Company:
Campbell River Community Literacy Association
Details:
Community Education Philosophy
• You believe in an assets based model that supports activities that boost participant’s confidence in the skills that they already possess. This will help you to guide families in the gaining of additional skills to be applied in the context of home, family, community, and future workplace.
• Your knowledge of family literacy in a culturally relevant and appropriate setting will allow you to assist aboriginal families with their learning needs
• You are comfortable with using assessment pieces to gauge learner progress (additional training and supports will be provided by program coordinator).
• You are able to work in a one to one tutoring environment with parents in support of the children ages K – 5
• You will assist in developing a community workshop series with the coordinator based on feedback you receive from your Aboriginal families.
• You will be required to assist in yearly reports to funders.
• Statistical, observational and anecdotal data will be collected on a weekly basis.
• Ideally you will have some experience working with educational resources for both children and adults.
Qualifications & Experience:
The Campbell River Literacy Association is a key provider of educational resources for parents in support of their children's education. It is our philosophy that a program that supports both the parent and the child will increase literacy levels in both participants. Our ideal candidate believes that building respectful relationships with families will help encourage adults to examine their personal literacy goals. Further it is hoped, that adults can be encouraged to access resources and programs designed to increase their employability and/or re-entry into the education system.
Our ideal candidate will have a background in Elementary Education or Early Childhood Education and be strongly connected to the Aboriginal communities in Campbell River. This position is supported by a Program Coordinator, Administrative Assistant and Volunteer Board.
Scope of job: This position is a part-time contract position coinciding with the academic 2015/2016 school year (September – June) with possible multi-year renewal determined by funding.
Hours: Scheduling for this program can be flexible, but will require early evening work (4-7pm) 2 days/week.