Activities Instructor
Minnesota Independence College and Community
Minneapolis, MN
- Expired: September 28, 2022. Applications are no longer accepted.
Purpose Statement
The Activities Instructor is responsible for planning, coordinating, and guiding of social opportunities. This position works directly with participants in a mentoring capacity by leading on/off campus programming to encourage social engagement in the community.
Schedule: Tues- Saturday 1:00pm-9:30pm
Salary: $40,000.00-$42,000.00
Essential Functions
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Areas of Responsibility
Activity Development
Activity Programming
Participant Support
Requirements
Skills and Abilities
Qualifications - Education & Experience
The Activities Instructor is responsible for planning, coordinating, and guiding of social opportunities. This position works directly with participants in a mentoring capacity by leading on/off campus programming to encourage social engagement in the community.
Schedule: Tues- Saturday 1:00pm-9:30pm
Salary: $40,000.00-$42,000.00
Essential Functions
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Provide activities development for the MICC Social Program to ensure a variety of opportunities are provided to create excitement, enhance interpersonal growth, and increase participant engagement
- Assist in the resolution of participant issues and concerns referring issues to Advisors and Supervisors as appropriate
- Foster positive relationships between participants
- Demonstrate independent decision-making, planning and follow through
- Maintain effective and professional communication inside and outside of MICC
- Maintain confidentiality and promote respect for all MICC participants, staff, families, and others
- Record student information and evaluate student performance electronically as required
- Other duties as assigned
Areas of Responsibility
Activity Development
- Be involved in the planning and execution of evening and weekend socials, staying relevant in metro area and tailoring experiences to meet the needs of our students
- Develop on/off campus activities and excursions within an established budget to review with Activities Supervisor
- Propose an activity schedule to the Activities Supervisor
- Oversee and monitors the participation and registration process for activities center and excursion access
- Collaborate with the Operations Specialist to determine transportation needs to support programming
- Ensure assigned competencies are achieved by students, recording and evaluating progress regularly
- Be a lead on shift and communicate program updates to Activity Assistants in the absence of the Activities Supervisor
- Collaborate and communicate with other pods as necessary for student competency development
- Work within given budget to plan monthly student engagement
- Develop plans for program diversity and activity variety
Activity Programming
- Innovate and lead activity programming for Community and College participants ensuring age-appropriate activities offered
- Prepare and setup programming materials needed prior to activity
- Mentor participants for peer led clubs to support growth in leadership skills
- Support excursion offerings including purchasing of tickets, arranging of transportation and supervision of MICC participants
- Ensures documentation and receipts are submitted for tracking
- Monitor participant attendance and engagement in Caseworthy, and Microsoft Office systems to prepare department reports
- Distribute and collect waivers if programming requires for participant engagement
- Document activities by taking photos and drafting a summary to be used for communications via social media platforms and newsletters
- Staff Family Weekends and summer programs offered to potential future MICC students that may be outside normal hours
- Provide elective course instruction in categories around the T.E.A.C.H framework as needed, including subbing for elective instructors as needed
- Ensuring proper closing procedures are followed including but not limited to cleaning, supply restocking, activity center maintenance and locking of the facilities
Participant Support
- Provide participant support as it relates to accommodations in social engagement and de-escalation of behaviors
- Educate participants in the surrounding areas of Richfield, Bloomington and Edina including ongoing education in public transportation to support independence
- Become cross trained to support College Program delivery of medication, nightly rounds, and other closing procedures
- Be involved in the planning and execution of evening and weekend socials, staying relevant in metro area activities and tailoring experiences to meet the needs of our students
- Enforce PBIS practices through verbal and written communications with participants
- Facilitate monthly participant meetings to collect data to provide activity ideas
- Transporting participants in 15 passenger van
- Understand participant plans as it relates to legal and medical information
- Act as a first responder while on duty to report significant events to Program Directors when necessary, and coordinate responses to emergency personnel
- Manage the activity cell phones to ensure contact information for all participants is accurate and the phone is with a point throughout the evening and weekend hours to support participant needs as they arise
Requirements
Skills and Abilities
- Ability to identify and assist in solving problems using strong organizational, time management, and interpersonal skills, as well as the ability to relate to and motivate a diverse population
- Possess personal qualities of integrity, credibility and good judgment
- Maintain confidentiality of organizational, employee and student information
- Demonstrate professionalism in work performance and communication with others
- Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills, with strong oral and written communication skills
- Positive attitude and ability to make learning fun
- Creative and problem solving oriented
Qualifications - Education & Experience
- B.A., B.S. in Youth Work, Parks and Recreation Administration, Social Science, Psychology, Special Education, or working toward such a degree or possess equivalent experience.
- Experience in working with young adults with ASD and/or learning differences is highly desirable.
- Strong interpersonal and organizational skills, with excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Proficient in Word, Excel, Outlook, and mobile application communication.
- Must have a current driver's license with a good driving record
Minnesota Independence College and Community
Address
7501 Logan Ave South
Minneapolis, MN
55423
USA
Industry
Education
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