Innovations Facility Manager Position

Innovations Public Charter School sits on 9 acres of land mauka of the Queen Ka’ahumanu Hwy in Kailua-Kona. Nestled among cattle pastures, Innovations’ maintains manicured, well-cared for indoor and outdoor learning spaces for children in Kindergarten through 8th grade.The campus nurtures student-centered learning and inquiry in establishing green, shady lawns for reading, small group instruction and play in outdoor spaces as well as clean, comfortable classrooms each with an outdoor lanai space for table/chair learning environments. Students are engaged in inquiry through the many planters around classroom buildings that nurture native plants and decorative foliage. A team of garden instructors establishes and maintains a full-service garden and food orchards throughout campus that incorporates student choice, work and enjoyment. Innovations seeks a facility manager who is interested in maintaining this amazing learning environment for keiki of our community and work as part of a team to implement our campus vision.

Job Title: Facility Manager

Pay: $50,000/year

Hours: some flexibility: 6am-3pm weekdays/opportunity to flex weekday hours for some weekend tasks

Benefits: full state benefits package including: health insurance, paid holidays, sick leave, vacation, life insurance, retirement

The facility manager will be in charge of managing the following areas of care of the campus:

  • Organizing a master schedule and awareness of the needs of facility team members

  • Daily Facility Maintenance

  • Cleaning

  • Repair & Maintenance

  • Safety

  • Summer deep cleaning & maintenance

  • Organizing and maintaining supplies, equipment and maintenance schedules

  • Team Support: working together with other staff members to accomplish common goals

Innovations seeks a team player who enjoys working with and serving children. Maintaining the campus for maximum learning often includes mentoring our students in taking care of their environment, learning space and creating projects to support skill development. 

Examples of skills, knowledge and tasks that may be required in each of the categories to be managed include:

  • Organization and Management of Operational Systems:

    • taking inventories of such supplies and equipment

    • Plan and coordinate schedules of outside contractors conducting maintenance (ie. tree trimming, septic pumping, fire extinguisher inspection)

    • Participate on the school’s safety committee: knowledge of all safety drills and identifying a role in implementing the safety drill (ie. evacuation, fire pulls, lockdown drills)

      • Maintaining safety logs and required documentation 

      • Take OSHA training and certification

      • MSDS

  • Cleaning or overseeing/scheduling staff who perform daily room and building cleaning: 

    • Sweeps and mops floors,

    • wipes, dust and polishes furniture and metal work; 

    • electrical fixtures and windows and other places which are not easily accessible; 

    • mops, cleans, disinfects and services lavatories and restrooms

    • cleans water fountains and wash basins

    • Knowledge of: Cleaning methods, materials, and equipment

  • Daily tasks that require some heavy lifting or carrying of items

    • loads, unloads and distributes school and janitorial supplies and equipment

    • moves and transports heavy objects such as office and classroom furniture, benches, platforms 

  • makes simple repairs to indoor and outdoor areas

    • to doors, windows, jalousies, chairs, 

    • sprinkler systems and other school facilities and equipment

    • replaces toilet floats, faucets, fluorescent and standard light bulbs and fuses

  • basic grounds maintenance practices; and uses of common hand tools

    • Knowledge of sprinkler irrigation systems is helpful

  • Innovations has a small fleet of utility vehicles used to access the campus and assist with landscaping, moving, transporting equipment and cleaning tasks. Knowledge of general maintenance and small repairs to golf carts, UTV is helpful. If additional repair is needed, the facility manager would be in charge of contacting and scheduling repair and maintenance of these vehicles with outside sources.

Innovations’ Public Charter School School Administrative Services Assistant II

$3,557 per month (SR-14, 12-month, 8-hour workday).

Innovations Public Charter School seeks an individual who enjoys working with children, families and school staff members. The school administrative services position(SASA) is a member of the office staff who establishes a welcoming environment to the school campus: attending to the needs of students, parents, community and staff. The position requires an individual who can multi-task and enjoys a fast-paced work environment full of active children, passionate teaching staff and lively staff interactions.

