SCHOOL CONNECTORS

AT THE DUBUQUE DREAM CENTER

The Dubuque Dream Center’s direct service staff are called School Connectors. School Connectors are the Dream Center activity coaches and mentors who are also responsible for overseeing youth academic and character development outcomes.

School connectors supervise and instruct youth at three (3) Stations:

• Academic Center,
• Spark Activities (Club Sports or Music & Performing Arts Activity), and
• Meal Mentoring.

Each School Connector is responsible for a Team. A Team is a Sports or Music and Arts Team (such as, a Dance Team or Choir). Our goal is to have a 1:10 ratio of School Connectors to students for quality impact.

The Dream Center has full-time and part-time School Connectors:

• Full-time School Connectors are Dream Center staff who oversee Dream Center programming after school and conduct school visits during the school day to support teachers and students they oversee at each school site.
• Part-time School Connectors are school teachers/paraprofessionals who work after school at the Dream Center.