Open Positions
Director of Development
Full Time Employee
Reports to: Head of School
Pay Range: $61,000 – $65,000/yr
Benefits
Medical Insurance (partially paid by school), 401K & 401K Match up to 3%, Paid time off, Tuition Reimbursement
Job Summary
Will focus on increasing the donation, grant and fundraising revenue to meet current objectives. Will work with the Board of Directors Development Committee to implement a long-term comprehensive fundraising program and help increase community awareness.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Researching, preparing and submitting annual grant requests and complying with the necessary follow-up
- Coordinating and implementing all aspects of our annual fundraising events including obtaining sponsorships, program planning, volunteer training, cultivating guests, management of logistics
- Coordinating and implementing all aspects of our Annual Giving Campaign
- Building relationships with people and organizations to secure philanthropic support within the larger community while cultivating strategies for current donors
- Planning and implementing at least one major raffle annually
- Planning and implementing a Capital Campaign when appropriate
- Promoting, discussing and obtaining planned-giving contributions
- Identifying and cultivating major donor prospects
- Working cooperatively with the Director of Communications on the publishing of an Annual Report and newsletters
- Making sure all donor recognition is done in a timely fashion and data entry is accurate and up-to-date
- Maintaining donor database and all associated communications, including gift entry, thank you letters, list generation, etc.
- Working with the Development Committee, Board of Directors, PTO and other volunteers on fundraising activities
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in marketing, communication, non-profit administration, liberal arts or related field
- Five or more years of successful fundraising experience preferably in the non-profit setting
- Two or more years of successful grant writing experience
- A proven record of cultivating, soliciting, closing and stewarding major gifts
- Strong administrative, organizational and interpersonal skills
- Competency using Google Docs and related programs
- A passion for helping children who have not met with success in mainstream education
Submit resumes to
Renee Lindsey
rlindsey@summit-academy.org
Full Time Employee
Reports to: Head of School
Pay Range: $61,000 – $65,000/yr
Benefits
Medical Insurance (partially paid by school), 401K & 401K Match up to 3%, Paid time off, Tuition Reimbursement
Job Summary
Will focus on increasing the donation, grant and fundraising revenue to meet current objectives. Will work with the Board of Directors Development Committee to implement a long-term comprehensive fundraising program and help increase community awareness.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Researching, preparing and submitting annual grant requests and complying with the necessary follow-up
- Coordinating and implementing all aspects of our annual fundraising events including obtaining sponsorships, program planning, volunteer training, cultivating guests, management of logistics
- Coordinating and implementing all aspects of our Annual Giving Campaign
- Building relationships with people and organizations to secure philanthropic support within the larger community while cultivating strategies for current donors
- Planning and implementing at least one major raffle annually
- Planning and implementing a Capital Campaign when appropriate
- Promoting, discussing and obtaining planned-giving contributions
- Identifying and cultivating major donor prospects
- Working cooperatively with the Director of Communications on the publishing of an Annual Report and newsletters
- Making sure all donor recognition is done in a timely fashion and data entry is accurate and up-to-date
- Maintaining donor database and all associated communications, including gift entry, thank you letters, list generation, etc.
- Working with the Development Committee, Board of Directors, PTO and other volunteers on fundraising activities
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in marketing, communication, non-profit administration, liberal arts or related field
- Five or more years of successful fundraising experience preferably in the non-profit setting
- Two or more years of successful grant writing experience
- A proven record of cultivating, soliciting, closing and stewarding major gifts
- Strong administrative, organizational and interpersonal skills
- Competency using Google Docs and related programs
- A passion for helping children who have not met with success in mainstream education
Submit resumes to
Renee Lindsey
rlindsey@summit-academy.org
Full Time Employee; 11-month
SALARY RANGE: $40,000 - $60,000
BENEFITS: 401K, Dental, Medical, Vision
GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
The Interventionist is responsible for supporting students throughout the school day. The Interventionist provides individual or small group instruction/support to students who are struggling with regulation and executive functioning. This position is also responsible for monitoring, reporting, and communicating student progress and performance in these areas. The Interventionist provides leadership and direction at the school level, working to design, implement, coordinate, and evaluate a comprehensive behavior support program. In addition, this position works directly and aggressively with identified students to adopt behaviors that substantially increase the quality of relationships and their academic performance.
ESSENTIAL TASKS:
- Advises and counsels students regarding regulation and executive functioning
- Design and facilitate dynamic individual intervention plans based on current student needs
- Provides guidance counseling to students through planned activities in small group or classroom settings to convey educational, social, and important school information, and offers workshops/seminars for parents
- Provides brief counseling to address social and emotional concerns and appropriately refers students to behavioral health specialists
- Provides assistance with de-escalating student behaviors and reintegrating students back into the classroom
- Escort, supervise, and assist students in various settings
Conduct conflict resolution and peer mediation sessions - Participate and work as a collaborative member of the school’s support team providing professional guidance on intervention strategies for referred students
- Identify and facilitate opportunities to enhance the positive relationships between the school and families
- Collaborate with teachers, administration, and families to help identify best practices for individual and small groups of students
- Use identified research based interventions focused specifically on individual student needs
- Maintain data-based documentation of continuous monitoring of student performance and progress
- Provide required reporting on all levels of student intervention and programs implemented
- Perform related tasks as required
QUALIFICATIONS:
The ideal candidate will possess:
- Bachelor’s level education in counseling, social work, education, or special education
- Desire and ability to work with students at the specified age level with diverse backgrounds and levels to ability toward accomplishing their educational goals
- Ability to organize tasks and manage time to meet many and varied deadlines and communicate effectively with students, parents, school administrators and other staff, including the ability to discuss topics which may be sensitive
- A commitment to meet the needs of the whole child
- Extensive knowledge of trauma informed practices including Adverse
- Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and implementation of interventions
- Demonstrated ability to work compassionately with students and families experiencing trauma
- Knowledge of brain, motor, sensory, and Social Emotional Learning (SEL) development
- Knowledge of basic child development as it relates to individual students with special needs
- Knowledge of behavior management techniques and practical implementation
- Awareness and sensitivity towards students and their individual differences
SUBMIT RESUMES TO:
Rebecca Hoffmann, Principal
rhoffmann@summit-academy.org
Equal Opportunity
Summit Academy does not discriminate on the basis of gender, race, color, religion, nationality or ethnic origin in administration of its policies and programs.