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Job Description
Pay Range: $35.00/ hr
Job Posting Closing on: Thursday, March 6, 2025
Are you passionate about teaching youth to read?
Can you put the FUN back in reading is fundamental?
Can you inspire kids to read using creative and engaging activities sparking their imagination?
The City of Fort Worth Park & Recreation is recruiting for seasonal positions to work with our 2025 Summer Day Camp, offering Camp Fort Worth and the Mobile Recreation Programs. We are looking for dynamic, experienced, and creative Literacy Support Specialists who enjoy working in a fast-paced environment while encouraging kids to read without fear and to inspire them to work toward reading at grade level and beyond, all while having fun! Camp Fort Worth and Mobile Recreation are Summer Day Camp programs located at 20 community centers and 4 schools throughout the City of Fort Worth.
Multiple Literacy Support Specialist positions are available with the City of Fort Worth Park & Recreation Department. This position will work up to a maximum of 30 hours weekly (depending on location) at a designated Community Center or Mobile Recreation Camp location.
The Literacy Program is embedded in Camp Fort Worth and serves children ages 5-12 years. The Program is built on intentional reading instruction for a minimum of 45 minutes daily, focused on the six (6) best practices of reading instruction. These six (6) best practices are phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, comprehension, vocabulary, and oral language development.
- Attendance is required at orientation, which is June 2 -6
- The Camp Fort Worth Program operates June 9 through August 1 and is offered between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.
- The Mobile Recreation Summer Day Camp Program operates from June 9 through July 25 and is offered between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.
- The positions will work up to a maximum of 30 hours per week (Seasonal Position with no benefits).
This Position qualifies for the following incentives which are separate from the base pay:
- Completion of Assignment Pay . You can earn up to a $300 incentive pay, which is based on the amount of days worked while on assignment.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in education or related field
- Six (6) months of teaching experience in a specialty area (reading instruction, early learning, or elementary education).
- Certification in the specialty area is required.
- Valid Texas Driver’s License
Preferred Qualifications
- Three (3) years of classroom experience
- Strong literacy instruction foundation
- Experience with children ages 5-12
- Familiar with Lexia Core5 Reading®
- Certified through TEA and/or in one of the Basic Core classes such as Math, English, Writing or History
- ESL knowledge/experience
The Literacy Support Specialist’s job responsibilities include:
- Teaches scheduled reading instruction classes and activities to provide educational programming for appropriate age groups.
- Plans course content and method of presentation; prepares an outline of materials to be covered and submits it for approval to supervisor/coordinator.
- Selects and assembles materials to be used in teaching assignments and arranges the use of audiovisual equipment or teaching aids.
- Plans activities for participants directly associated with literacy development.
- Monitors, collects, tracks, and verifies accurate records for reporting purposes.
- Monitors and evaluates the quality, efficiency, and effectiveness of assigned programs; works with personnel on the continuous improvement of programs and services.
- Adheres to assigned work schedules as outlined in the Department and City attendance policies and procedures; ensures all behaviors comply with the City’s Personnel Rules and Regulations.
- Willing to work in other areas of the program as needed.
- Ability to work independently and in collaboration with students, parents, program staff, and other Literacy Support Specialists.
Working Conditions:
Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically require touching, talking, hearing, seeing, grasping, standing, walking and repetitive motions.
Physical Demands:
Sedentary Work - Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, a negligible amount of force frequently, and/or or constantly having to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met
Conditions of Employment
The City of Fort Worth is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is the policy and practice of the City to recruit, hire, train and promote a diverse workforce without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, military service, or another non-merit factor.
The City of Fort Worth is committed to full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions.
