Center Coordinator - Pasadena at Options For Youth - Los Angeles and San Gabriel County
About the Employer
Are you an educator seeking to positively impact students’ lives? Do you believe that every student should have the opportunity for success? If so, Options For Youth (OFY) is the place for you! OFY is looking for individuals who are outgoing, energetic, authentic, motivated, and inspiring. Options for Youth is a network of free public charter schools offering students a flexible, personalized approach to learning. OFY saw the potential that struggling students couldn’t see in themselves. For almost 30 years, OFY has helped more than 135,000 students find their passion and pursue their dreams. OFY believes in fostering the student’s vision; inspiring students inspires us. We believe the student-teacher relationship is critical to the development of a young person’s social, emotional, and academic well-being. If you believe this too, then you are the educator that we’re looking for. We are devoted to creating a team of diverse people and encourage anyone passionate about education and excited about what we do to connect with us! To learn more about our schools, visit us at www.ofy.org.
Job Summary
Job Summary
Options for Youth is a free, year-round public charter school who work alongside their students to design individualized learning plans. We work to effectively meet their unique academic, social-emotional, and scheduling needs through a blended teaching model. We utilize one-on-one instruction and tutoring, independent study, small group classes, cultural immersion, and hands-on activities.
Job Description / Essential Elements:
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Who We Are:
Options for Youth is a network of free public charter schools offering students a flexible, personalized approach to learning. OFY’s founders started the program in 1987 to provide at-risk and underserved students an alternative to traditional learning methods and environments. OFY saw the potential that struggling students couldn’t see in themselves. When California’s Charter School Law passed in 1993, Options For Youth became the first sanctioned charter school in California. For over 20 years, OFY and its founders have helped more than 135,000 students find their passion and pursue their dreams. OFY believes in fostering student dreams. At OFY, inspiring students inspires us. We believe the student-teacher relationship is critical to the development of a young person’s social, emotional, and academic well-being.
Job Details:
Options For Youth embraces diversity and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. OFY is looking for a Center Coordinator. Center Coordinator provides the primary clerical and administrative support for an assigned learning center. Meets with enrolling students and parents, answers phones, explains company programs, inputs student information, and provides support for teachers and mentor teachers. The Center Coordinator will have the following responsibilities:
- Maintains center waiting list and conducts public random drawing to select eligible students for enrollment when space becomes available.
- Responsible to help market/sell the program.
- Meets and greets students and potential students as they enter centers.
- Manages paperwork, scheduling, calling, and set-up for all student orientations, testing, and designated SGI classes.
- Administers, scores, and schedules all assessments for student placement including, but not limited to the pre- and post tests, graduation proficiency tests, and computer proficiency survey when applicable.
- May assist with registrar duties by securing and providing student immunization records, transcripts, IEP, LEP and free or reduced lunch documentation when applicable.
- May notify a student’s district of residence (or applicable school) upon enrollment and withdrawal from company.
- Maintains inventory and orders center office supplies, curriculum materials, and designated center and student forms.
- Stocks shelves and keeps supplies organized.
- Receives and puts away delivered center materials including, but not limited to, student orientation forms, workbooks, textbooks, and office supplies.
- Responsible for checking voice-mail, delivering messages and re-scheduling student appointment times when necessary.
- Responsible for center cleanliness and tidying up center after each ½ day session. Helps keep the center bright, cheerful and welcoming for students.
- Assists teachers in answering phones, filing units and tests, and working with students when time permits.
- Acts as receptionist for center.
- Refers students with special needs for testing.
- May present initial orientation to all incoming students and parents.
- Answers questions on program enrollment eligibility
- May handle other duties and projects as assigned.
Education and Experience:
- Minimum high school diploma or its equivalent required
- Bachelor’s degree and 30 day credential preferred
- One year experience in an administrative capacity preferred
Requirement of either*
- Proof of COVID19 Vaccination & Booster (if booster eligible) or
- Weekly COVID19 Negative Test ( option to participate in on-site weekly testing or obtain testing off site)
*The specific statements shown in each section of this description are not intended to be all inclusive. They describe the general nature and level of work being performed and/or represent typical elements and criteria considered necessary to successfully perform the job. The Company retains the discretion to add to or change the duties of the position at any time.
Requirements / Qualifications
Minimum high school diploma or its equivalent required, Bachelor’s degree and 30 day credential preferred, One year experience in an administrative capacity preferred
Requirements / Qualifications
Minimum high school diploma or its equivalent required, Bachelor’s degree and 30 day credential preferred, One year experience in an administrative capacity preferred
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Company Benefits and Perks:
We offer a comprehensive benefits package to full-time staff that includes paid time off, holiday and sick time, medical, vision and dental coverage, incentives and an employer-matched 401K plan. OFL provides our staff opportunities to chaperone students on experiential learning trips to amazing places like Italy, Cuba, and China, as well as in-country trips to DC, a ranch in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado and a farm in Northern California. We regularly hold social functions to foster a genuine camaraderie that enhances teamwork. At our company-wide award functions, we take time to recognize the talent and dedication of the people who make OFL and our students successful. To learn more about our schools, visit us at www.oflschools.org.
Comments and Other Information
Company Benefits and Perks:
We offer a comprehensive benefits package to full-time staff that includes paid time off, holiday and sick time, medical, vision and dental coverage, incentives and an employer-matched 401K plan. OFL provides our staff opportunities to chaperone students on experiential learning trips to amazing places like Italy, Cuba, and China, as well as in-country trips to DC, a ranch in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado and a farm in Northern California. We regularly hold social functions to foster a genuine camaraderie that enhances teamwork. At our company-wide award functions, we take time to recognize the talent and dedication of the people who make OFL and our students successful. To learn more about our schools, visit us at www.oflschools.org.