Teen Programs Coordinator

• Develop robust recruitment strategy to enlist new student participants into the program.
• Plan and coordinate Teen Night monthly schedule and learning plan.
• Write and carry out day to day curriculum and lesson plans relating to teaching media skills, cooking, gardening, arts and crafts, college exploration, career readiness, functional skills, and more.
• Directly provide instruction for youth in the above lesson plan subject areas using creative hands-on project-based approaches.
• Effectively collaborate with partners and clients from city and state government, public schools, community-based organizations, community groups and private sectors.
• Manage all youth during class time production and training.
• Keep up to date accurate records and files and adhere to all of the administrative requirements of the Teen Department.
• Develop an environment where at-risk and low-income youth can develop academic and workforce skills such as math, reading, language arts, resume writing, dress, oral presentation skills, and executive functioning skills.
• Understand and carry out the best practices of Youth Development.
• Track the progress of youth in the program and individualize the instruction as needed to ensure that all youth gain new skills and are successful.
• Lead in managing inventory of all program equipment and supplies along with needed administrative duties (filing, copying, data security)
• Provide support and professional advice regarding youth participation in extracurricular programs, higher education selection, and additional resources youth participant may benefit from.
• Maintain open lines of communication with participants, staff and supervisor.
• Attend all staff meetings, trainings and other YMCA functions as required by the supervisor.
• Uphold YMCA policies for safety, supervision, mandated reporting and risk management.
• Demonstrate the Six Pillars of Character (Trustworthiness, Citizenship, Respect, Responsibility, Caring, and Fairness) as well as the YMCA Core Values of Caring, Respect, Honesty and Responsibility in all dealings with members, guests, volunteers and fellow staff.
• Demonstrate competencies in and willingness to develop in the Cause Driven Leadership areas of mission advancement, collaboration, operational effectiveness and personal growth.
• All other duties as assigned by your supervisor.

VOLUNTEER, BOARD, & MEMBER INVOLVEMENT

• Gives leadership to volunteer development with particular emphasis to volunteer/staff team work. Develops and leads working Teen Program Committees, recruits committee members and chairpersons, creates charts of work, builds agendas, and follows agreed upon best practices.
• Work with front line staff, act as a role model for proper member involvement techniques that perpetuate level of commitment and “buy in” to YMCA programs, volunteerism, and campaigner/ donor.
• Consults and advises in the selection of board members, committee chairs, and committee members.
• Follows agreed upon best practices for all work with board, committees, and task forces.
• Recruits, trains, evaluates, and supervises Teen Program department volunteers and parents.