Freedom School Site Coordinator

Freedom School Site
Coodinator

Status: Seasonal
Compensation Range: $33.19 - $36.19/ Hourly Rate

W E L C O M E T O C R O S S R O A D S
See the world differently.

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Norton Campus

1715 Olympic Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA 90404

MIDDLE & UPPER SCHOOL
21st Street Campus

1714 21st Street, Santa Monica, CA 90404

About Freedom School
CDF's mission is to build community so young people grow up with dignity, hope, and joy. The CDF
Freedom Schools® Program is a direct service initiative coordinated nationally by Children's Defense
Fund in partnership with local community organizations. It is an educational and cultural
enrichment program that provides summer and after-school options for children and youth, and
strengthens family and community involvement.

The mission of CDF Freedom Schools programs is to boost scholar motivations to read, generate
more positive attitudes toward learning, increase self-esteem, and connect the needs of children and
families to the resources of their communities. The program serves children and youth in grades K-
12 for six to eight weeks. The activity-based Integrated Reading Curriculum (IRC), which is aligned
with the Common

Core State Standards, integrates reading, conflict resolution, and social action, and is designed to
promote social, cultural, and historical awareness. A multi-year assessment of CDF Freedom
Schools program sites continuously demonstrates the effectiveness of the IRC, which has proven to
avert children's summer learning loss in reading achievement.

The Site Coordinator manages the day-to-day operations and serves as the supervisor for one CDF
Freedom Schools program site. It is recommended that the Site Coordinator has served as a CDF
Freedom Schools Servant Leader Intern and should be capable of leading an intergenerational staff.
The Site Coordinator should be committed to the goals of the program, able to work collaboratively
with all program constituents, and be familiar with the culture and dynamics of the community.

Job Description
Serve in a supervisory capacity for the Servant Leader Interns, reporting to the Project Director.
Work in conjunction with site leadership to recruit, hire, train, and manage staff.
Work with site leadership to recruit childrenand families who are under-resourced.
Attend all required Ella Baker Child Policy Training Institute trainings, and ensure all program staff
attends required trainings.
Work with site leadership to plan and facilitate local and/or site-based trainings before and after
the Ella Baker Child Policy Training Institute National Training.
Maintain the safety of all staff and scholars, which includes but is not limited to the following:
Secure staff background checks and clearances.
Guarantee onsite safety procedures and protocols are in compliance with the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention guidelines.
Communicate and confirm that all staff, scholars, and parents have an understanding of site
guidelines.
Work with site staff to plan and implement all program components with fidelity.
Work in conjunction with site leadership to check book inventory upon receipt and notify the CDF
designee of any discrepancies.
Ensure Servant Leader Interns have the necessary books, materials, and supplies for daily activities
through the scheduled collection and review of lesson plans.
Conduct daily debrief sessions to provide technical support and feedback for site staff in an effort to
maintain site cohesion.
Input child, parent/guardian, and staff enrollment data in CDF's reporting system.
Conduct informal observations of Servant Leader Interns facilitating the Integrated Reading
Curriculum throughout the summer. Consider using the IRC Rating Scale found on page 51 to
provide specific feedback to your staff.
Maintain regular communication and timely correspondence with emails and requests with the
GDF Freedom Schools national staff.
Submit all required documents, data reports, and evaluations to CDF by the required deadline.

Qualifications
Must have completed at least one year of college.
Servant Leader Intern experience at a GDF Freedom Schools site is preferred.
Possess strong leadership and management skills to lead and motivate an intergenerational staff.
Ability to translate a strategic plan into direct implementation.
Ability to motivate others, pay attention to detail, and lead long-term planning.
Solid commitment to the success and well-being of children and youth.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Exhibit positive behavior and attitude, modeling a mature and professional demeanor.
Ability to attend all mandatory trainings and meetings as required by the GDF Freedom Schools
national staff.
Ability to implement the GDF Freedom Schools Program with full fidelity.

Our Philosophy Statement
The School was built upon five basic commitments: to academic excellence; to the arts; to the
greater community; to the development of a student population of social, economic, and racial
diversity; and to the development of each student’s physical well-being and full human potential.

It is the goal of Crossroads School to provide a strong college preparatory program from which
each student will develop a personal commitment to learning, a respect for independent thinking,
and an expanding curiosity about the world and its people. We consider certain skills to be
essential for all graduates: to read well, to write clearly and coherently, to study effectively, to
reason soundly, and to question thoughtfully.

Through the educational process, we assist students in gaining self-esteem, self-knowledge, and
respect for the knowledge and opinions of others. We believe that education must not be a race
for the accumulation of facts, but should be an enriching end in itself. We also believe that
education is a joint venture among students, parents and teachers. To be effective with young
people, teachers and parents must themselves continue to learn, so that they may perceive the
young accurately and treat them wisely.

We believe that the arts are an essential part of the curriculum and that it is important for
students to express themselves creatively and to use their imaginations freely. Therefore, music,
drama, visual arts, film, writing and dance are significant parts of student life at Crossroads.

Through our academic and extra-curricular programs, we seek to promote social, political and
moral understanding, and to instill a respect for the humanity and ecology of the earth.

We understand that there are many kinds of intelligence, and the traditional academic, cognitive
area is one. Other important areas of intelligence are intuition, imagination, artistic creativity,
physical expression and performance, sensitivity to others and self-understanding. To neglect any
of these areas is to limit students in the development of their full human potential.

We believe that the uniqueness of children is revealed in their very existence and that it is the
School’s responsibility to foster their innate sense of the mystery and joy of life.

Our Diversity Statement
One of Crossroads School’s founding commitments is to develop a socially, economically and
racially diverse student body. We are equally committed to supporting a vibrant and diverse
workforce. Crossroads is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action
employer; we do not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, religious creed, color,
national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, marital status, sex,
gender or gender identity, age or sexual orientation. People of color, women and individuals with
disabilities are encouraged to apply.