Academic Support & Career Exploration Teacher

Description

Job Title: Academic Support & Career Exploration Teacher

Supervisor: 21st CCLC Site Coordinator/Program Director

Site

Location:

Boys & Girls Club of Clifton - 181 Colfax Avenue, Clifton, NJ 07013 & Christopher Columbus Middle School - 350 Piaget Avenue, Clifton, NJ 07011

Position Type: Part-Time, Non-Exempt

Clifton, New Jersey is the third most diverse city in America by languages spoken and has a proud history of being a first stop city for generations of immigrants. Since 1947 the Boys & Girls Club (BGCC) has supported the Clifton community in providing quality youth development programs for youth aged 3-18. The BGCC serves over 6,000 youth annually, and continues to grow, remaining dedicated to the community’s ever-changing needs.

We are committed to ensuring every child has access to our exceptional programs and services, aiming to enrich their lives and shape their futures. We are seeking individuals who will listen to the children, respect, and honor their diversity, while helping us maintain a safe environment where they can have fun and be themselves. We are looking for passionate people who are excited to support our mission: to empower and inspire all young people, especially those who need us most, to realize their full potential as responsible, caring, and productive citizens.

If you're ready to make a difference and help inspire our children, join us today!

Boys & Girls Club of Clifton is seeking an enthusiastic, supportive, and student-centered Academic Support & Career Exploration Teacher to work with middle and high school students participating in our New Jersey 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) program.

This position combines academic support, college and career readiness, career exploration, and student mentoring. The successful candidate will help students strengthen academic skills while connecting what they are learning in school to future educational, career, and workforce opportunities.

The teacher will create engaging after-school experiences that help students understand their strengths and interests, explore different career pathways, develop essential employability skills, and begin planning for life after high school.

• Provide individualized and small-group academic support to middle and high school students.
• Assist students with homework, assignments, projects, research, and long-term academic tasks.
• Provide support in English Language Arts, mathematics, science, social studies, and other subject areas as appropriate.
• Reinforce and extend concepts taught during the regular school day.
• Provide instruction and activities aligned with the New Jersey Student Learning Standards (NJSLS) and students' academic needs.
• Help students develop effective study habits, organization, time-management, note-taking, research, and test-preparation skills.
• Support students in setting academic goals and developing strategies to achieve them.
• Use differentiated instructional approaches to accommodate different academic levels, learning styles, and interests.

• Introduce students to a broad range of careers, industries, professions, and career pathways.
• Help students identify personal interests, strengths, skills, and potential career goals.
• Facilitate career exploration activities, interest inventories, career research, and career pathway projects.
• Help students understand the connection between education, skills, careers, and earning potential.
• Introduce students to college, technical education, apprenticeships, credential programs, military careers, entrepreneurship, and other postsecondary pathways.
• Help high school students…