Youth Development Specialist (start 7/1/26) at Visions In Education Charter School - Sacramento

About the Employer

Visions In Education is one of the most established TK-12 public charter schools serving northern California. We provide high-quality educational programs for students and families seeking alternatives to the traditional public school setting. Visions In Education has successfully supported students and families for over 25 years and is a growing, thriving organization. Our success is rooted in hiring the most qualified teachers and staff, and helping them acquire the skills and knowledge they need to succeed. We have a dynamic and cohesive team and many of our staff have been at Visions for over 15 years. Visions In Education provides competitive salaries, a generous medical/dental/vision benefits package as well as STRS/PERS retirement contributions. Our students and families choose Visions as their school because we provide outstanding teachers, personalized learning plans, enrichment opportunities, standards-based curriculum choices, and effective student support systems and technologies to help them achieve their educational goals. We are a tuition-free, WASC-accredited (Western Association of Schools and Colleges) public charter school that provides a rigorous standards-based education to Home School students (TK-8), Online Middle School students (7 & 8), and Independent Study High School students (9-12), including our University Prep Early College High School program serving 7,500 students across our nine-county service area, making us one of the largest and most stable charter schools in the Sacramento Valley region.

Job Summary

Job Summary

The Youth Development Specialist serves as a bridge between students, families, schools, and the broader community to support student motivation, academic achievement, well-being, and leadership development. This role is grounded in four core youth development principles: safety, relationship building, community involvement, and skill building. The Specialist uses strengths-based practices, centers student voice, and engages students and families through culturally responsive approaches. As the organization’s StrengthsFinder expert, the Youth Development Specialist supports students in identifying and applying their individual strengths to academic success, social-emotional development, leadership growth, and real-world readiness. The Specialist also leads efforts to increase student participation in mentoring programs, enrichment opportunities, community service, and leadership development, while assisting families in accessing school and community-based resources. In general, this position will work a hybrid schedule of up to 2 days at our office in Gold River, CA and 3 days remotely. This position will be working at community locations, doing home visits, and at times working nights and weekends to support the needs of our students and families. However, depending upon the needs of the department, this schedule is subject to change. Visions In Education offers a very generous, competitive benefits package that includes options for 100% employer-paid Medical/Dental/Vision (single), retirement (CalPERS), vacation (10 days), sick time and holiday (22 which includes 2 weeks of paid time off over the holiday season). Classified employees are eligible for educational reimbursement up to $15,000. (This benefit is provided so an employee can maintain and improve job-related skills for the employee’s current position or enhance the employee’s ability to qualify for other reasonably attainable jobs within Visions).

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