Positions Report to: Instructional Leadership Team
Start/End Date: 2024 - 2025 School Year
Hours: 8:00 am – 4:30 pm + some out of school time responsibilities
Compensation: $50,000 (Please note that this is a set amount. East Harlem Scholars Academies also offers a comprehensive benefits package).
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
Who We Are
East Harlem Scholars Academies are community-based Pre-K to 12 public charter schools operated by East Harlem Tutorial Program (EHTP). EHTP began in 1958 as a children's reading group and has since grown into a multi-site after-school program for traditional public school students and a network of public charter schools focused on significantly increasing the college graduation rate in East Harlem. We are on track to serve at least 25% of East Harlem students by 2025, with enrollment for this year at approximately 2200 students in our schools and after school programs. In 2020, 99% of our seniors were accepted to college, and our current scholars in college are on-track to graduate at eight times the national average of their peers.
At EHTP we also aim to serve as an agent of change and thoughtfully contribute to the national fight for racial equity. Through our organization-wide commitment to anti-racism work, we prepare our scholars to effect change, challenge the status quo, and thrive in the world around them. As staff members, we face our own racial identities and conscious and unconscious biases. With this in mind, all of our professional development, curriculum, organizational materials, and processes are designed with a goal of racial justice. Read our racial equity statement here.
We ground all of our work in racial equity, in our core values, and in our four guiding pursuits: the Revolutionary Pursuit of Love, the Radical Pursuit of Knowledge, the Responsive Pursuit of Healing, and in the Relentless Pursuit of Results. These pursuits inform and are reflected in our current four key strategic priorities: to increase high-impact, high-quality academic curriculum, programming content, staff capacity, and coaching; to embrace and advance our use of technology; to deepen our embodiment of ethical and equitable radical humanity; and to efficiently operationalize teaching, learning, community, and care.
For more information about Scholars Academies, please visit us at www.eastharlemscholars.org.
About the Opportunity
East Harlem Scholars Academy High School is a school community committed to creating peaceful, identity-affirming environment for all students and families. The school safety agent serves a critical role in creating such an environment and ensuring that responses to any breach of such a climate are swift, aligned to our values, and in compliance with state and local laws. Safety agents ensure all access points to the building are secure and monitored and that a welcoming environment is maintained throughout our facilities.
What Qualifies You
- You hold yourself to high professional and ethical standards
- You have experience with or are excited about researching best practices in anti-racist pedagogy
- You enjoy and/or have experience working with diverse populations of students and communities (within middle or high school preferred but not required)
- You are open to the excitement and challenges of a growing organization
- Experience working in youth development, school safety, or school operations preferred
- Eagerness to learn new systems and skills
- You believe that every student can and will learn when provided with a quality education
- You have demonstrated success in raising the achievement levels of students who historically have not had equitable access to education opportunities
- You are willing to be flexible in your role and adapt to school and student need
Please note that many do not meet 100% of the desired qualifications. If much of this describes you, we encourage you to still apply.
Areas of Leadership
Access Control
- Ensure all entry points to East Harlem Scholars Academy property are consistently monitored and secured.
- Utilize security cameras and intercom access systems to regulate building access
- Enforce visitor sign-in policies as directed by the Director of Operations
- Report any suspected or verified breaches of access points to Director of Operations
- Welcome students, staff, and visitors warmly
Building Safety Response
- Serve as floor warden for Code Blue CPR responses, missing child alerts, and evacuations.
- Maintain record of all safety drills and responses.
- Ensure emergency personnel have unobstructed building access when necessary.
- Collaborate with school leadership team to analyze safety data and adjust plans as needed.
Thank you for taking the time to submit an application.