Posted on July 18, 2024

To help support three Oasis After School Academy positions – the Reading Specialist, the Math Specialist, and the English as a Second Language Teacher — to provide targeted instruction to students who are struggling to achieve grade level within these subject areas. The After-School Academy offers 130 children academic and socio-emotional interventions every weekday, from 3:30 to 6:00 p.m., over 40 weeks, from September through mid-June, serving children from kindergarten through seventh grade. Children who need individualized attention in language arts or math are pulled out of class to work in small groups with the Oasis Math or Reading Specialists. They plan to hire an English as a Second Language Teacher to better meet the needs of the growing number of incoming students who are English Language Learners. Located in Paterson, NJ, Oasis offers a holistic pathway out of poverty through numerous educational and vocational training programs. It assists women to enter and better succeed in the workforce, and it helps children to better flourish academically, and stay in school.