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Uptown Stories Site Coordinators play a key role in the management of the LEAPS afterschool programs in three Upper Manhattan public schools. Site Coordinators ensure workshops run smoothly while overseeing staff, developing curriculum, conducting community outreach activities, and maintaining a safe and enriching environment for our young writers. Site Coordinators are expert communicators and multitaskers, able to balance the hands-on responsibilities of leading an afterschool program, being a support for students, staff, and families, with a variety of administrative responsibilities.

We are looking for a site coordinator who is bilingual in English and Spanish.

‍Salary: $35/hour

Schedule: M-F, 2:30-5:00pm

Location: Upper Manhattan

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Duties:

Administrative

• Prepares program performance reports
• Completes contract reporting/claims
• Tracks and purchases supplies -Completes general bookkeeping/accounting
• Hires staff/HR functions -Completes and monitors enrollment data

Hands-On

• Directs care, discipline & staff development/training
• Supports curriculum development/lesson planning
• Conducts community/parent outreach activities
• Provides student activities & supports
• Leads program set-up and clean-up
• Monitors student arrival and departures, takes attendance
• Programs staff planning sessions & debriefs on any issues
• Provides classroom support for breaks/in-classroom supervision
• Case management; coordinates with school staff and parents to ensure linkages with curriculum, behavioral issues, speech therapy, ELL, social-emotional issues, accommodations, etc.
• Attends SACC and Program Activity or Instructional Training

Volunteer Management and Recruitment Member‍

The member will strengthen and sustain the network of volunteers, interns, board members, and advisory board members who support the operations of Uptown Stories. This role involves actively recruiting, screening, scheduling, and recognizing individuals dedicated to community service. The member will help build a strong foundation of support that empowers at-risk youth in Upper Manhattan and fosters lasting community connections.

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Program Development Member

The member will play a key role in helping evaluate program outcomes from our direct service in the field of arts education, specifically creative writing, for children and early adolescents. Uptown Stories offers after-school creative writing programs, reaching students through both community-based classes and the grant-funded LEAPS initiative. This member will require additional onboarding and clearance through OFCS.

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Americorps Civic Corps members compensation includes a stipend, MetroCard, and educational scholarship.

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Based in Washington Heights, Uptown Stories offers after-school, weekend, and summer creative writing workshops for children ages 8-18. We are seeking rockstar Teaching Artists, who are also professional authors and artists, to lead our creative writing workshops. Have a genre you’re passionate about? Tell us why you think your workshop would be an exciting addition to our programming.

All classes should be structured primarily as workshops, where the students learn the art and craft of writing, revision, and how to give and receive constructive feedback, creating a community of young authors and artists. Each workshop ends with a celebratory reading at Word Up Community Bookshop in Washington Heights, and the publication of a paperback anthology, so every student leaves our program as a published author.

We are looking for Teaching Artists who write terrific curricula, who are dynamic and engaging in the classroom, who are self-reliant and responsible, who can differentiate instruction for different ages and abilities, and who, most of all, feel passionate about the craft and the art of writing. Teaching Artists are expected to help set up and break down the classroom space, maintain regular email contact with families regarding class progress, and be responsive to emails from students about their work. Uptown Stories will handle enrollment, space, billing, and provide materials and snacks.

All applicants must:

• ‍Have 4+ years of professional experience teaching children within the age range of 8-18
• Have at least 1 year of professional experience teaching creative writing
• ‍Be practicing writers or artists in their field of expertise

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Based in Washington Heights, Uptown Stories offers after-school, weekend, and summer creative writing workshops for children ages 8-18. We are seeking passionate individuals with integrity, vision, and dedication to service and creative pursuits to be teaching assistants in our LEAPS and community classes.

We are looking for supportive and dedicated teaching assistants. Teaching Assistants should have at least 2 years of experience in working with school-age children and also be practicing writers or artists themselves. Teaching assistants will support in curriculum development, and they will have a large role in classroom management. An ideal candidate will show strong initiative in enriching our programs and have background in differentiating instruction for all learning styles and abilities as well as feel passionate about the craft and the art of writing.

Teaching assistant applicants must have:

• Minimum of 2 years' experience working with school-age children
• A developing practice as an artist or writer

This is a paid, part-time position at $25/hour.

Thank you for your interest in becoming an intern at Uptown Stories!

We're a growing nonprofit with a small but mighty staff, so we could genuinely use your help. We’re looking for people who are passionate about words, and who believe in supporting early adolescents as they find their voices and tell their stories.

Time Requirements: Fall, Sep - Dec (15 hrs/week for 12 weeks)

Stipend: $500

The Development Intern works alongside the Executive Director and the Development Associate to raise the funds required to operate the organization. They will learn and practice researching, writing, and reporting on grants, stewarding major donors, and partnering with foundations and local businesses. They may do analysis or visualization of our registration data, or research studies that support Uptown Stories’ theory of change.

Key Responsibilities: Look through relevant research for information we can use in future grants; analyze registration data; explore new grants our organization can apply for funding; write and submit grants; other development tasks as needed.

Ideal Skills: Grant writing; Data Visualization; Google Drive, Sheets, and Docs; Analytics; Research Skills; AirTable