Part-Time Administrator for Cool Classics! After-School Programs

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Cool Classics! is seeking efficient, well-organized individuals interested in bringing their professional skills to a nonprofit working to expand its unique programs. We were recently honored with a 2017 Youth Program Award, given by the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Institute of Museum and Library Services, in cooperation with the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies.

General Description:

Cool Classics! is an after-school program that uses book-based, arts-integrated curricula to improve literacy, teach critical-thinking skills and introduce students in underserved communities to the arts and humanities. Committed to improving literacy and being a vehicle for creating readers and critical thinkers, Cool Classics!’ goal is to expand participants’ sense of the arts, cultures and humanities by helping to engage each child as an avid reader, analytic thinker and thoughtful citizen. Since 2006 we have been introducing elementary school children to the world of ideas in ways that engage them. We hold our students to the highest academic standards and provide them with the tools for success.

Various measures indicate that the majority of children who participate in Cool Classics! achieve:

• Increased enthusiasm for reading and improved reading skills
• Better reading comprehension and analysis
• Mastery of vocabulary and literary terms
• Improved critical-thinking skills
• Expanded understanding of: Literature, Humanities, Art, Dance, Drama, Music and Poetry
• Ability to link the arts and ideas to their own lives
• Improved social-emotional skills and behavior at school and at home
• Improved scores on standardized tests

The video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6o0ytEjux_M&feature=youtu.be briefly describes our work. Our website at coolclassicschicago.org offers more information, galleries of our children's art and photos of their activities as well as an archive of our enewsletters.

Job objective: Efficient administration of Cool Classics!

Scope: Cool Classics! is an after-school program that uses classic books to connect young children to a unified world of reading, art, culture and humanities offered at schools around Chicago. The coordination of these programs requires a part-time volunteer administrator working closely with the Director and Lead Teachers. Hours are flexible and much of the work can be performed on your own schedule.

Responsibilities: Manage office systems; Manage scheduling for employees and volunteers; Communicate with all levels of operation. Flexibility is important.

Please send resume and paragraph of why this might fit into your life at this time.