Job Title: Enrichment Instructor

Department: Extended Learning & Community Schools

Location: DISTRICT WIDE (C3, Westerly Creek, Maxwell, Beach Court, Trevista, Stephen Knight, McMeen, University Park, Barney Ford, DMLK, Grant Ranch)

Schedule: Monday - Friday, Hours vary. Part-time

Hourly Rate: $21.50/hour

Highlights: Paid professional development trainings, benefits available for those working 20+ hours/week, free enrollment for your child during scheduled shifts

Position Objective:

The Enrichment Instructor will implement a variety of enrichment and educational classes after school, for middle school aged youth, as well as support curriculum development, implement out-of-school time best practices, and program evaluation.

Essential Functions:

• Provides educational instruction in assigned subject/topic areas
• Design new enrichment classes in alignment with OST best practices
• Works to align curriculum with state and school standards
• Prepares pre and post tests for students and administers on a class basis
• Evaluates and updates teaching materials as necessary

• Ensures upkeep and working condition of all computers and updates software
• Work with site staff on student recruitment and retention;
• The ability to develop and deliver high quality lesson plans
• The ability to foster a culturally responsive environment and meet students' needs equitably
• Provide support for day-to-day program operations as needed
• The ability to foster a physically and emotionally safe environment for all students, and effectively manage students in a classroom environment

Licensure and Certification:

Must be able to be CPR certified

Education Requirements:

• Currently working toward a four-year degree with 460 hours of experience in the youth development and/or education field related to the assigned enrichment content area OR verifiable mastery of assigned content area one will facilitate through experience, education, volunteer work etc.

Knowledge, Experience, & Other Qualifications:

• Must pass a CBI (Colorado) and FBI (Federal) background check.

• Flexible, self-motivated and dependable individual
• Must be 18 years of age or older
• Must have knowledge of specific enrichment content area
• Must be able to work at multiple locations if assigned
• Troubleshooting for: computer hardware and software and other digital devices;
• Ability to problem solve and research solutions;
• Strong organizational skills and ability to multitask

About Denver Public Schools:

Extended Learning and Community Schools supports and strengthens DPS students, families, schools and communities by delivering and facilitating high-quality programs and services that extend beyond the traditional school experience. This includes out-of-school-time programs and volunteer and community partnership services. This work creates safe environments where students and families gain the tools, resources and social competencies they need to achieve success.

Denver Public Schools is committed to meeting the educational needs of every student with great schools in every neighborhood. Our goal is to provide every child in Denver with rigorous, enriching educational opportunities from preschool through high school graduation. DPS is comprised of nearly 200 schools including traditional, magnet, charter and alternative pathways schools, with an enrollment of more than 90,000 students.

DPS has become the fastest-growing school district in the country in terms of enrollment and the fastest-growing large school district in the state in terms of student academic growth. Learn more at dpsk12.org .

Denver Public Schools is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation. It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors.
program leader, extended lear ning, child care, before and after school.