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Position Summary

The Academic Content Facilitator is passionate about helping students fall in love with reading and math. This role calls for someone who is professional, creative, flexible, and fun — someone who can teach a diverse array of concepts and communicate effectively with both students and adults. The Academic Content Facilitator is responsible for delivering a structured, research-based curriculum designed to accelerate student growth in math and reading. Working closely with the Program Coach, the Academic Content Facilitator receives ongoing support and feedback to continuously strengthen their instructional practice. The Academic Content Facilitator is a team player who is excited to help students make amazing academic progress over the summer.

Responsibilities

• Curriculum Delivery: Internalize and deliver daily academic lessons for groups of up to 20 students, implementing a structured, research-based curriculum designed to accelerate student growth in reading and math.
• Classroom Environment: Create a safe, respectful, and youth development-based learning environment where all students feel welcomed, valued, and set up for success.
• Culturally Relevant Instruction: Implement and modify lesson plans to ensure content is culturally relevant and accessible for a diverse population of students.
• Behavior Management and Conflict Resolution: Manage student behavior and resolve conflicts promptly and effectively, using strategies that promote independence, self-control, and a positive classroom culture.
• Classroom Organization: Organize the classroom environment to facilitate student independence, smooth transitions, and effective use of communal supplies and materials.
• Progress Tracking and Communication: Work closely with the Program Coach, Site Director, and Operations Coordinator to track student progress and communicate regularly about individual and group needs.
• Team Collaboration: Serve as an active and supportive team member alongside the Director of Expanded Learning, Site Director, and fellow Academic Content Facilitators.
• Professional Development: Participate in all scheduled staff development sessions, training, and team meetings, and prepare effectively for classroom observations and coaching conversations.
• Other tasks as assigned or necessary for program success.

EFC Core Values

• Connected- We continually work to build trusting relationships among students, families, staff, and the Oakland community at large. We are an all-hands-on-deck network driven by empathy. We value our collective identity and the individual identities of our community members and scholars such that we have a sense of collective ownership and responsibility for each other and for our scholars.
• Inclusive- We proactively disrupt predictable patterns of opportunity, power, privilege, and performance. We create an inclusive environment where multiple perspectives are not only valued but sought, where people from all backgrounds feel seen and heard and can thrive, and where we all feel a deep sense of accountability to our mission.
• Interdependent- Our success at every level is dependent on our individual and collective sustainability. To that end, we are transparent, creative, and collaborative problem-solvers who seek to build trusting relationships. We are curious and are open to new ideas while also putting systems in place to ensure continuity so that our employees can stay, grow, thrive, and help make good on our promise to our students and families.
• Learners- We support each other to develop and grow so that we can leverage our collective power, intelligence, and passion on behalf of our students. We lean on home-grown leaders who are rooted in our community. Individuals feel known and are provided opportunities to maximize their potential in alignment with their passions and goals.

Title IX Notice of Nondiscrimination

EFC prohibits sex discrimination including sex-based harassment in any education program or activity that it operates. Individuals may report concerns or questions regarding sex discrimination or harassment to the Title IX Coordinator. The contact information for the Title IX Coordinator, EFC’s Title IX notice of nondiscrimination, and additional information regarding your rights under Title IX are available on the EFC website at: https://www.efcps.org/Title_IX_Coordinator_Rights_Notice