Literacy Coach - AmeriCorps Position

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Position: Literacy Coach - AmeriCorps Member

Location: St. Louis, MO

Full-year Literacy Coach - AmeriCorps Member Job Description:

As a full-year AmeriCorps member with the Kingdom House Literacy Initiative you would be serving as both a literacy tutor as well as a tutor coordinator at a local elementary school during the day and in our after school program site during out of school hours. During the summer, you will be an activity leader facilitating an integrated reading curriculum and enrichment activities. This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to the academic success of the community's children while developing and using your community building, education, facilitation, evaluation and project management skills.

This position would be scheduled 40 to 50 hours a week - a typical day could run from 10:30am to 7pm including some early morning and weekend hours.

Required Skills and Eligibility:

• 18 years or older
• U.S. Citizen or have permanent resident status
• Pass name-based check of National Sex Offender Public Website, name-based check of statewide criminal history registry, and fingerprint-based FBI check
• Available full-time from mid-August of 2015 to mid-August 2016
• Bachelor Degree in youth development, social work, psychology, education, or related field preferred; Associates degree required
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Strong verbal and written communications skills
• Ability to work individually as well as part of a high performance team
• Strong initiative
• Knowledge of the stages of youth development and positive approaches to behavior management
• Experience working with elementary age students
• Strong interest in decreasing the achievement gap of at-risk children
• Bilingual English/Spanish preferred
• Access to a car helpful

Benefits:

• Living allowance of $12,530 for full-time service
• Mileage reimbursement
• Professional development opportunities and trainings
• Segal AmeriCorps Education Award upon successful completion of service
• Health insurance
• If eligible, temporary postponement of repayment of qualified federal student loans through loan forbearance
• If eligible, childcare assistance

Applications must include
- Cover letter
- Resume
- Copy of college transcript (unofficial is fine)

Submit to: Please send a resume, cover letter, and transcript to jobs@kingdomhouse.org. In subject line please write "AmeriCorps".