Residential Advisor; Temporary

Position: Residential Life Advisor (Temporary)
Aloha mai!  Mahalo for your interest in Kamehameha Schools.  If you are looking for an opportunity to utilize your skills and talents and grow in your profession, while serving and strengthening our Native Hawaiian community, we would love to have you join our ʻohana!
*** Kamehameha Schools Kapālama Campus is seeking a Temporary Residential Life Advisor!
**** For generations, ʻohana from across Hawaiʻi and beyond have found an extended home away from home at our Kapālama campus. The Residential Life program provides a safe, supportive environment where students experience unique learning opportunities rooted in Hawaiian culture while living in a diverse, close-knit community.
**** Position Details:***
* * Temporary, full-time role, approximately
** 3–6 months***
* * Compensation:
** Prorated portion of the annual salary
**** Serves as an educator for students’ development of life skills, social emotional learning, Hawaiian culture, and Christian values
* Provides opportunities for student exploration of independence by providing developmentally appropriate options and choices within programmatic parameters.
* Provides an inclusive, supportive and flexible structure from which students learn responsibility, problem solving, and time management.
* Implements the curriculum and life skills program, including encouraging students to utilize developmentally appropriate decision-making and critical thinking strategies
* Provides experiential learning opportunities for students to practice and demonstrate using their skills
* Provides opportunities for students to practice leadership and critical thinking skills
* Practices active supervision and engages in programming alongside the students.
* Actively listens to students’ thoughts, ideas, and concerns
* Provides reinforcement of positive behaviors through encouragement and praise
* Provides correction and redirection for students and hold them to high standards
* Monitors student progress and provides appropriate interventions to support student success
* Provides reinforcing and developmental feedback to students on a consistent basis.
* Assesses students’ academic grades/performance and implementing additional learning support when necessary.
* Communicates regularly with teachers on student progress and development.
* Frequently communicates with the parents/guardians regarding student’s progress, growth areas, and areas for improvement.
* Facilitates and supports staff with addressing any concerns of Parents/Guardians in a timely manner and connects them to the appropriate resources.
* Supports the student behavior management system by coaching staff on appropriate consequences and providing guidance on using teachable moments with students.
* Responsible for activity setup/breakdown and transporting supplies for general program support.
* Assesses facilities and practices to ensure safe living and learning environments are maintained.
* Follows policies and protocols to ensure the safety of students and staff
* Immediately reports signs of student mental health concerns to the appropriate persons
* Follows all child abuse reporting protocols with urgency and accuracy.
* Teaches students about safety including fire safety, chemical usage, internet safety, etc.
* Provides basic first aid care by adhering to medical training
* Maintains an awareness of student whereabouts at all times
* Keeps an awareness of all visitors and guests that enter the dorms.
* Maintains accurate check out records and follows check out procedures
* Logs all student and perimeter checks
* Ability to quickly adapt to student needs or emergencies
* Ability to interact in a calm and professional manner with students who may be emotional.
* Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution
* Minimum 2 years of experience leading children in an educational environment
* Ability to apply professional approaches to solve problems and organize programs and projects, including, but not limited to motivating students.
* Skills in judgment and decision-making, problem solving, identifying measures of system performance and the actions to improve performance.
* Project management, problem identification and reasoning…