Position Specification

Official Title: Scholar Support Assistant

Reporting To: CEO and Principal

Location: Philadelphia, PA

Organization Overview:

Global Academies Charter School (GACS) will nurture creative leaders who will be globally competitive yet compassionate. As holistic educators, we will not only prepare our scholars for the 21st century work place but prepare scholars to bring change to a better world. GACS serves scholars in grades kindergarten through eighth grades. Although we have a strong community base of enrollment from the West Philadelphia community, our global studies curriculum attracts scholars from surrounding Philadelphia communities including Southwest Philadelphia, North Philadelphia, Northeast Philadelphia and Northwest Philadelphia. It is our goal that GACS scholars graduate endowed with the knowledge to continue to carve out new paths in the global community. It is this level of emotional intelligence, social intelligence and spiritual intelligence that will propel scholars to persist through high school and gain the fortitude required to successfully attain their life mission and goals.

Role Summary:

The Scholar Support Assistant (SSA) performs duties that are socio-emotional in nature and that deliver direct services to scholars regarding behavioral intervention and the creation of a positive culture and climate. SSAs serve in a position for which a teacher or another professional has ultimate responsibility for the design and implementation of educational programs and services. Scholar Support Assistants (SSA) receives direction from the Scholar Support Specialist, who works directly in conjunction with the Climate Specialist.  

Education:

• Minimum of an Associate’s degree or a minimum of 18 college credits completed
• Prefer a minimum of two years experience in an educational setting

Qualifications:

• Knowledge of office software and experience using computers
• Ability to work with children, adults, and parents
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize duties required
• Developing and maintaining positive relationships with scholars, staff and families
• Discussing assigned duties with classroom teachers in order to coordinate socio-emotional efforts
• Provides support to scholars during classroom lessons, socialization times, admissions, dismissal and other activities
• Conduct daily uniform checks for scholars and communicate uniform concerns to parents/families
• Redirect and de-escalate scholars in the event of disruptive behavior
• Facilitate detentions, and other prescribed scholar consequences