Opportunities From: Connect Central Oregon

Want to provide hope for families? 

Do you have knowledge about neurodiversity? 

Do you appreciate the Arts? Can you add a diverse perspective? 

We are looking for you! 

“The last 4 weeks here at home have been truly amazing...Traditionally the first month of school is really difficult at home.” 

We teach kids how to "Soar with your strengths. Manage your weaknesses." We specialize in working with kids with neurodiversity and those that may need more individualized approaches, such as dyslexia, ADHD, high-functioning Autism, anxiety, school phobia, and trauma. We fortify kids so they flourish in their current school through our tutoring, summer, and enrichment programs. Samara also has a Department of Education-approved Alternative Education School with the goal to help students build their success skills in order to transition back to their general education school. Collaboration with the districts is very important. 

Responsibilities deemed most important include: 

Support Executive Center Director Transition Exec. Director away from teaching roles Recruit, mentor and maintain a competent Board Members   Recruit and train volunteers  Secure partnerships with other Nonprofits Protect Assets (with input from all staff and stakeholders) Ensure adequate financial resources; fund raising, grant writing, allocate budget for staff and programs Ensure effective business planning; enhance brand, market to larger community Ensure Legal and Ethical Integrity Clarify and advocate for Samaras’ mission  Evaluate Program’s Effectiveness 

Program Director(s)

Specific Tasks: 

In the absence of the Executive Director, or in the event of his/her inability or refusal to act, it shall then be the responsibility of the Program Director(s) to perform all the duties of the Executive Director as delegated by the Board of Directors. In doing so the Program Director(s) shall be subject to all of the restrictions on the Executive Director. Board Members At-Large 

Nonprofits’ Board of Directors is the governing body, overseeing vision, mission, and internal operations of the organization. Board members are elected for two-year terms. 

1) Board members hold overall fiscal and managerial oversight responsibility for the Nonprofit. 

2) They are charged with the supervision and oversight of the Nonprofits’ mission. 

3) They are responsible for making decisions, delegating work, and assuring decisions are carried out in the manner intended. 

4) Ultimately, board members serve as ambassadors for the mission, inside and outside of organizational commitments.

Qualifications for Service

Past or current engagement with Society for Nonprofits (e.g., partnership, membership, content providers, etc.) Interest in and willingness to support Society for Nonprofits’ goals and objectives Initiative Integrity Analytical ability Sensitivity and awareness Leadership Sound decision-making ability Planning skills Ability to organize and monitor work Collaborative Ability to easily use email and other technology such as cloud services Commitment to open and honest communication

 *We do not discriminate based on an individual's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, age or disability, or because of the race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, age, or disability of any other persons with whom the individual associates.

 

 

Help families find a new resource and children find an opportunity to "Soar with their strengths and mange their weaknesses."  Through our tutoring program, school, and elective inspired classes, kids learn the academic and organizational skills along with opportunities to explore the arts, music, and other activities that may lead to future careers.  

We need help fine tuning the website, delivering brochures to schools and professionals, and posting flyers, and keeping social media engaging.  We would also appreciate marketing mentoring and suggestions. 

Samara Learning Center is a 501(c)(3) looking for funds to make our services available to all members of the community and building our programs. Through our tutoring program, school, and summer programs, we guide children to, "Soar with your strengths; Manage your weaknesses". We are hoping to find someone with grant writing skills and some experience with grant applications to help us receive grant funds to expand and serve the most important members of our community, our children! 

The Samara Day School is an alternative school for kids with dyslexia, ADHD, high functioning autism, anxiety, school phobia, trauma, adopted/foster care, etc. They are great kids that may need a little extra help academically, with executive functioning, and building their successful attributes (self-awareness, perseverance, proactivity,...Frostig, 1999). Academics are absolutely important, but no kid should be working on what they are not good at all day long. Therefore, we believe in supporting their academic progression, while also providing opportunities for kids to find things they are good at and enjoy. We believe in inclusion, but there is also no panacea. Our goal is to help kids build their skills and successfully transition them back to a general education setting. This program serves a very small part of our population, but they are the ones that are often bullied, have low self-esteem, traumatized, more likely to drop out, and more likely to be on school to penitentiary pipeline. They also come from families that have to make decisions about sacrificing money and time to help their children find their own unique pathways to success. We do have the State’s official Alternative School status, which allows us to contract with districts to publicly fund a child to attend or school, such as through the IEP (Individual Education Program) from the IDEA (Individual with Disabilities Education Act). We made Samara a nonprofit because we want opportunities to be available to all, regardless of the socioeconomic status they come from.

