Nellie Stone Johnson Beacons Center: Work With Us!

Join the Youth Revolution!

Minneapolis Beacons engages youth as leaders and learners by transforming schools into active youth centers afterschool and in the summer, providing free educational, recreational, and leadership development activities for youth and their families.

The Minneapolis Beacons Network is a collaborative initiative between schools, community, and families with the mission to improve academic, social, and lifework development of youth in low-income communities.

To learn more about the Minneapolis Beacons Network, click here

Our Beacons center is located at Nellie Stone Johnson School in North Minneapolis, on 27th & Lyndale Ave N [807 27th Ave. N].

We are a YMCA program, and our sponsoring branch is North Community Youth and Teen Enrichment Center on Broadway and Knox. So, when you look online, it will say that you are applying to the North Community Branch, but if you are applying for a School Success (Beacons) position, you are applying to work at Nellie Stone Beacons!

Here are some of our available positions:

Unit Lead Staff:
School Success Lead Staff
(Part Time 20-30 hrs per week)

Nellie Stone Johnson Elementary and Middle School houses students age K-8th grade. The Beacons program is modeled to serve all students according to the needs and interests of the various age-groups represented. Program staff (Beacons teachers) are assigned to either the Elementary (K-5) or Middle (6-8) school age classes. The Unit Lead is responsible for supervising all the classes and program staff within either the Elementary or Middle School bracket. Unit Leads are coaches and mentors to students and youth workers alike, as well as a representative of our Beacons center to families, school and community members. Unit leads must be flexible, organized, creative and display leadership qualities.

Here are some of the primary responsibilities:

1. Create, distribute and file youth registration forms.

2. General clerical responsiblities, including but not limited to faxing, filing, copying, and data entry.

3. Help keep the office space neat and tidy.

4. Partner with community partners, Beacons staff and school staff to support events and daily program needs.

6. Answer telephone and answer questions or take messages.

5. Interact and maintain positive relationships with community partners, volunteers, Beacons staff, families, youth, school and district staff.

7. Create and modify documents using Microsoft Office (Word, Access, Excel, Publisher)

8. Run weekly meetings with Unit team to provide updates, plan events, troubleshoot issues, and maintain a supportive network of staff.

9. Support Program staff with behavior issues, planning and projects.

10. Act as a coach to Program staff and youth staff members.

11. Other duties as assigned.

If you have quesitons, email alicia.johnson@ymcatwincities.org or randa.ayoub@ymcatwincities.org

Click Here for the YMCA Job Description

Click Here to Apply for the Unit Lead Position!

Program Staff:
School Success Program Staff
(Part time 15-25 hrs per week)

Program staff are the heart of our Beacon. Youth workers are mentors, role models, allies and educators. They run the groups and keep the youth engaged and having fun. We encourage people to apply who have specialized skills that they can teach the youth (like dance, music, computer skills, art...you name it)! You don't have to have a special skill to work with us, as long as you are invested the success of young people. Our groups are split between three units: K-2nd grade, 3-5th grade, and 6-8th grade.

Here are some of the primary responsibilities:
1. Plan and run your own group of 10-15 kids during program (Monday-Thursday, 1-5pm)
2. Answer telephone and answer questions or take messages.