Job Description

Yonkers Partners in Education (YPIE) is a nonprofit organization located in Yonkers, NY that partners with students to ensure they are ready for, enroll in, and complete college. We confront the challenges of a low-income, urban school district by providing families with equitable access to the critical tools and services necessary for college success.

*Given the ongoing challenges of the pandemic, it is imperative that candidates for this position be adaptable, persistent in their work with students, and able to work/teach both remotely and in-person.*

Job Mission:

The YPIE Scholars Program is focused on preparing students with the academic and life skills needed for college success. A College Readiness Manager provides academic interventions and facilitates programming that builds student skills in academics and beyond.

College Readiness Managers are assigned a cohort of students across one or more high schools in Yonkers and tasked with leveraging an array of academic intervention strategies and resources to ensure 100% of assigned Scholars are engaged and ready for college. College Readiness Managers also facilitate academically-rooted YPIE Majors in order to foster students’ passions and facilitate academic, socio-emotional, and pre-professional growth for all Scholars. Daily responsibilities include:

• Academic Intervention Work: Directly tutor and coach 80-120 YPIE Scholars across one or more high schools, and incorporate volunteer Graduation Coaches, YPIE College Zone academic help, and other supports to ensure assigned Scholars become ready for college.
• Tutor Scholars and facilitate learning in core subjects to foster academic readiness
• Develop and execute intervention plans while counseling each Scholar around social/emotional health, self-awareness, and self-management
• Coach each Scholar around accessing resources and connect Scholars to crucial internal and external supports as necessary to support Scholars in achieving their goals
• Manage YPIE Scholars’ assigned Graduation Coach volunteers to support Scholars’ growth & obtain 8.5/10 average score on end of year volunteer survey
• Programming: Facilitate pre-professional, academic, and/or social and emotional learning programming to ensure all YPIE Scholars meet college readiness goals.
• • Plan, coordinate, and facilitate one or more career-pathway programs (“YPIE Majors”)
  • Plan and execute daily lessons to ensure that 100% of Scholars reach academic program goals, leveraging areas of academic expertise to support tutoring needs
  • Plan and execute life skills and pre-professional programming, special events, electives, team building program, and additional interventions 

Strong Applicants will possess: 

• An outcomes-focused orientation
• Experience in teaching, program design, counseling, social work, or related field
• Experience with and commitment to ensuring equity for a diverse population of students
• Experience working with, tracking, and analyzing data to target student support and evaluate effectiveness
• Proven organizational and program tracking skills
• Ability to navigate partnerships with diverse stakeholders
• A car and a willingness to travel to program sites
• Flexibility to work some evening and weekend hours as student needs arise
• Spanish fluency a plus

How to Apply

Please submit the following application materials by email to Max Silverman at msilverman@ypie.org: 

• Resume
• Cover Letter
• References available upon request

Bureaus: New York. Job Categories: Full-Time. Job Types: Teacher.