CNP Assistant 2026-2027

CNP Assistant

School System:
University Charter School

Location:

Livingston

Job Category:
Classified

Position Type:
Full Time Hourly

Requisition Number: CNP Assistant

Reports to:

CNP Director

Final date to receive applications:
Until position is filled

Start Date:

Upon Board Approval

Feeling trapped in the box of the traditional educational model? Ready to rethink rural, K-12 education? Wouldn't it be cool if you could work in an innovative rural school that cultivates students' creativity and makes learning relevant through real-world experiences? A school in which the content standards are the floor and not the ceiling? A school in which relationships are valued more than compliance?

Well, here's your chance!

University Charter School (UCS) is an innovative and new PK-12 public charter school that opened in August 2018 in rural Livingston, Alabama. For the  school year, UCS will have ~750 students in grades PK – 12. UCS is designed to be a rural, diverse school that cultivates independent thought, promotes the building of character and civic responsibility, and is committed to preparing all students for personal and professional success through the discovery of individual learning pathways in a rigorous and integrated Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STREAM) focused, project-based and place-based curriculum.

The vision of University Charter School is to become a rural model for producing adaptable learners that have a strong sense of place, mission, and rural identity, and who recognize the value of collaboration within a school, across a community, and between diverse rural regions. Our graduates will be prepared to continually meet the demands of an ever changing economy and will be perceived as community leaders and catalysts for meaningful change.

We see UCS as a purposeful, place- based, and collaborative pathway to encourage growth and retention in and to restore relevance to our rural community.

UCS is strategically and intentionally located on the campus of the University of West Alabama and was created in partnership with the University of West Alabama. UCS faculty and students will leverage the assets of the University through hands-on partnerships and academic projects with participating colleges and divisions that span health care, education, and the arts, to name a few.

UCS's approach to education is unique in a number of ways:

• Location:
  
  The school's location on the University of West Alabama campus in rural Sumter County, Alabama, will provide students with the opportunity to build rich and ongoing relationships with each other and benefit from the programs and opportunities available on campus and in our Sumter County, our rural community, has been challenged by a lack of high quality educational opportunities, a decline in overall child well-being, high poverty rates, high unemployment rates, low per capita income, and depopulation.
  
  UCS was created out of a partnership between the University of West Alabama and a rural, impoverished community in an effort to meet the educational needs of the children. By nurturing the diversity of a divided community, UCS presents a solution to the unique educational challenges that face rural communities by providing a blueprint for others to follow, as well as presents opportunities to demonstrate and implement PK-12 best practices in a rural setting.
• Curriculum: UCS's curriculum is project-based and place-based, which will provide students with real-world local connections to what they are learning in Students will also have the autonomy to direct their course of study, allowing them to pursue academic work and projects that inspire them.
• Diverse by Design - Last but not least, UCS will ensure that a diverse group of students can take advantage of all of the opportunities this school will offer.

• Duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to, food preparation, serving food, washing dishes, setting up of serving lines, putting away supplies, sweeping, mopping, & cleaning dining area, unloading and stocking deliveries.
• Promotes good public relations and increased participation with students, faculty, and parents through outstanding customer service practices.
• Works cooperatively with the Child Nutrition Program Director and other cafeteria personnel at all times to promote teamwork and efficient production.
• Follows all Federal, State, School Board, and…