826 Boston is a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering students through writing and tutoring programs. They are seeking a Writers’ Room Program Assistant to provide classroom support and one-on-one guidance to students, particularly focusing on literacy development and social-emotional learning.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a writing tutor to students in grades 7-12 seeking support with reading and writing assignments during individualized conferences, small-group visits, and whole-class visits. Example assignments span content areas (humanities and STEM) and include college essays, literary analysis essays, creative writing drafting and revision, and test preparation (primarily AP essays and STEM open response)
- Develop and lead 826 Boston-created programming, which includes clubs, stand-alone workshops, creative writing clubs, etc. Example programming from this year includes a literary magazine and crochet club
- Support students in social-emotional learning and in processing life experiences through writing
- Develop monthly newsletters that summarize the program’s progress and notable highlights
- Assist with Writers’ Room volunteer coordination, including managing email communication, tracking attendance, supporting volunteers during tutoring sessions, and co-leading pre-brief and debrief conversations
- Assist with data collection, analysis, and results-sharing associated with the Writers’ Room, including tracking student visits and hours, administering annual writing assessment, distributing student and teacher feedback surveys, and participating in biannual team-wide reports
- Support publishing-project design cycle, including the manuscript, layout, and book release party
- Support Student Editorial Board for each publication project, ensuring students have the opportunity to inform book content, cover and interior design, and title selection
- Communicate project progress to staff supervisor and seek counsel when help is needed to execute goals
- Support organization-wide summer programming
- Provide support at select outreach and fundraising events, including nights and weekends on rare occasions
- Support Writers’ Room Manager with administrative tasks and the upkeep and beautification of the Writers' Room, as needed
Skills
- Experience teaching/tutoring writing to students grades 7-12 in an urban setting
- Ability to adapt to various working and management styles
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Proficiency in organizational, time management, project management, and resource management skills
- Experience with and/or willingness to learn Google Apps, Salesforce and InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, or similar design tools
- Experience with and/or willingness to learn high school-level STEM concept tutoring practices
- Ability to give and receive feedback with humility, regulation, and tact
- Ability to employ innovative, creative, and student-centered thinking in order to create engaging programming environments
- Demonstrated commitment to fostering community, building a strong sense of team, and embracing values of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging
- Knowledge of and fluency with social and racial justice, intersectionality, BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ history, and historic/current systems of oppression
- Experience with classroom management
- Proficiency in Haitian Creole, Cape Verdean Creole, Portuguese, and/or Spanish
- Familiarity with the BPS system, particularly the schools in Roxbury, Dorchester, and Jamaica Plain
Benefits
- Flexible work from home options
- Generous paid time off (including 15 PTO days, accrued sick leave, 13 paid holidays, 6 Summer Fridays, and an organization wide two-week winter break)
- Health, dental, and vision insurance (826 Boston covers 80% of premiums)
- Parental leave
- Paid sabbaticals
- More
Company Overview
- 826 Boston provides free writing, tutoring, and publishing programs for students in grades K-12 and beyond. It was founded in 2007, and is headquartered in West Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA, with a workforce of 11-50 employees. Its website is https://826boston.org.