Program Coordinator III

WHO WE ARE

If you grew up in a barbershop, a church fellowship hall, a step show, a cookout where the elders held court and the little ones ran wild and safe at the same time, you already know what we are building. ASHE is that room. We are looking for the person who can teach in it.

The Village Method is an African-centered youth development organization working in curriculum design, culturally affirming education, and building spaces where Black and Brown kids get to be brilliant on purpose. We run ASHE under the Freedom Through the Arts banner for scholars in grades K-8 across Atlanta Metro and the Bay Area.

ASHE carries Asé, the West African understanding that every person moves through the world with divine life force in them. We build every lesson around that idea, tying each one back to a real person or place from the African Diaspora, past or present, so scholars see themselves in what they are learning instead of learning around themselves.

The Village Method is hiring a Program Coordinator to teach ASHE at our elementary sites through our long-standing partnership with Hayward Unified School District. ASHE runs 16 weeks, one day a week at each site, serving scholars in 3rd through 6th grade.

This is a teaching job. You are the one in front of the room. You deliver the weekly enrichment lesson, you run the activity, you keep 3rd through 6th graders engaged for 90 minutes on a Tuesday afternoon when they have already been in school all day. That takes a particular kind of person. Fun is not a bonus here. It is the instructional strategy.

You report to the Program Manager, who owns the site relationship, the family relationship, and the season plan. You enhance the classroom experience and relationship with the scholars.

This is a part-time, seasonal position for the 2026-27 school year. ASHE runs 16 weeks of programming, October through May, with training and development beginning in September. You will cover two elementary sites, one program day per site each week.

The position is aligned to our program contract with Hayward Unified School District and concludes when that contract term is complete. There is a chance of continued service into the summer and the fall season. We want to be straight with you up front that continuation is possible and not guaranteed.

Every session moves the same current: welcome and snack, Harambee, enrichment activity, scholar support time, dismissal. You carry the teaching inside that flow.

A typical week runs 11 to 14 hours:

• 5 hours on site. Two sessions, roughly 2.5 hours each, including prep and close-out, with 1.5 hours of teaching time per session
• 3 to 4 hours of lesson preparation. Materials, activity setup and lesson planning with the Program Manager
• 2 to 3 hours of scholar and family follow-up. Check‑ins, session notes and communication the Program Manager asks you to carry
• 1 to 2 hours of team and site work. Volunteer support, attendance and session records
• Paid training in September ahead of the season, plus periodic coaching and check‑ins with your Program Manager

• Teach the weekly enrichment lesson using TVM’s lesson format:
  Objective, Materials, Pre-Questions, Introduction, Activity, Sharing and Reflection
• Anchor every lesson to a real person or place from the African Diaspora, past or present
• Prepare materials and set up the activity before scholars walk in
• Hold a group of 3rd through 6th grade scholars for a full 90‑minute block and keep them with you the whole way
• Read the room in real time and adjust pacing, energy and grouping when the lesson needs it
• Adjust your instruction for scholars with different backgrounds, learning styles and support needs
• Coach scholars into Innovator, Analyst and…