Job Description

Summary: Recognizing that Out of School Time programs are critical to a child's academic success in school, the SCHOONER Program provides students with a range of activities including homework assistance, writing, science exploration, physical education and field trips. The SCHOONER Program serves children ages 5 to 12 years. The group leader position will work with the individual children and groups as designated by program needs.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Salary: $16.00 - $17.00 per hour

Expected hours: 20 ? 40 per week

Benefits:

· Employee assistance program

· Employee discount

· Health insurance

· Professional development assistance

· Tuition reimbursement

· Vision insurance

Requirements:

1. Minimum education and experience: High school diploma or GED (general equivalency diploma) strongly preferred. Group Leader qualifications, as defined in

EEC standards for school-age programs. Completion of a college-level course in child growth and development.

2. Licenses and certifications:

· Current certification in first aid and CPR preferred; certification within six months of employment required.

· Satisfactory Criminal Offender Record Inquiry (CORI) results.

· Evidence of compliance with agency and state health requirements.

3. Knowledge, skills, and abilities: a. Knowledge of:

· Program goals and objectives.

· Program regulations, standards, and reporting requirements.

· Developmentally-appropriate practice.

· Positive child guidance procedures and practices.

· Cultural competency.

b. Skill in:

· Verbal communication, including, but not limited to:

Providing information about child development to families, discussing a child?s progress, problems, and accomplishments with their families and others who have educational responsibility for the child, and interpreting the agency?s philosophy, goals, and programs to families and other visitors.

Fluency in a second language a plus.

Understanding and carrying out verbal instructions.

Written communication, including, but not limited to:

Preparing children?s progress reports, recording observations about children, writing notes to families, and completing forms. Literacy in a second language a plus.

Understanding and carrying out written instructions.

c. Ability to:

Respond sensitively to children, families, staff, and other persons of diverse experiential, educational, cultural, and socio-economic backgrounds.

Supervise, mentor, and support other regular staff, substitutes, interns, and volunteers. Completion of a college-level supervision, administration, and/or leadership course strongly preferred.

· Promote a cooperative work environment.

· Exercise good judgment in unexpected or emergency situations.

20 to 40 hours per week