Postsecondary Coordinator - 2024/2025 School Year
Philadelphia, PA
Network Support – Postsecondary /
Full-Time 2024-25 School Year /
On-site
About Mastery:
Founded in 2001, Mastery Schools is a public charter network of 24 K-12 schools in Philadelphia and Camden, serving more than 14,000 students.
At Mastery, we’re on a mission to provide all students with the academic and personal skills they need to succeed after graduation and pursue their dreams. Student achievement is not just a goal for our organization; it's the reason we exist, and every member of our team is dedicated to securing student success. We are also committed to pursuing equity, actively disrupting systemic racism, and addressing the disparities that limit our students' choices.
Our culture is built on respect, service, and the belief that the success of our students, their families, and the communities we serve will help us achieve our mission. We foster a positive, open, and inclusive environment where honesty, humor, and continuous improvement are celebrated.
Join us in creating a model urban school district that serves all students with excellence. Together, we can make a lasting impact.
This role is eligible for a $2,000 bonus as well as up to $5,000 for relocation expenses!
New-to-Mastery Teachers can expect a starting annual salary of between $55,000-$101,500 based on years’ experience and level of education.
Position Summary:
The role of the Postsecondary Coordinator teaches and supports Junior Seminar and provides the content knowledge and exposure to Mastery’s multiple pathways strategy. In addition to the classroom responsibilities listed below, which engage students in self exploration before diving in to pathway exploration, Postsecondary Coordinators are responsible for ensuring that each student has the opportunity to engage in robust, differentiated pathway exposure experiences (IHE/Postsecondary program visits, rep visits, job shadowing, etc) during their 11th grade year.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Plan, lead and teach Junior Seminar Curriculum
- Create a robust calendar of college and career exposure opportunities through partnerships to highlight education, vocational training, military, and employment pathways
- Meet with students 1:1 throughout the year, helping students to understand and evaluate the social, academic and financial fit of each pathway aligned to their individual interests.
- Facilitate end of year family meetings for student pathway selection to be utilized as their postsecondary roadmap during 12th grade.
- Plan and coordinate annual school day PSAT and SAT testing.
- Manage the Summer Opportunities program and goals for all grades
- Support the Postsecondary team to meet all team goals by supporting postsecondary events across grade levels, including but not limited to, FAFSA completion events, family meetings, graduation, mock interviews, rep visits and trips
- Participate in all Postsecondary Team professional development.
Qualifications:
- Familiarity with aspects of college counseling and career exposure programs, including college planning, career development, as well as matriculation challenges and other barriers faced by low-income, first-generation college students
- Exceptional organization skills – a detail-oriented approach to multi-task and meet deadlines under pressure
- Strong proficiency with database systems – start-up and ongoing support/maintenance
- Ability to gather data, compile information and prepare reports as well as analyze data in order to make improvement recommendations
- Excellent communication, public relations, and interpersonal skills both orally and in writing with ability to effectively connect with broad range of constituents including alumni, their families, secondary and post-secondary school staff/leaders
- Comfort and demonstrated ability to successfully facilitate and engage various size groups
- Track-record of high achievement (premium placed on experience in urban communities and schools)
- Personal drive and commitment to serve urban youth
- Deep belief in one’s own ability to significantly increase college going, persistence and graduation rates for Mastery alums
- Ability to effectively work alone and with a high-performing, mission-driven staff
- Consistently evaluates progress, using data to drive changes in alumni support program
- Demonstrated resilience to persevere and turn challenges into opportunities while meeting aggressive goals despite limited resources
- Ability to be a self-starter and creative problem solver while also being a quick learner who is willing to ask questions and seek feedback.
Education & Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree required with urban education experience preferred
- Demonstrated performance to surpass aggressive and measurable goals in urban schools
- Experience in postsecondary planning at the secondary level and/or significant high-school teaching experience.
- Strong administrative background including: detailed data management, communication, and marketing skills, logistics and planning.
Physical Requirements:
- Ability to physically perform the duties and to work in the environmental conditions required such as maneuvering in classrooms and office space-reaching file cabinets, filing, faxing, scanning, coping, typing, mailing, and making phone calls; Must be able to sit for up to two (2) hours looking at a computer monitor, using a keyboard/mouse and typing.
Mastery's Benefits Package:
We offer a full benefits program and opportunities for professional growth. Some of our most popular benefits include our 403(b) retirement plan for PA employees (with a 5% match from Mastery), enrollment in the State of New Jersey Pension Plan for NJ employees, a robust Employee Assistance Program, mental health and counseling programs, an annual Professional Development Fund, and discounts and perks at a myriad of retailers, travel organizations, insurance providers, and so much more, as well as a Benefits VIP Helpdesk to help you navigate various benefits-related topics!
Mastery's Annual Calendar:
As you plan to make Mastery your new work home, please feel free to review our PA Academic Calendar for SY 23/24 and our NJ Academic Calendar for SY 23/24. We like to think our calendar is a benefit of working here too!
Mastery Charter Schools is an equal opportunity employer and actively encourages applications from people of all backgrounds. Compensation is competitive and commensurate with experience.
