School’s Out Washington is dedicated to building community systems to support quality afterschool, youth development, and summer programs for Washington’s children and youth ages 5-24.

Our staff brings unique and diverse perspectives and backgrounds—and a deep commitment to supporting the field.

Posted on April 25

Refugee School Impact Program Coordinator

SOWA administers the Refugee School Impact Program (RSIP), which is funded through multiple contracts with Washington State. SOWA funds and subcontracts with school districts and community organizations to support refugee students’ academic performance and successful school integration.

The Refugee Student Impact Program (RSIP) Coordinator provides operational and administrative support to the RSIP team to coordinate grantmaking and programmatic administrative activities, including paperwork processing, data entry, training logistics, team calendar monitoring, and technical assistance for grantees.

This position is made possible through contracts that are currently secured through September 2025. This position could be extended beyond that time if contracts are renewed.

Applications received by 5:00 PM May 10, 2024, will receive full consideration. Applications will continue to be accepted after this date. However, preferential consideration is given to those submitted by May 10, 2024. The announcement will remain posted until the position is filled. 

Interested candidates should send their resumes and cover letters to jobs@schoolsoutwashington.org with the subject line, “Refugee School Impact Program Coordinator.”

Please send your resume and cover letter as one document. Cover letters should be no more than 2 pages and should outline how your professional background, experience, interests, and passions specifically correlate to the position and School’s Out Washington’s mission and work.

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Posted on December 14

Program Quality Assessment—King County External Assessor

School’s Out Washington is currently seeking professionals to serve as contracted Program Quality Assessment (PQA) external assessors utilizing the Social Emotional Learning PQA. Each external Assessor will be contracted as Independent Contractors for School’s Out Washington. 

External assessors will gain valuable professional development opportunities and will be trained to conduct on-site observations using the Social Emotional Learning Program Quality Assessment (SEL PQA) tool in a variety of afterschool expanded learning opportunity programs in Washington State. As part of the onboarding process, new assessors will receive multiple trainings that focus on youth programming and on building relationships between young people and program providers. 

All interested persons should email a resume and cover letter detailing interest and qualifications to jobs@schoolsoutwashington.org with a priority deadline of December 29th, 2023. Applications received after this date may still be considered based on capacity or for the Spring season. Further information may be obtained by emailing the above address.