Sixth Grade

WE'RE HIRING!

Are you organized, flexible, detail-oriented, energetic and compassionate? Do you love working with Newark’s youth and are you excited by the prospect of helping them pursue and complete their education after high school? If so, you might be who we are looking for to join our team as a part-time Associate Director of Programming with a focus on advising juniors and seniors! Overarching responsibilities of this position include: implementation, management and evaluation of projects and programs; spokesperson for A Call to College; developing student relationships and providing informed advising; and leading and collaborating with multiple teams. Some specific program responsibilities include: Advising; New Model Development, Training, Communication and Oversight; Workforce Development Liasion, Summer Melt, Campus Visits, and Financial Aid and FAFSA advising.

Please see the link below for a general job description. Also linked is our A Call to College employment application. Please email your completed employment application along with your resume and cover letter to Tara Houdeshell, Executive Director at [email protected]. All other questions and inquiries should also be forwarded to Tara. Thank you for your interest!

Associate Director of Programs Job Description

Employment Application

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The PEAK Program sponsors sixth grade early college awareness activities that reach more than 400 students in all three Newark City School middle school buildings. Outreach at this grade level focuses on expanding college knowledge and exploring career interests. The two main activities are:

Kids2College. Every sixth grader is introduced to basic college vocabulary, what it takes to be college-ready and what types of careers are associated with what types of educational levels. These concepts are introduced through the Kids2College program, a national 6-lesson plan curriculum made available by the philanthropic arm of Sallie Mae.

Campus Visit. The capstone activity of the Kids2College curriculum is an actual campus visit. Every 6th grader will be given the opportunity to tour campus, hear an admissions presentation and eat lunch in the dining hall at one of eight local universities: Central Ohio Technical College, Capital University, Denison University, Mount Vernon Nazarene University, Ohio Dominican University, The Ohio State University at Newark, Otterbein University and Kenyon College.

Since 1992 The Sallie Mae Fund has provided college access programs and school systems materials for the Kids2College program free of charge. A Call to College received a $1,000 implementation grant from the organization to reproduce the curriculum in workbook form for every 6th grader, in addition to a $22,500 Great Lakes College Access Investment grant through the Ohio College Access Network to expand staffing and cover campus visit costs for the first year of the outreach.