Student Recruitment Table Staffing 

 

VOICE Charter School (http://www.voicecharterschool.org/) is an elementary and middle school located in Long Island City, Queens that serves about 650 students across grades K-8.  We are located just minutes from Manhattan (two stops outside of Manhattan on the F, N, and W train lines) and Long Island City’s growing waterfront district, thriving arts community, and rapid residential growth. We are looking to identify extraordinary educators and administrators committed to urban education who wish to join a dynamic professional learning community.

 

Our mission is to create a safe and healthy learning environment that will nurture, motivate and challenge all of our children to achieve the highest level of academic excellence and to develop into mindful, responsible, contributing participants in their education, their community and the diverse society in which we live.

 

What makes VOICE different?

 

At VOICE, it’s not just about the music. It’s about the people. It’s about what you can be. It’s about using your passion. It’s about relationships. It’s about having the opportunity to choose. It’s about caring enough. It’s about each individual child and adult.

 

We believe in efficacy. At the core of our academic culture is the idea that all students are capable of doing well in any discipline. At VOICE, all students will learn – being smart is not something that you are, it is something you become.  At VOICE, you will be pushed to become more.

 

We support and develop the effectiveness of our teachers. We believe that teachers need time to collaborate to build their practice, so we provide our team with over two hours of planning time a day as well as additional days for collaborative thought partnership and planning during the school year. 

 

We promote participation in music and the arts. As music and art help develop problem solving and critical thinking skills and open children's imaginations, all VOICE students participate in and learn from daily activities in the arts including rigorous choral training. We design our arts-integrated curriculum to bring joy and wonder to the lives of our children, providing them with the skills necessary to forge their own path.

 

All Staff at VOICE:

• Love and nurture all of our students as they become deeply caring and responsible individuals;
• Take personal responsibility and work collaboratively to ensure that all students achieve and grow, understanding that the performance and progress of our students is directly under our control;
• Ask questions and empower students to exercise curiosity and wonder about the world around them;
• Hold themselves to the highest standards;
• Push and support themselves, their students, and their colleagues;
• Proactively seek and incorporate feedback;
• Help each individual child gain the opportunity to choose what his or her future will be.

 

Position Responsibilities:

The Recruitment Table staff will provide information to potential families during select street

fairs, acting as a resource to the application process for the upcoming school year. They will 

represent VOICE and garner interest from fair attendees.  

 

• Street Fair duties 

 

• Attend select weekend street fairs as a VOICE representative. 
• Set-up a table with VOICE information and branding. 
• Staff the table during the duration of the fair, fielding questions from potential families and providing applications. 
• Collect contact information from potential families to pass to the Director of Operations for follow-up communication. 
• Communicate with the Director of Operations on the yield of the event. 
• Engage with the street fair attendees and attract traffic to the VOICE table. 
• Breakdown the table concluding the event. 

Position Qualifications:

Knowledge

• VOICE Values and core texts- Rationales & Application to daily procedures
• VOICE arrival and dismissal procedures
• VOICE application and lottery process 

 

 

Skills

• Communication both Written: email, procedural, anecdotal & Verbal: formal and informal feedback, public presentation, meeting leadership, expediting processes and giving instructions politely
• Nonverbal: reading body language of both students and adults
• Documentation / record-keeping

 

 Behavioral Characteristics

 

• Unwavering humility, patience, and kindness 
• Professional demeanor with the ability to influence and facilitate decision-making among multiple, diverse parties 
• Perseverance to create clarity while allowing for complexity and nuance 
• Openness to work collaboratively to solve problems 
• Organized and systems driven 
• Fastidious and attentive to detail 

Educational Background and Work Experience

 

Required:

• Current VOICE Employee

 

Preferred:

• Experience working in an urban school setting
• VOICE Employee for at least one year