 

Job duties include responsibility for planning, directing, coordinating, facilitating and/or providing a variety of administrative services and support functions in a school. Some examples of job duties include:

  • Receptionist: welcoming incoming phone calls as well as visitors to the front office

  • As a public school, this position will require adherence to applicable DOE and State rules, regulations, policies, and procedures to varying situations

  • Managing student files: maintaining student records including enrollment, student files and electronic state enrollment database

  • conduct and coordinate administrative and support functions such as: fiscal and inventory record keeping

  • processing payroll and performing related work; collecting cash, maintaining a variety of standard fiscal records

  • maintenance of staff records and reports (including personnel matters)

  • duplicating, purchasing, informational, and other services to teachers, staff members, parents, and the general public

  • Working with a group of individuals with a team-approach to implementing the vision of Innovations’ Public Charter School “educating the whole child: body, mind and spirit”

  • maintains considerable personal contacts with students, faculty, staff, higher-administrative levels, parents, individuals, community groups, and the business community 

 

Qualities Needed to Successfully Perform the School Administrative Services Assistant Role:

  •  Interpersonal skills including patience, tact and courtesy

  • Knowledge of general accounting practices, financial records and inventory

  •  Oral and written English competency

  • Operation of a computer, related software and standard office equipment

  • Accuracy in compiling and verifying data management

  • Exercise sound judgment including handling confidential matters with discretion

  • Work cooperatively with both adults and children

PAY AND BENEFITS

  • $42,684 per year

  • Paid Holidays, Paid Vacation Leave, Paid Sick Leave, Eligibility for the State Health/Life Insurance, Flexible Spending Accounts, Retirement Plan, Right to Join Union and Collective Bargaining (HGEA BU04)

Job Type: Full-time (12 months a year. 8-hour days)

Pay: From $42,684.00 per year

Benefits:

  • Dental insurance

  • Disability insurance

  • Flexible spending account

  • Health insurance

  • Life insurance

  • Paid time off

  • Retirement plan

  • Vision insurance

Schedule:

  • 8-hour shift

  • 12 months a year (this position requires working during non-student days such as intercessions and summer breaks)

Education:

  • High school or equivalent (Preferred)

Experience:

  • general administrative work: 2 years (Required)

  • working in a school: 1 year (Preferred)

CLASSROOM TUTOR - PART TIME
 

Position: Part-time Tutor to assist with language arts and math instruction in classroom with individual or small groups of students; supervise lunch / recess daily; facilitate Interest Group on Fridays. Tutor placement is in one of our multi-aged classrooms: Gr. 1-2, 3-4, 5-6
 
Minimum Qualifications: AA Degree, educational experience desired.

Start Date: August 2024 (school days for SchoolYear 2024-2025)

Responsibilities:

  • Tutor individuals or small groups in math and language arts

  • Plan and prepare lessons for small group instruction in math and language arts

  • Keep individual student records and report to homeroom teacher

  • Facilitate (teach) 1 interest club each Friday

  • Daily 40 - 60 minute supervision during lunch/ recess

  • Attend 1 staff meeting approximately 4 times a year

  • Participate in school activities that may be evenings or weekends

 
Hours, Hourly Pay, Benefits:

  • 19 hours a week

  • Minimum AA degree required

  • Approximately $25.00 per hour with AA degree (higher if you have a bachelors degree BA/BS)

  • No benefits (position is hourly; hourly position do not qualify for benefits)

  • Hours: 8:00 - 12:00 Monday - Thursday; Fridays 8:00 - 1:30 and 8:00 - 2:00 on staff meeting days

 
Expectations:

  • Assist in creating and implementing a creative, educational environment and opportunity for learning;

  • Work in a team approach with community, parents, educators, and learners;

  • Encourage creativity and experiential learning;

  • Supervise learners in a variety of activities and tasks.

  • Guide learners in daily activities and challenges;

  • Attend seminars and/or special training programs that may be made available to help enhance skills.

  • Become part of the school community through volunteer participation in major events like curriculum sharing nights with parents, Christmas float and winter program, parent informational meetings, and End of the Year Celebration.  

AFTER CARE PROGRAM LEADER

After an exciting day at school, children of parents who work stay at school to participate in our After School Care Program. We offer a variety of activities that make their extended stay enjoyable. They have a snack, do their homework, participate in free play and organized play, and are involved in structured activities in music, art, drama, and P.E.
 
The Program services about 65 children in grades K-6 and is staffed with an After Care Site Coordinator, Group Leaders and Program aides.

The current opening is for a Program Group Leader position which starts August 2024.

 

Minimum Qualifications: educational experience preferred
 
                                             PROGRAM LEADER JOB DESCRIPTION

Creates and implements daily after school activities with children in groups. Activities include involving children in art, music, drama and P.E. projects.
Position requires adult who

  • enjoys working with children

  • has high energy

  • is flexible and willing to make adjustments and changes in duties as needed

  • is reliable and can be counted on to report to work daily

  • is self-motivated and enjoys implementing fun and interesting activities for children

  • is able to multi-task - i.e. lead children in activities, help parents sign out, keep an eye on safety of all, etc.

