School Climate Coordinator - Healthy Choices AmeriCorps
ABOUT SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT & AMERICORPS
Healthy Choices, an AmeriCorps program in SFUSD, helps students across schools succeed. Diverse teams of Healthy Choices AmeriCorps members provide support to students, classrooms and the whole school, helping to ensure that students in systematically under-resourced schools receive a high-quality education that prepares them with the skills and mindset to thrive and contribute to their community.
The primary goal of Healthy Choices AmeriCorps is to support schools in developing a network of care to enhance student success by increasing attendance, a sense of belonging, and pro-social behaviors on school campuses. Our program trains AmeriCorps members to become future school leaders who will be prepared to cultivate caring communities, embrace all students’ strengths, and support student resilience and agency. Through this program AmeriCorps members serve over 1,600 students in 30 public schools.
What You’ll Do
As a Healthy Choices AmeriCorps member, you will be embedded within schools to service with public educators, administrations, school social workers, and other staff to keep students safe, healthy and ready to learn. We cultivate leadership in service in partnership with programs in the school district as well as local San Francisco community based organizations to recruit mentors, support basic nutritional needs, and enhance the experience of students through community building activities. You will be working to strengthen mentoring programs and to support a positive climate in the school you are embedded in.
Your Role and Responsibilities
As a valued member of the school community, you will share in some or all of the responsibilities listed below. If you have not done all these things before, that is okay. We don’t expect you to come in knowing how to do them and provide one week of training at the beginning of the year to support you, as well as one day per week throughout the entire school year. Plus, you will work with school staff every step of the way. If you’re interested in the role, we’d love for you to apply so we can learn a bit more about why this might be the right opportunity for you!
Responsibilities Include:
- Support school-based mentoring programs; Mentor students
- Lead organized recess and lunch-time activities, clubs and team-building activities; and activities during the after school program to support student achievement
- Organize materials, coordinate daily schedule, and spread the word to students and families about pro-social behavior; participate in school-wide incentives program
- Help lead school-wide activities such as monthly Health Education events, school assemblies, fairs, and educational events to help students make healthy choices
- Support the improvement of volunteer programs and strengthen school/community relationships by helping recruit and retain school volunteers
- Participate in local and school-based service events; help produce appreciation activities
- Complete grant required paperwork and data entry in a timely manner
- Attend regular supervision meetings and work cooperatively with school personnel such as School Social Worker or Counselor, School Nurse and other adults involved with the school and youth
- Attend weekly professional development trainings & meetings relevant to Healthy Choices AmeriCorps
- Develop a work plan in collaboration with school site supervisor
All services may need to be provided remotely in the event of an emergency that requires remote learning; Member duties are not prohibited or unallowable activities per AmeriCorps or Union rules.
Healthy Choices AmeriCorps Benefits
You will receive:
- Monthly living allowance of $3,035
- Segal Education Award ($6,495) and CA For All education award upon completion of service (10k in total)
- Student loan forbearance for qualifying loans
- AmeriCorps child care benefits for qualifying members with children under the age of 13
- Opportunity to obtain health insurance
- Professional training and networking in public education and the mentoring field
- Extensive experience in public school district programming, communications and program strategies, as well as the opportunity to strengthen writing and communication skills
- A built-in network of Corps Members and colleagues
Eligibility Requirements
Applicants must:
- Have a passion for national and community service
- Demonstrate effective communication: writing and editing; comfortable speaking in front of groups
- Possess excellent organization skills; able to effectively manage time and meet competing demands; reliable; punctual
- Be flexible, adaptable, and have a positive attitude to learning
- Have the the ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Be committed to youth development; Experience with children 5-17 preferred
- Have experience with and/or desire to work with diverse people, organizations and communities
- High School graduate or equivalent; BA/BS (Education, Social Work, Health) strongly preferred
- Bilingual and/or Bicultural a plus
- Complete background clearance, including National Service Criminal History Check
- You must be a U.S. citizen, national, or legal permanent resident alien of the U.S. to be an AmeriCorps Member
How to Apply
Please apply through the Handshake application button and feel free to email Gabrielle Theobald-Anderson for more information or for questions (andersong@sfusd.edu).