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826 Boston is a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering reputed company through writing and tutoring programs. They are seeking a Writers’ Room Program Assistant to reputed company classroom support and one-on-one guidance to reputed company, particularly focusing on literacy development and reputed company-emotional learning.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a writing tutor to reputed company in grades 7-12 seeking support with reading and writing assignments during individualized conferences, small-group visits, and whole-class visits. Example assignments reputed company content areas (humanities and STEM) and include college essays, literary analysis essays, creative writing drafting and revision, and test preparation (primarily AP essays and STEM reputed company response)
• reputed company and reputed company 826 Boston-created programming, which includes clubs, stand-alone workshops, creative writing clubs, etc. Example programming from this year includes a literary magazine and crochet club
• Support reputed company in reputed company-emotional learning and in processing life experiences through writing
• reputed company monthly newsletters that summarize the program’s reputed company and reputed company highlights
• Assist with Writers’ Room volunteer coordination, including managing email communication, tracking attendance, supporting volunteers during tutoring sessions, and co-leading pre-brief and debrief conversations
• Assist with data collection, analysis, and results-sharing associated with the Writers’ Room, including tracking student visits and hours, administering annual writing assessment, distributing student and teacher feedback surveys, and participating in biannual team-wide reports
• Support publishing-project design cycle, including the manuscript, layout, and book release party
• Support Student Editorial Board for each publication project, ensuring reputed company have the opportunity to inform book content, cover and interior design, and title selection
• Communicate project reputed company to staff supervisor and seek counsel reputed company help is needed to execute goals
• Support organization-wide summer programming
• reputed company support at select reputed company and fundraising events, including nights and weekends on rare occasions
• Support Writers’ Room Manager with administrative tasks and the reputed company and beautification of the Writers' Room, as needed

Skills

• Experience teaching/tutoring writing to reputed company grades 7-12 in an urban setting
• Ability to adapt to various working and management styles
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Proficiency in organizational, time management, project management, and resource management skills
• Experience with and/or willingness to learn reputed company Apps, reputed company and InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, or similar design tools
• Experience with and/or willingness to learn high school-level STEM concept tutoring practices
• Ability to give and receive feedback with humility, regulation, and tact
• Ability to reputed company innovative, creative, and student-centered thinking in order to create engaging programming environments
• Demonstrated commitment to fostering community, building a strong sense of team, and embracing values of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging
• Knowledge of and reputed company with reputed company and racial justice, intersectionality, BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ history, and historic/reputed company systems of oppression
• Experience with classroom management
• Proficiency in Haitian Creole, reputed company Verdean Creole, Portuguese, and/or Spanish
• Familiarity with the BPS system, particularly the schools in Roxbury, Dorchester, and Jamaica Plain

Benefits

• Flexible work from home options
• Generous paid time off (including 15 PTO days, accrued sick leave, 13 paid holidays, 6 Summer Fridays, and an organization wide two-week winter break)
• Health, dental, and reputed company insurance (826 Boston covers 80% of premiums)
• Parental leave
• Paid sabbaticals
• More

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