Candidates who do not meet the Education requirement, may be considered if they have more relevant work experience than the position requires. Those selected for employment will be required to pass Pre-Employment checks depending on the position requirements. Those could include, but are not limited to: criminal background check, drug screen, education verification, etc. criminal convictions will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Employees are paid by direct deposit only. -
ABOUT THE COMPANY
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City of Fort Worth
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The City of Cowboys & Culture is known for its Texas hospitality. The stunning and sprawling City of
Fort Worth is one of the fastest-growing cities in the U.S. And it’s no wonder — With great neighborhoods, scenic terrain and a rich history of arts and culture, paired with world-class opportunities for business and education, it’s not only fun to visit Fort Worth, it’s even more rewarding to call it home.Fort Worth truly offers all the benefits and amenities of a bustling metropolitan city, while keeping the small- town charm that keeps it unpretentious and charismatic in all the right ways. Designated as one of America’s “Most Livable Communities” by the Partners for Livable Communities, the city truly offers a melting pot of culture, commerce, community and yes, cowboys.
There are over a dozen remarkable districts full of treasured history among modern luxuries and unique places to have fun, making it the No. 1 tourist destination in Texas and welcoming more than 9.4 million visitors annually.
Being one of the fastest-growing among large cities in the country, Fort Worth has received multiple accolades, including number one downtown (Livability), and the second-best City in the nation for job seekers (Forbes). Our employees serve the needs of over 900,000 residents representing culturally diverse communities.
Exciting Growth & Future Development
One of the most fascinating aspects of the City of Fort Worth is its almost unprecedented growth over the past several years. Both in terms of population and industry, and as the 12th largest city in the United States, Fort Worth is truly booming — which presents both challenges and opportunities to truly develop this city in the right way. Every 30 minutes a new person moves to Fort Worth, so we’re looking for candidates who can embrace an evergrowing and changing environment and improve on it with solutions that work for the entire community of Fort Worth.
Mission
We are working together to build a strong community that others can look to as a pillar of unity and excellence. Through grassroots efforts within the community, and large scale construction and transportation plans that continue to add the infra- structure a growing city like Fort Worth needs, we’ll provide the public services our community requires to continually cultivate the unique city we call home.
Vision
Fort Worth’s vision is to be the most livable and best managed city in the country. We’ll do this by taking care of our citizens, implementing the highest quality standards in our schools, continually improving the neighborhoods we thrive in and the facets of the city that make our town so unique.
Benefits That Are Well Worth It
The City of Fort Worth continues to be dedicated to its employees’ well-being by providing competitive health benefits, a well-rounded wellness program and a Zero Accident Philosophy® workplace. All regular full-time employees and those employees who work 30–39 hours per week are eligible for all City of Fort Worth Benefits. Part-time employees who work 20–29 hours per week are eligible for dental, basic life insurance, supplemental life insurance, flexible spending accounts, 457 Deferred Compensation plan and other voluntary benefits.
Medical Program
The City offers two plan options through Meritain Health, an Aetna company.
The Health Center Plan – Offers employees and their family’s
primary health care services that are 100% completely free and unlimited. Employees can visit any one of the three City of Fort Worth Employee Health Centers and receive guaranteed same or next day appointments for sick visits. Also, services are available at any one of the five satellite locations that serves employees across the city.
The Consumer Choice Plan – Is offered to employees at no cost or low monthly premiums to cover eligible dependents and provides the financial benefits of a Health Savings Account (HSA).
• Preventative services are covered at 100% on both plans.
• Prescription Drug coverage including mail order pharmacy are also included.Vacation
Eligible for 3 weeks of vacation: After successful completion of probationary period (usually
6 months), employees may take time off for rest, relaxation, vacation, illness, religious observances, and personal business.Holidays
Available on the first day of employment, the city provides employees with paid holidays, including two personal holidays.
Wellness Program
The city’s Healthy Challenge Wellness Program rewards all full-time, benefit-eligible employees on the city’s health insurance. The Healthy Challenge Program utilizes a points system. Participants may earn points throughout the year (Jan. 1-Dec. 15) for completing specific program activities and participants can redeem points at the end of the year for a cash reward. By participating, individuals can earn $150, $200 or $250 by accumulating program points.
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