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Uptown Stories is seeking a Part-Time Site Coordinator for our afterschool program in an upper Manhattan elementary school. The Site Coordinator will play a key role in the management of the program, ensuring the Writing & Drawing Comics workshops run smoothly while overseeing staff, developing curriculum, conducting community outreach activities, and maintaining a safe and enriching environment for our young writers. The Site Coordinator must be an expert communicator and multitasker, 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. Site Coordinator must be SAC-credentialed. 

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Based in Washington Heights, Uptown Stories offers after-school, weekend, and summer creative writing workshops for children ages 8-18, led by rockstar teachers, who are also professional authors and artists. 

Students learn the art and craft of writing, how to revise their work, and how to give and receive constructive feedback. Each workshop ends with a celebratory reading at the Word Up Bookshop in Washington Heights, and the publication of a paperback anthology, so every student leaves our program as a published author.

To ensure our program is accessible to our ethnically and economically diverse community, our tuition is “Pay-What-You-Can.” Uptown Stories creates an exciting, challenging, and supportive community where young authors thrive.

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Salary: $25/hour

Schedule: M-F, 3-5:45pm

Location: Upper Manhattan

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Key Responsibilities:

Administrative

• Prepare program performance reports
• Complete contract reporting/claims
• Track and purchase supplies
• General bookkeeping/accounting
• Hiring staff/HR functions
• Complete and monitor enrollment data

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Hands-On

• Direct care, discipline & staff development/training
• Curriculum development/lesson planning
• Conduct community/parent outreach activities
• Provide student activities & supports
• Program set-up and clean-up
• Monitor student arrival and departures, take attendance
• Program staff planning sessions & debriefs on any issues
• Provide classroom support for breaks/in-classroom supervision
• Case management; coordinate with school staff and parents to ensure linkages with curriculum, behavioral issues, speech therapy, ELL, social-emotional issues, accommodations, etc.
• Attend SACC and Program Activity or Instructional Training

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Required Skills/Experience:

• College degree in a related field
• Minimum 2 years of experience working with youth
• SAC certification
• CPR/First Aid/RTE certification

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How to Apply

If you would like to become a part of our dynamic and creative Uptown Stories team, complete this online application and submit your resume/CV.

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Uptown Stories is seeking a Part-Time Site Coordinator for our afterschool program in an upper Manhattan elementary school. The Site Coordinator will play a key role in the management of the program, ensuring the our writing workshops run smoothly while assisting staff, conducting community outreach activities, and maintaining a safe and enriching environment for our young writers. The Site Coordinator must be an expert communicator and multitasker, able to balance the hands-on responsibilities of being part of the afterschool program, being a support for students, staff, and families, with a variety of administrative responsibilities. Site Coordinator must be SAC-credentialed OR have a degree in education/child development. 

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Salary: $37/hour

Schedule: M-F, 3-5pm

Location: Upper Manhattan

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Key Responsibilities:

Administrative

• Prepare program performance reports
• Complete contract reporting/claims
• Track and purchase supplies
• Complete and monitor enrollment data

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Hands-On

• Direct care of students & staff development/training
• Conduct community/parent outreach activities
• Provide student activities & supports
• Program set-up and clean-up
• Monitor student arrival and departures, take attendance
• Program staff planning sessions & debriefs on any issues
• Provide classroom support for breaks/in-classroom supervision
• Attend SACC and Program Activity or Instructional Training

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Required Skills/Experience:

• College degree in a related field OR SAC certification
• Minimum 2 years of experience working with youth

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How to Apply

If you would like to become a part of our dynamic and creative Uptown Stories team, complete this online application and submit your resume/CV.

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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 volunteering with 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 write their stories.

We have a variety of ways you can contribute to Uptown Stories:
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• Assist at one-day events: We host one-day events on a regular basis at Uptown Stories. This includes student reading days where students showcase their writing at the end of the semester, fundraising and community engagement events, author presentations, and other community outreach opportunities. Volunteers would be assisting with setup, clean up, directing guests, and other day-of operational support.
• Review student work for US anthology: Our students have their work published in an anthology every semester. Volunteers with editing experience can assist staff in reviewing student work and making sure it’s ready for publication!
• Set up for the new semester: At the start of each semester, we need help organizing our supplies and getting our Cornerstone location ready to welcome new students. In this role, volunteers sort and inventory supplies, assist in any minor space cleanup, and other tasks as needed.
• Connect us to your company’s corporate giving departments: As Uptown Stories continues to grow, we’re looking to connect with corporate giving and corporate social responsibility departments. If your company has this opportunity, we would greatly appreciate an introduction!
• Drive to pick up and/or move supplies: Uptown Stories workshops can take place around the neighborhood in local public spaces and schools. We also often receive donations, and/or go to Materials for the Arts to collect necessary art supplies. Volunteers with a car that can support our staff in transporting supplies are often needed!
• Advise 8th grade students on their High School Admissions essays (Oct-Nov)- The process of applying to high school in NYC often involves writing an essay. While the workshop is taught by an experienced Uptown Stories teacher, we need volunteers who are strong writers to provide 1:1 support helping each 8th grader brainstorm, draft, revise, and edit their applications.