Academic Interventionist

Job Description

Job Description

Description : Company Description

KIPP Memphis Public Schools is part of KIPP (Knowledge Is Power Program), a national network of tuition-free, open-enrollment, public schools that are successful in helping students from educationally underserved communities develop the knowledge, skills, character, and habits needed to succeed in college and the competitive world beyond. There are currently 270 KIPP schools across the nation serving nearly 100,000 students. Founded in 2002, KIPP Memphis serves over 1,800 K-12 students in our five North Memphis schools and almost 900 alumni on their journeys to-and-through college with our KIPP Forward Program. As a leader in providing high quality education for students who need us most, the KIPP Memphis team and family serves as a model of excellence and collaborates with other community organizations to raise the overall quality of education in Memphis. The mission of KIPP Memphis is to create joyful, academically excellent schools that prepare students with the skills and confidence to pursue the paths they choose - college, career, and beyond - so they can lead fulfilling lives and build a more just world.

Job Description

The Academic Interventionist is responsible for working directly with students in to provide tutoring, coaching, goal-setting, and academic case management to achieve measurable improvements in academic performance. Must have an authentic interest in the academic growth and development of students, as well as the ability to provide a safe and trustworthy learning environment.

Summary of Duties and Responsibilities :

• Facilitate students’ improvement in assigned subject(s), and increase engagement as a result of their sustained participation in KIPP’s blended learning programs
• Manage classroom behavior to create a productive learning environment
• Provide academic intervention that is active and enables learning and recall of new knowledge strengthened through different exposures of “doing” (i.e., seeing, hearing, touching, and doing)
• Provide academic intervention that is collaborative and is socially-centered, allowing young people to build skills through learning as a team
• Create lesson plans based on student needs as required; and program partnerships with parents, teachers and other supportive services
• Provide academic intervention that is meaningful increases motivation by creating experiences relevant to students’ own interests, and the world in which they live
• Provide academic intervention that supports mastery that provides young people the opportunity to gain and practice new skills and habits
• Lead small-group tutoring, coaching, goal-setting and academic case management designed to bridge the gaps in students’ understanding
• Foster the joy of mastery that culminates in an event or product to be viewed and celebrated by peers and family members
• Provide academic intervention that expands horizons and facilitates learning that goes beyond the walls of site facilities and uses the surrounding community as a classroom, bringing in individuals and businesses that young people may not otherwise come into contact

Blended Learning Connections

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Additional information

Salary for this position is competitive and depends on prior experience, degree attainment, and credentials. A competitive benefits package will also be offered.

ADA Requirements :

KIPP Memphis is committed to a policy of equal treatment for all individuals applying to the school. KIPP Memphis does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, handicap, age, religion, sexual orientation, or national or ethnic origin.

All application information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines