We hope you will join us as a volunteer at Community Learning Center! Community Learning Center (CLC), an adult literacy agency, offers education classes free of charge to adults in Philadelphia. We serve a variety of adults including people who are immigrants, people with low-income, parents, people who have not been in a classroom since they dropped out of high school, people who work and are ready to get the education they need to continue to improve their lives.

We provide a range of services including:

• Working with learners to improve their basic math and reading skills
• Preparing learners to obtain a high school equivalency degree
• Helping learners transition into post-secondary education
• Developing the workforce skills of our learners

CLC needs volunteers to work with our adult learners as tutors, classroom assistants, computer coaches, and more. We hope you will volunteer with us.

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Community Learning Center (CLC) is looking for a full-time Program and Office Associate who will report to CLC’s Director of Operations and myPLACE Coordinator and will spend about a third of the time handling administrative responsibilities and two-thirds of the time participating in program operations for CLC’s myPLACE “campus,” a city-funded program that serves as one of the five entry points to classes for Philadelphia adults without high school diplomas who are seeking instruction to earn their high school equivalency diploma (GED or HiSET) or to improve basic skills or to learn English in order to gain employment.

Founded in 1987, CLC is a nonprofit adult literacy organization based in North and West Philadelphia and is one of the top-performing adult education providers in the region. CLC strives to make Philadelphia a city where all adults have the education and employment they need to support themselves and their families. CLC provides free classes, career coaching, and support services that enable low-income adults to earn their high school equivalency diploma, learn English, and gain employment. myPLACE is staffed by the Program and Office Associate, a Coordinator, and a Learning Coach.

As part of the myPLACE team, the Program and Office Associate:
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· Receives calls and walk-ins from adults seeking classes
· Schedules adults for an intake and testing session where standardized reading and math assessments are conducted and required information is collected
· Conducts or helps conduct intake and assessment sessions
· Schedules learners for an online computer course, done at myPLACE, that takes 3-12 hours to complete and teaches computer literacy and job readiness skills
· Staffs the online computer classes, offered multiple times each week, and guides learners through the course
· Refers learners to appropriate adult education classes at CLC and throughout the city
· Enters information about each adult into a city-operated database (ASAP)
· Attends professional meetings related to myPLACE
· For adults who are referred by myPLACE to CLC, schedules and confirms attendance at orientation sessions.

Administrative Responsibilities:

· Runs weekly updates on computers
· Enters student information into a database (e-Data)
· Monitors supplies and identifies needs
· Opens and stamps mail
· Makes copies and prepares documents for student orientation
· Co-creates surveys and summarizes results
· Assists with quality assurance by checking student files for required documents and checking that required information has been entered in database (e-Data)
Creates basic spreadsheets in Excel
· Handles other facilities and administrative assignments as needed

Qualifications:

· Associates or bachelor’s degree preferred; minimum of high school diploma required provided candidate has several years of applicable experience.
· Experience and/or training or interest in adult education, urban education, workforce development, teaching, coaching, advising, or counseling adults, especially those from low-income communities
· Customer service experience preferred
· Experience entering data in databases and computer navigation skills preferred, particularly Microsoft Office (Word, Excel)
· Extremely detail-oriented and organized
· Demonstrated ability to multi-task
· Initiative and ability to work autonomously some of the time
· Flexibility and patience
· Positive attitude
· Resourcefulness
· Ability to work well with diverse population and challenging people
· Sense of humor a plus!

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TAKE CHARGE OF YOUR LIFE AND ENROLL IN COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTER’S FREE CLASSES

• Improve reading, math and other skills needed to get your GED

• Learn English

• Learn essential beginner computer skills

• Learn what employers expect on the job

• Learn job search skills

• Obtain job leads

Two locations

2701 North Broad Street
(Broad and Lehigh)

229 North 63RD Street
(63rd Street between Race and Vine)

To apply or for more information, call 215.426.7940 or visit http://communitylearningcenter.org

Please apply only if seeking part-time employment.

Responsibilities

– Teach pre-GED or GED level reading, writing, mathematics, social studies, and/or science
– Maintain accurate and timely attendance, assessment, goal, and other data
– Follow the relevant curriculum
– Attend professional meetings

Qualifications

– Minimum of a bachelor’s degree
– Experience teaching adults preferred
– Strong base of general knowledge
– Excellent organizational, writing, and computer skills
– Initiative
– Flexibility
– Resourcefulness
– Positive attitude
– Ability to work well with diverse population

Please send a cover letter and resume electronically to:

Dr. Rebecca Serfass Wagner
Executive Director
Community Learning Center
2701 North Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19132
employment@communitylearningcenter.org

Responsibilities
• Recruit and train new tutors on an ongoing basis
• Organize professional development for tutors
• Match tutors with learners
• Monitor tutor instruction
• Evaluate and provide tutors with constructive feedback
• Conduct assessment of tutored learners
• Manage assessment, attendance, and other data relating to tutored students

Requirements
• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree, preferably in education
• 1+ year experience managing volunteers
• Initiative
• Resourcefulness
• Good organizational, writing, and computer skills
• Detail oriented

Send a cover letter and resume via e-mail to:

Dr. Rebecca S. Wagner
Executive Director
Community Learning Center
2701 North Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19132
employment@communitylearningcenter.org

Community Learning Center, an outcome driven nonprofit adult literacy organization that offers free GED, basic reading, and English language classes for vulnerable residents of Philadelphia seeks a full-time Director of Development and Communications.

Responsibilities

Grants
1. Research old and new grant opportunities
2. Create and maintain a calendar of due dates for grant applications and reports
3. Carefully draft and proofread grant applications and reports for review and approval by the Executive Director before submission

Fundraising
1. Create annual fundraising plan
2. Collect/write stories and create CLC newsletter according to plan, and organize mailing of the newsletter
3. Compose and organize mailing of CLC’s annual appeal letter according to plan
4. Communicate and meet with the Board’s Fundraising Committee and help implement its ideas
5. Help formulate fundraising strategy through running reports, researching, attending workshops/seminars, and organizing focus groups
6. Help organize fundraising events
7. Manage donor database
8. Write and mail acknowledgment letters to donors
9. Manage CLC’s participation in micro-funding programs

Communications
1. Manage CLC website
2. Manage social media, e.g., write and send updates via Constant Contact and Twitter, post updates on Facebook
3. Write, format, and organize mailing of CLC’s annual report

Other
1. Participate in CLC director and staff meetings
2. Assist with program activities as requested
Qualifications

1. Bachelor’s degree in education, communications, marketing, or related field

2. Minimum of one year of experience in grant writing and social media

3. Experience using donor databases, Excel, website software, and graphic design software

Please send a cover letter and resume electronically to:

Dr. Rebecca S. Wagner
Executive Director
Community Learning Center
2701 North Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19132
rwagner@communitylearningcenter.org

Community Learning Center (CLC), a non-profit organization serving adults throughout Philadelphia, is seeking tutors for its adult literacy program.

Volunteer tutors work with an individual or small group either once or twice a week (Monday and/or Wednesday, 9-11:30am and 1-3:30pm) assisting with reading and writing skills. New tutoring groups will be forming in September at locations in West Philadelphia (63rd and Vine) and Germantown. All training and materials are provided by CLC.

For more information, email volunteer@communitylearningcenter.org.

Responsibilities:

– Teach reading, writing, mathematics, social studies, and science to build learners’ skills so that learners can earn a GED
– Maintain accurate and timely attendance, assessment, goal, and other data
– Prepare student-centered, contextualized lessons
– Attend professional development activities and other professional meetings

Qualifications:

– Minimum of a bachelor’s degree
– Experience teaching adults preferred
– Experience and/or training in teaching reading or math preferred
– Strong base of general knowledge
– Excellent organizational, writing, and computer skills
– Creativity
– Initiative
– Flexibility
– Positive attitude
– Ability to work well with diverse population

Please send a cover letter and resume electronically to:

Dr. Rebecca Serfass Wagner
Executive Director
Community Learning Center
2701 North Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19132
employment@communitylearningcenter.org