Expectations:

  • Assist in creating and implementing a creative, educational environment and opportunity for learning;

  • Work in a team approach with community, parents, educators, and learners;

  • Encourage creativity and experiential learning;

  • Supervise learners in a variety of activities and tasks.

  • Guide learners in daily activities and challenges;

Hours:

·       19 hours a week

·       Mondays - Thursdays 2:15 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Fridays 12:30 - 5:30 p.m.

 

Pay:

·       $23.52/hour

·       No benefits (position is hourly; hourly positions do not qualify for benefits)

MIDDLE SCHOOL ELECTIVES/ENRICHMENT INSTRUCTOR

Innovations seeks to offer a wide variety of enrichment opportunities in the arts to middle school students. Instructor positions are available in both ELECTIVES 10:30-12:30 and AFTER SCHOOL ENRICHMENT CLUBS (2:30-4:30). You may apply for one type of position or a combination of both.

ELECTIVES: One of the opportunities is through student-selected electives. Elective Classes are called “WHEEL” and span opportunities in both fine arts and active arts

·       2-days a week

·       10:30-12:00

 

ENRICHEMENT CLUBS: Another opportunity is through an afterschool enrichment program that students can voluntarily attend

Classes are called “clubs” and offered to groups of approximately 10 students in grades 6th, 7th and 8th

·       Each club operates 2-days a week

·       2:30-4:30

Minimum Qualifications: educational experience preferred; experience with working with adolescents helpful; expertise and passion in the area of study offered

Examples of electives/clubs offered (open to new and different ideas): we will supply the equipment and supplies needed for instruction and student participation

  • Fine Arts: Arts:

    • pottery, jewelry making, woodworking, photography, cooking

    • STEM/Tech: 3-D printing, robotics, Laser Cutting, Coding/Programming

    • Performing Arts: choir, music/musical instruments

    • Active Arts:

  •   Active Arts

  • any sports (basketball, volleyball, jiujitsu, wrestling, lacrosse, rugby etc.)

  • gardening

  • personal training

  • gymnastics, dance


 
                                ELECTIVES – ENRICHMENT INSTRUCTOR JOB DESCRIPTION

Must value collaboration with staff, families and the surrounding community; enjoy working with all ability learners and have the skills to help students reach their potential in the area of arts offered; have experience working in a multiple-age group setting; have proven student management skills; experience with student directed learning; expertise and passion in the area of arts offered; excellent communication skills; is flexible, creative, likes to have fun and loves working with children and adolescents.

Creates and implements daily instruction, challenges and engaging activities within the discipline offered to groups of middle school students.

Position requires an adult who

  • enjoys working with adolescents

  • has high energy

  • is flexible and able to make adjustments quickly when circumstances require

  • is reliable and can be counted on to report to work daily

  • is self-motivated and enjoys implementing fun and interesting activities for students 11-14 years old

  • is able to multi-task - i.e. lead children in activities, help parents sign out, keep an eye on safety of all, etc.

Expectations:

  • Assist in creating and implementing a creative, educational environment and opportunity for learning

  • Work in a team approach with community, parents, educators, and learners

  • Encourage creativity and experiential learning

  • Supervise and guide learners in a variety of exploratory activities and challenging tasks.

  • Maintain safe and managed learning environment (safety trainings will be provided)

Hours: Varies depending on how many classes/clubs applicant is willing to offer

  • Minimum: 2-days a week / 2-hours each day

  • Mondays – Thursdays

    • Electives Options: instruct 1 or 2 classes a week (4hrs – 10hrs week)

      • 1 class a week: 2-days either Monday/Tuesday or Wednesday/Thursday

        • 10:30-12:00 instructional block

        • 1 hour paid prep period flexible time block each week to prep for each class

      • 2 classes a week: 4-days Monday-Thursday 10:30-12:00 each day

      • Optional: 12:00-12:30 recess supervision additional hours

    • Enrichment After School Options: instruct 1 or 2 classes a week (4hrs – 10hrs week)

      • 1 class a week: 2-days either Monday/Tuesday or Wednesday/Thursday

      • 2:30-2:40 instructional block

      • 1 hour paid prep period flexible time block each week to prep for classes

      • 2 classes a week: 4-days Monday-Thursday 2:30-4:30 each day

  • Maximum Combined Electives (10 hrs) + Enrichment (10hrs): 20hrs/week

    • Or any combination of the two positions is possible

Pay:

·       $23.52/hour starting (depending on credential / experience)

·       No benefits (position is hourly; hourly positions do not qualify for benefits)