Benefits

At Rising Ground, we encourage everyone to live a healthier life. When you enroll in health care benefits — medical, dental, and vision care, you and your family can take advantage of each plan’s preventive services, which will help everyone to stay well. Another way to remain healthy is to eat right and keep active. Ultimately, we all benefit when we make the right choices, whether through diet and exercise or health care services. You can also take advantage of other important benefits, including life and accident, disability benefits, the retirement savings plan, and the employee assistance program.

• Will help in the development of all lesson plans and curriculum for both the Transitional Foster Care and the Basic Shelter Program. Will assist the teacher to ensure that the lesson plans meet the developmental needs of the youth in the program, are in their native language and provide opportunities for the youth to learn English and Acculturation.
• Will assist the teacher to work with the Office of Refugee Resettlement and other governing bodies to ensure that the program is meeting standards as they relate to the educational needs of the youth supported by the program.
• Will ensure that youth who require specialized tutorial services receive the appropriate tutorial services. The Coordinator will be responsible for monitoring and organizing tutoring hours on the different subjects.
• Will help to create and facilitate educational activities in the community as well as hands-on projects that will enhance the lesson plans provided to the UAC youth.
• Will maintain inventory of all education supplies and ensure that education program is fully equipped to meet the needs of the youth supported by the program.
• Will facilitate assessments for minors within 72 hours of arrival and every 90 days thereafter. Will type and upload the assessments to UC Portal.
• Must be prepared to cover and teach any class in the program
• Will coordinate activities such as fund raisers

• One year experience providing educational services to youth who present behavioral, educational, and emotional challenges is preferred
• Bachelor’s degree in Education or related field with progression towards ENL extension or in pathways to receive bachelors degree or equivalent with bilingual extension preferred
• Bi-Lingual (Spanish/English) a must
• Minimum Level I NYS Teacher Assistant Certification