Overnight Residential Advisor Jobs

Reports to: Director of Student Life

Start Date: August 1, 2023

About SEED:

The mission of SEED Schools is to provide students with a rigorous, college preparatory, boarding school model that prepares them for success in college and careers.

The SEED School of Los Angeles County (SEED LA) opened Fall of 2022 as California’s first urban public college preparatory boarding school, and the fourth SEED school in the nation. Building a ninth-grade cohort each year, SEED LA will empower roughly 400 students in Grades 9-12 to achieve their full potential through our 24-hour learning environment. Our partnership with LA Metro provides a unique opportunity for students to advance their skills in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) while engaging in hands-on learning in the transportation field.

Our innovative model integrates a rigorous academic program with a nurturing boarding program that develops the whole child. This boarding school model provides a comprehensive solution to the challenges facing urban youth and serves as a prototype for expansion nationwide. All SEED students live on campus between Sunday evenings and Friday afternoons. Our model has proven successful: over 90 percent of SEED graduates have been accepted to four-year colleges and universities throughout the country and over 60 percent remain enrolled in college or have already earned college degrees.

The success of the SEED model has been showcased in media outlets and publications such as 60 Minutes, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and in the documentary film, Waiting for Superman. President Barack Obama has hailed SEED as “a true success story.

More information can be found on the school’s website: www.seedschoolla.org

Position Overview:

The SEED School of Los Angeles is seeking an Overnight Residential Advisor to join the student life team. In this role, the advisor’s primary responsibility will be to provide a safe and secure environment during the night-time hours while students are sleeping and to monitor students during the morning hours prior to the start of the school day. The Night-Time Resident Advisors will handle all emergencies and student issues during the night-time and morning hours.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Attends to students’ health care and mental health needs
• Teaches students appropriate social skills while praising positive decisions and redirecting inappropriate actions by utilizing the Model of Care
• Communicates with parents, administrators, Student Life Counselors and teachers about student behaviors and/or trends
• Responsible for assisting in the management and maintenance of the house/residence hall facility Maintains house programs
• Models the words, behaviors, and values deemed appropriate for a member of the SEED community
• Other duties as required or assigned
• Motivates students to begin their day on a positive note by setting goals, encouraging all children to put forth effort, and reminding them that they are supported
• Attends to students’ personal safety
• Recognizes individual and house progress and accomplishments as they improve and grow
• Facilitates engaging morning activities
• Protects the rights and dignity of individual students
• Teaches healthy lifestyle routines to include nutrition, hygiene, and proper sleep
• Oversees morning routines, which could include but not limited to: Wake up, chores, preparation for the school day (morning hygiene routines), morning activities, breakfast and transition to classes
• Demonstrates ability to nurture each student entrusted to their care
• Serve as an Overnight Residential Advisor helping to build and implement the SEED LA culture - establishing new routines and structures to prepare students for college completion and beyond.

Requirements

A commitment to SEED’s mission and belief that with the right resources, any child can attend college and achieve their dreams

• Superior written and oral communication and presentation skills
• 1-2 years residential advising experience in a school setting
• Possess an entrepreneurial spirit to be able to create and implement routines and rituals to ensure student achievement
• A commitment to SEED’s core values of: COMPASSION, GRATITUDE, GROWTH, INTEGRITY, PERSEVERANCE, RESPECT, RESPONSIBILITY
• Experience directing/supervising a residential and/or boarding program in a college preparatory school.
• Associates Degree or higher/equivalent, from an accredited university in social sciences or related fields.
• Direct experience in adolescent development, residential/boarding education, teaching, or related fields (preferred)
• Experience working with diverse student populations in an urban setting
• 1+ years direct experience in adolescent development, residential/boarding education, teaching, or related fields.

Benefits

Please Note the Shift Hours for this position

Typical shifts are from 11:30 pm - 8:30 am

Employee Benefits

Compensation will be commensurate with candidate experience and expertise. The salary range for this opportunity is $20 - $23/hr. On campus housing accommodations may be available at SEED LA site for the 2023-24 school year. The benefits package also includes paid sick leave, holiday pay, a generous 403b retirement plan in addition to health, dental, vision, and life insurance.