Black Swan Academy seeks PT Middle School Cohort Lead
Start Date: April 1, 2025
Application Deadline: March 14, 2025
Compensation: USD $23 - $25 /hour
We are seeking a creative, passionate, action-oriented Middle School Cohort Lead, who is committed to fostering a safe, supportive environment for young people to lead. This position will be for one of our lunch time cohorts. The cohort lead will be responsible for recruiting youth, outreach, partnership engagement, planning and facilitating workshops/meetings and supporting community outreach events, direct actions and youth-led advocacy efforts. This position will also be responsible for supervising mentors and volunteers. This position will be supervised by the Middle School Program Manager.
Responsibilities
Lead Weekly Middle School Programming
Design and facilitate interactive lesson plans each week for each assigned cohort;
Foster environment for youth to lead, make decisions and strategize
Invite guest speakers and facilitators to sessions as needed;
Supervise mentors and volunteers that are placed at your site;
Foster an emotionally supportive environment in which youth can ask for connections to resources, including mutual aid
Coordinate transportation for youth following programming and to and from special events