Our MAPLE tutoring program focuses on small group tutoring helping kids to get their homework done, while we also help their needed academic, executive functioning skills, and building their Success Attributes.  This program reaches out to a greater percent of our population and assists in keeping kids in their current educational settings and supports their family's dynamics, letting mom, dad, guardian be their parent, instead of having to manage homework too. Most of these students also have dyslexia, ADHD, high functioning autism, anxiety, school phobia, trauma, adopted/foster care, etc.

Our main summer programs is our academic based Achievement Camp that also includes arts, crafts, and field trips on Fridays. Our goal is to help prevent summer slide, review, and progress academically while working on executing functioning, Success Attributes, and still having Fun! Most of our summer students also have dyslexia, ADHD, high functioning autism, anxiety, school phobia, trauma, adopted/foster care, etc. The kids sometimes come in a little grumpy knowing they have to do some academics during the summer, but between the welcoming approach acknowledgment and ability to work with kids with differences, and including the fun activities, the leave each day with a smile.

Samara Learning Center is a 501(c)(3) looking for funds to make our services available to all members of the community and building our programs. Through our tutoring program, school, and summer programs, we guide children to, "Soar with your strengths; Manage your weaknesses". We are hoping to find someone with grant writing skills and some experience with grant applications to help us receive grant funds to expand and serve the most important members of our community, our children! 

Samara Learning Center is a 501(c)(3) looking for funds to make our services available to all members of the community and building our programs. Through our tutoring program, school, and summer programs, we guide children to, "Soar with your strengths; Manage your weaknesses". We are hoping to find someone with grant writing skills and some experience with grant applications to help us receive grant funds to expand and serve the most important members of our community, our children! 

The Samara Day School is an alternative school for kids with dyslexia, ADHD, high functioning autism, anxiety, school phobia, trauma, adopted/foster care, etc. They are great kids that may need a little extra help academically, with executive functioning, and building their successful attributes (self-awareness, perseverance, proactivity,...Frostig, 1999). Academics are absolutely important, but no kid should be working on what they are not good at all day long. Therefore, we believe in supporting their academic progression, while also providing opportunities for kids to find things they are good at and enjoy. We believe in inclusion, but there is also no panacea. Our goal is to help kids build their skills and successfully transition them back to a general education setting. This program serves a very small part of our population, but they are the ones that are often bullied, have low self-esteem, traumatized, more likely to drop out, and more likely to be on school to penitentiary pipeline. They also come from families that have to make decisions about sacrificing money and time to help their children find their own unique pathways to success. We do have the State’s official Alternative School status, which allows us to contract with districts to publicly fund a child to attend or school, such as through the IEP (Individual Education Program) from the IDEA (Individual with Disabilities Education Act). We made Samara a nonprofit because we want opportunities to be available to all, regardless of the socioeconomic status they come from.

Our MAPLE tutoring program focuses on small group tutoring helping kids to get their homework done, while we also help their needed academic, executive functioning skills, and building their Success Attributes.  This program reaches out to a greater percent of our population and assists in keeping kids in their current educational settings and supports their family's dynamics, letting mom, dad, guardian be their parent, instead of having to manage homework too. Most of these students also have dyslexia, ADHD, high functioning autism, anxiety, school phobia, trauma, adopted/foster care, etc.

Our main summer programs is our academic based Achievement Camp that also includes arts, crafts, and field trips on Fridays. Our goal is to help prevent summer slide, review, and progress academically while working on executing functioning, Success Attributes, and still having Fun! Most of our summer students also have dyslexia, ADHD, high functioning autism, anxiety, school phobia, trauma, adopted/foster care, etc. The kids sometimes come in a little grumpy knowing they have to do some academics during the summer, but between the welcoming approach acknowledgment and ability to work with kids with differences, and including the fun activities, the leave each day with a smile.