring Summers Site Coach will inspire facilitators to implement our cutting-edge curriculum to ignite youth to have self-confidence, explore, be creative, problem solve, and develop a love of learning. The Coach will be assigned to work at one of the summer school camps with children entering kindergarten, first grade, second grade, and third grade, and oversee the facilitators at the camp. The Coach will work with the site manager (principal), credentialed teachers, and our partners (The Big Lift, BellXcel, the County of San Mateo) to make this program successful. Coaches will lead trainings for facilitators in June, including training with the San Mateo County Office of Education and additional consultants for facilitators, 1 day on site focused on organizing supplies and a two day site training at the school site prior to the 5-week summer school program. In May, Site Coaches will participate in planning for the 2024 program and facilitator training and begin planning conversations with district partners.
The ideal candidate will have the ability to:
· Foster positive collaboration with facilitators, scholars, and their parents · Exhibit leadership and professionalism while working with partners, facilitators and other coaches
· Observe facilitators’ work with scholars, model best practices for working with children, and provide direct feedback and coaching
· Articulate South San Francisco Public Library goals for this program · Build a trusting relationship with facilitators, scholars, parents, and our partners · Lead training in how to implement enrichment curriculum · Create a risk-free learning environment
· Assist facilitators in developing classroom agreements and routines with scholars’ input for better commitment to expectations
· Provide suggestions to manage transitions such as moving from one activity to another or from going inside to outside
· Provide examples of how to engage scholars
· Encourage the afternoon facilitators to incorporate collaboration with the full day facilitators to support instruction
· Provide direction on how to best approach situations with scholars · Provide support that is non-judgmental and motivate facilitators in a positive manner · Identify what facilitators and scholars are doing well and capitalize on their strengths · Recognize areas of improvement and work with the facilitators to development strategies · Provide timely feedback, recognition, clarity and support · Guide facilitators in reflecting on practices for growth and development · Encourage facilitators to implement open-ended, child-directed projects DocuSign Envelope ID: 721C4302-A642-48D3-AB75-E54DCA3394B4 DocuSign Envelope ID: F382EF93-8F1F-426D-83B9-02C18618150C
AGREEMENT: South San Francisco Public Library 5
· Adhere to the outlined Health & Safety guidelines at the site
QUALIFICATIONS
Knowledge of:
· Goals for this program
· Inclusive learning environment that promote scholar growth · Classroom management and behavior techniques
· Coaching principles and practices - how to mentor, motivate, and be a confidence builder · Motivational strategies
· Excellent interpersonal skills
· Conflict resolution strategies
· Debrief techniques, self-assessment and observations tools to assist facilitators to reflect on classroom management and teaching practices.
Skill/Ability to:
· Discover facilitators’ strengths and weaknesses and coach them to enhance their strengths and overcome personal barriers
· Establish and maintain cooperative relations with staff, partners and youth · Provide leadership and initiative
· Train facilitators with minimal experience working in education and/or with youth · Act as a role model and exhibit a joyful attitude and positive approach · Demonstrate excellent listening skills
· Communicate effectively orally and in writing
· Establish time management
· Be flexible to easily switch tasks when needed
· Ability to share a love of learning and sense of curiosity · Provide clear expectations and support facilitators to continuously improve to meet challenges
· Provide direction to ensure facilitators stay focused and understand priorities · Be innovative and bring a creative approach to troubleshoot difficult situations · Recognize and remove barriers
DocuSign Envelope ID: 721C4302-A642-48D3-AB75-E54DCA3394B4 DocuSign Envelope ID: F382EF93-8F1F-426D-83B9-02C18618150C