Classroom Support Team- Parent Engagement Specialist Intern

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Do you enjoy working with families/parents? Have experience or a related degree? Are you considering a career in counseling or education? Then this position is perfect for you! The Parent Engagement Specialist is an integral part of our Classroom Support Team (CST) program. The CST is a classroom redesign model where we support a grade level of teachers with a team of volunteers/interns. The team consists of a student teacher, teaching assistant, parent engagement specialist and tech integration specialist who all work collaboratively with a team of teachers to create classroom impact strategies and interventions that are data-driven, student focused and real-time. The Parent Engagement Specialist role in the team is to help the classroom better engage partners, create volunteer opportunities for parents in the classroom and maintain communications between parents and the classroom. Studies show that student achievement grows greatly when there are more caring adults involved. If you want to be apart of innovating classrooms in Arizona, this position is a fit for you.

Overview

The Million Dollar Teacher Project is a non-profit organization that’s mission is to empower teachers. Beginning with recognition and support, our long-term objective is to raise compensation for teachers. At MDTP we believe that "to create amazing students, we need amazing teachers" and we want to be a driving force behind supporting and retaining great educators. We are seeking hardworking, passionate interns who are looking to grow and develop both personally and professionally, all while making an impact on their community.

Responsibilities

• Encourage and monitor the progress of individual students
• Manage parent communications in the classroom by establishing and enforcing consistent systems
• Maintain discipline in accordance with the rules and disciplinary systems of the school
• Participate in extracurricular activities such as social activities "Meet the Team (Teacher) Day", "Parent Team (Teacher) Conferences"
• Participate in department and school meetings, parent meetings
• Keep updated with developments in subject area, teaching resources and methods and make relevant suggestions to instructional plans and activities
• Suggest parent resources for use in the classroom
• Data Management
• Create classroom based volunteer opportunities for parents
• Other duties as assigned

Benefits and Opportunities

• Get to know students before student teaching
• Get classroom observation hours
• Opportunity to learn family engagement strategies
• Grow with a campus
• Know your mentor teacher prior student teaching
• Volunteer Hours
• Service Learning Hours
• Practicum Hours
• Internship Hours
• Student Teaching Hours
• Opportunity to do practicum and student teaching with one teacher
• Opportunity to grow on the campus and school learn different aspects of education

Requirements

• Participate in weekly and monthly meetings on sight
• Flexible schedule opportunites (6 - 10 hours a week)
• Possess a good attitude, hard work ethic, and a passion for helping teachers and education
• Must have or obtain a Fingerprint clearance card
• Maintain a minimum 3.0 GPA
• All majors welcome
• Assist in different aspects of classroom management
• Internship begins September 1 st. and ends March 31st
• Must be at least 18 years of age to apply
• You do NOT have to be enrolled in school to apply