Employment

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• Digital Content Specialist

  Job Summary

  The Digital Content Specialist assists the Director of Advancement in the completion of day-to-day activities and projects that support the school's overall mission, key messages, and goals. The Digital Content Specialist develops and curates content for the school’s digital properties; manages social media channels focused on parent, prospective families, and alumni engagement; explores new channels for possible investment; and measures the effectiveness of content and channels to ensure we are meeting the school's strategic goals.

  Preferred Qualificaons:

  •  Experience in a not-for-profit or education setting
  •  Bachelor's Degree or equivalent, preferably in communications, English, marketing, other related discipline.
  • 1-3 years of experience developing/writing/producing content for the web and/or social media.
  • Superior written and verbal communication skills.
  • Strong visual communicator with an understanding of how to present information, working within an established brand.
  • Capacity to manage multiple projects simultaneously and still meet expected deadlines.
  • Experience with a variety of software programs and applications including Google suite and basic Photoshop skills, including cropping and resizing images.
  • Experience with Blackbaud preferred but not required.

  Essential Duties and Responsibilities
  
  

  ● Digital Content Production and Management:
  · Implement an integrated online content strategy across a range of JCDS’s digital properties, including but not limited to JCDS.com, school digital signage, the school’s events calendar, and social media.
  · Curate high-quality, effective web content from JCDS editorial sources that engages our audiences and supports our communications goals.
  · Identify story opportunities for internal/external communications and collaborate with the Advancement team to develop appropriate content for our digital properties.

  ·  Collect, prepare, and enter digital assets (copy, photography, videos, etc.) into a CMS.

  ·  Work with the Director of Advancement to create guidelines for submitting content.

  ·  Curate events from the school calendar and enlist submissions from a variety of groups at the school to ensure content represents a broad range of events across the campus.

  · Develop and execute a plan for displaying featured events on JCDS.com and other online channels for higher visibility.

  · Work with Advancement colleagues to monitor and manage online communities.
  
  

  ● Social Media Management
  · Curate and edit appropriate content to share across existing social media channels (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, and LinkedIn) to increase engagement and reach.
  · Identify emerging areas of interest among parents, prospective parents, and alumni (e.g. new technologies, trends) and develop tactics for connecting them back to JCDS.

  ·  Manage the editorial calendar for social media channels.

  ·  Monitor social content (tweets, videos, blog posts, etc.) to identify potential story ideas, trends, sentiment, and evolving hot button issues, etc.

  · Work closely to educate social media practitioners within the JCDS community about best practices and strategies.
  · Serve as the primary contact for the school’s social media accounts.
  
  

  ● Analytics and Research:
  · Work with the Director of Advancement and outside resources to set key performance indicators for web content; use metrics to evaluate effectiveness in meeting our goals; make adjustments as needed to continually improve performance.
  · Monitor and evaluate social media activity, providing monthly, quarterly and annual reports to the school’s senior leadership and administrative team.
  · Advise colleagues at JCDS on the types of posts that engage audiences, promote sharing, and drive traffic to related sections of the JCDS website.
  
  

  ● Community Outreach

  ·  Prepare and send the weekly JCDS announcements and email targeting all constituents.

  ·  Monitor and update the announcements with new messages as they are submitted.

  ·  Work with the Director of Advancement and other faculty and staff as needed to develop, coordinate, and distribute time-sensitive communications to JCDS internal audiences, i.e., faculty, staff, as well as external audiences.

  · Prepare and send emails on behalf of senior staff as needed.

  
  ●  Communicate effectively with all school stakeholders
  
  

  ●  Support the school and its mission

  
  

  ●  Perform other dues as assigned by and in support of the Head of School

• Teacher

  Job Summary

  Teachers are responsible for instructing, guiding, and supervising students in a positive learning environment that emphasizes critical thinking, creativity, and problem solving; developing lesson plans and delivering group and individual student instruction; collaborating with other teachers, staff, and administrators in addressing instructional and/or classroom goals and concerns; and communicating/collaborating with parents regarding instructional program and student progress. Teachers report to the Director of Education.

  Preferred Qualifications

  • At least one year of successful teaching experience
  • Bachelor’s degree or higher in applicable field

  
  

  Essential Duties and Responsibilities

  
  Teachers will:

  • Create a positive learning environment for students
  • Set learning goals and develop learning plans to ensure student growth
  • Teach, guide, and empower students with instructional activities and learning opportunities that promote problem solving, critical and creative thinking, collaboration, global/social awareness, inquiry, and integration across the disciplines
  • Assess competency and/or developmental levels and provide feedback, support, and differentiation that will further student progress and achievement
  • Communicate to parents about student growth, sharing methods for improvement and reinforcement in the home environment
  • Participate in professional development and the school-wide culture of continual learning
  • Communicate effectively with all school stakeholders
  • Support the school and its mission

  • Perform other duties as assigned by and in support of the Head of School

• Extended Care Staff Member

  Job Summary

  The Extended Care Staff Member is responsible for the oversight of students in the extended care program. This includes but is not limited to planning age appropriate activities, supervision of students, and keeping accurate attendance records. The position reports to the Enrichment Services Manager.

  Preferred Qualifications

  • AA degree
  • 3-5 years experience in an extended care setting

  
  

  Essential Duties and Responsibilities

  The Extended Care Staff Member will:

  • Fill out monthly planning work sheets with appropriate age level activities.
  • Request supplies for activities each month.
  • Plan activities in the following categories: science, sensory, arts/crafts, group games, centers, books/book club.
  • Keep accurate attendance records with sign in & sign out times.
  • Serve snack.
  • Provide constant supervision.
  • Make sure extended classrooms are safe and clean.
  • Create and follow a schedule for afternoon activities.
  • Communicate with parents on student behavior, conduct, and performance.
  • Develop appropriate discipline and reward strategies for student behavior.
  • Communicate effectively with all school stakeholders.
  • Support the school and its mission.
  • Perform other duties as assigned by and in support of the Head of School.