Writers’ Room Program Assistant at New Mission High School

826 Boston is a nonprofit writing, tutoring, and publishing organization seeking a dynamic individual to serve as the Writers’ Room Program Assistant at New Mission High School. The role involves providing robust support for students in their writing development, leading programming, and collaborating with teachers to enhance writing instruction.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a writing tutor to students seeking support with writing assignments for class visits across all content areas; example assignments include college essays, senior research capstones, portfolio projects and project-based assignments
• Develop and lead 826 Boston-created programming, which can include stand alone workshops. Example programming includes subject-centered supplemental workshops and journalism and creative writing clubs
• Develop instructional resources and student-facing materials to support students in building their technical writing skills for STEM or humanities subject areas
• Support students’ writing development through one-on-one conferences, small-group collaboration, and whole-class instruction leading reading and writing workshops
• Support students in social emotional learning and to process life experiences through writing and peer-to-peer and peer leadership opportunities which can include club leads, Writers’ Room Ambassadors, affinity groups, etc
• Support with coordination of external partners for workshops, club visits, class visits, etc
• Create and update rotating bulletin display that highlights heritage months, writing contests, and paid opportunities, and more
• Develop monthly newsletters that summarizes the program’s progress and notable highlights for teachers and students
• Assist with Writers’ Room volunteer coordination, including managing email communication and tracking attendance; developing and co-lead pre-brief and debrief conversations
• Assist with data collection, analysis, and results-sharing associated with the Writers’ Room, including tracking student visits and hours, administering annual writing assessment, distributing student and teacher feedback surveys, and participating in biannual team-wide reports
• Support publishing project design cycle, from ideation to the manuscript all the way through to the book release party
• Co-lead Student Editorial Board for each publication project, ensuring students have the opportunity to inform book content, cover and interior design, and title selection
• Communicate project progress to staff supervisor and seek counsel when help is needed to execute goals
• Assist in the execution of journalism club, supporting instruction and building journalism-related skills of students (e.g. writing, editing, interviewing, etc)
• Support organization-wide summer programming
• Provide support at select outreach and fundraising events, including nights and weekends on rare occasions
• Support Writers’ Room Manager with administrative tasks and the upkeep and beautification of the Writers' Room, as needed

Skills

• Experience teaching/tutoring writing to students grades 7-12 in an urban setting
• Ability to adapt to various working, management styles and student behaviors
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated collaborative skills, with the ability to work effectively across team and departments
• Strong facilitation skills and ability to support lesson plan development
• Proficiency in organizational, time management, project management, and resource management skills
• Experience with and/or willingness to learn Google Apps, Salesforce and InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, or similar design tools
• Ability to give and receive feedback with humility, regulation, and tact
• Ability to employ innovative, creative, and student-centered thinking for creating engaging programming environments
• Demonstrated commitment to fostering community, building a strong sense of team, and embracing values of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging
• Knowledge of and fluency with social and racial justice, intersectionality, BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ history, and historic/current systems of oppression
• Experience with classroom management required
• Proficiency in Spanish, Haitian Creole, or French preferred, but not required
• Familiarity with the BPS system, particularly the schools in Roxbury, Dorchester, and Jamaica Plain, preferred, but not required

Benefits

• Flexible work from home options
• Generous paid time off (including 15 PTO days, accrued sick leave, 13 paid holidays, 6 Summer Fridays, and an organization wide two-week winter break)
• Health, dental, and vision insurance (826 Boston covers 80% of premiums)
• Parental leave
• Paid sabbaticals
• More

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