AAMB Harvest Foundation is pleased to announce a recent award from the AISD -ACCESS Safe Schools Healthy Students grant that funds the middle school-based Responding in Positive and Productive Ways (RIPP) program.
The AAMB RIPP Coordinator position is grant funded until August 2012 with no benefits; and involves the teaching of the RIPP course curriculum along with functioning as a mediator and mentor for young students, helping them to learn constructive ways to manage their emotions and resolve conflict.
Duties
1. The teaching of the course: RiPP (Responding in Peaceful and Positive Ways) to Reagan HS based- Pearce students. This is an evidence based course designed to implement an understanding of the physiological elements of violent behavior, the reasons behind many conflicts and effective strategies toward resolving these conflicts non-violently.
2. Helping to establish and manage a team of Peer mediators. This group works to resolve conflicts amongst their peers. All of the mediators and work not only to resolve disputes but also to promote a general climate of constructive conflict resolution.
3. Work effectively with the school security team and SRO to pre-empt and/or contain any violent conflicts.
4. Work effectively with student support services on campus (CARY, CIS, Dropout prevention and Parent Support Specialist) to provide one on one support and community outreach and building activities.
5. Stay abreast of the most current national trends and data germane to the topic of violence prevention and peaceful conflict resolution.
6. Develop and coordinate after school extracurricular activities to support and promote the greater mission of violence prevention.
7. Research and outline specific data toward the end of profiling a picture of the improvement or lack thereof in student behavior.
8. Working with 15 RIPP students through a Media Camp to produce two Public Service Announcements at the end of the program.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Must be at least 21 years of age
- Proficient in Microsoft applications; data base management; research
- Must have a minimum of 2-years of successful experience working with urban minority youth/teen population; school-based experience is a plus
- Typical professional level-Bachelor degree in social work, social sciences, and/or counseling related fields; equivalent work may be substituted
- Bi-lingual candidates (
English/Spanish) are strongly encouraged to apply.
TO APPLY
Send a resume and letter of interest to Ms. Janice M. Johnson at JaniceMJ@aol.com – NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE. If you qualify, you will be contacted for an interview. First round of interviews will be held during the week of February 13th through the 17th, 2012.
GOOD LUCK!!
