Specialist, Afterschool Operations and Engagement

2 weeks ago


Washington, United States District of Columbia Public Schools Full time

**Position Overview**

The mission of the Office of Teaching and Learning (OTL) is to provide educators with curricular resources, academic programs, and aligned professional development to ensure rigorous and joyful learning experiences for every student. OTL team members support school-based staff in implementing DCPS's existing academic programs while simultaneously working to rethink and redesign school programming, academic and curricular resources, and educator professional development. The Office of Teaching and Learning has 6 divisions:
**Divisions/Teams**
- **Academic and Creative Empowerment**:The Academic and Creative Empowerment team sets a vision for serving the whole child and closing the opportunity gap through leading the work in academic programming focused on arts, health and PE, enrichment, innovation and high-potential learners.
- **Content and Curriculum**:The Content and Curriculum team sets the vision for equity and excellence for each content area in DCPS schools by researching, creating, and curating curricular materials and providing aligned professional development experiences to ensure that all students have access to rigorous and joyful learning experiences every day in every content area.
- **Extended Learning and Academic Recovery**:The Extended Learning and Academic Recovery team develops extended learning opportunities such as afterschool programs and summer school, overseeing most of DCPS' K-12 summer school programs including enrichment and retention programs. Additionally, the team supports the needs of high potential students in grades K-5 through the Schoolwide Enrichment Model (SEM.)
- **Language Acquisition**: The Language Acquisition team welcomes families of linguistically and culturally diverse backgrounds to DCPS, leads the process of identifying English Learner students, and supports schools in developing programs that supports English language acquisition and academic growth.
- **Professional Learning**:The Professional Learning team sets a vision for professional development for DCPS through systems, tools, and structures to increase the efficacy of professional learning initiatives. This work includes LEAP, cluster based PD, district PD and other learning opportunities. The team works across all DCPS offices to increase the cohesion of professional development and broad sharing of knowledge, while exploring new avenues and opportunities for meaningful development and learning for our educators.
- **Specialized Instruction**: The Specialized Instruction team supports students with disabilities by providing schools and families with practical, evidence-based resources to make a high-quality education accessible to all learners, so that DCPS students with disabilities become thriving independent members of society who will contribute to their communities and fulfill their highest potential. The team works to reduce the opportunity gap between students with IEPs and their non-disabled peers; and increases equity and excellence in schools through specific academic programming, related services, professional learning, school leadership development, family engagement, dispute resolution, and community partnerships.

The Specialist, Afterschool Operations and Engagement position manages two to three afterschool programs in DCPS that host centrally coordinated afterschool programs supported by the Out of School Time Programs (OSTP) team. This Specialist position will play a crucial role in the delivery of high-quality afterschool programs at the site level for the afterschool programs they directly oversee, as well as at the overall OSTP system level. The Specialist will support the leadership of OSTP afterschool programs, working closely with the OSTP central office team, afterschool site leaders, teachers, administrators, partners, and other school staff.

The Specialist will liaise with other DCPS offices and outside experts to re-shape and enhance the alignment of curricula, instructional practices, student support, and site operations through activities implemented across all OSTP sites. The Specialist will also develop OSTP stakeholder engagement approaches including family engagement events and monthly newsletters and will use program data from site observations and surveys to create training plans and staff newsletters to enhance engagement and quality of program delivery. The tour of duty for this position is Monday through Friday, 10:00am to 6:00pm. This work schedule may vary during the school year based on the need of the afterschool program. This work schedule may also vary during the summer months when afterschool programming is not in operation.
- The Specialist, Afterschool Operations and Engagement will report to the Manager, Afterschool Programs.

**Essential Duties and Responsibilities**
- The below statements are intended to describe the general nature and scope of work being performed by this position. This is not a complete listing of all responsi



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