Assistant Teacher

Organization Description:

Cool Classics! is a nationally recognized after-school program that uses book-based, arts-integrated curricula to improve literacy and develop critical thinking skills in Chicago Public School students at schools in underserved communities. Its outcomes include improved academic performance, social-emotional behavior in school and at home, and higher standardized test scores. We aim to improve participants’ reading comprehension, understanding of the arts and analytic skills while building lasting communities of our students, their families, teachers and school administrators to ensure success as they continue their education throughout their lives. A concise overview of our work is at https://tinyurl.com/ydgncr8w. Visit our website at www.coolclassicschicago.org/

Cool Classics! was honored as one of 12 winners of the 2017 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award. The award recognizes the country’s best creative youth development programs for using engagement in the arts and the humanities to generate a wide range of positive outcomes.

Position Responsibilities:

The Assistant Teacher will work under the direction of the Lead Teacher serving a group of 20-25 K through 3rd grade students with in-person and/or virtual programs.

• • Assist in setting up systems to deliver programming
  • Use the Cool Classics! curricula to help Lead Teacher with lively sessions as designed by the Lead Teacher to include
  • Daily reading of classic books
  • Directing drama, dance and music activities
  • Directing art and writing projects
  • Teaching vocabulary and literary concepts
  • Maintaining lending library
  • Chaperoning field trips
  • Work with student helpers to ensure they understand their roles in the process of the day, and to help them grow
  • Work with students and their parents/legal guardians to improve academic performance, as well as social behavior
  • Help administer, collect and analyze data from pre- and post-program tests
  • Help administer any and all surveys
  • Help with administrative work for field trips and other program needs
  • Evaluate sessions to ensure student involvement and learning
  • Use evaluation tools to determine students' achievements

Location:

Chicago public and charter schools on the south and north sides. If public transportation is not an option, arrangements for other transportation to the work site may be available.

Days & Hours:

Sessions are Mondays and Wednesdays or Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Hours of Operation: After-school hours vary from school to school based on dismissal time.

Applicants must be able to commit to work schedule created by Cool Classics! staff and available for the Chicago Public Schools academic year.