Job Summary:
Under general direction, this position is responsible for facilitating, managing, and providing activities that expand upon the content of the regular school day for elementary and middle school students;. This is a position subbing and supporting our afterschool partnerships that consist of Westminster, Fullerton, Placentia/Yorba Linda, Anaheim, Orange, and Aliso Viejo.
*Please note this is an on call substitute position working in our community partners afterschool programs.
*Please review the pre screening questions and answer them carefully. Strategic Kids will not screen candidates that have not submitted answers to the questions.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Plans, organizes, and facilitates activities designed to promote the physical, creative, and social skills for elementary age students.
- Supervision of groups of students up to 20 students.
- Facilitates and directs the educational activities for assigned students; ensures students are signed in and out of the program each day upon arrival and departure; reports all student absences to site supervisor or Lead Facilitator immediately.
- Prepares expanded learning materials that support the academic content of the school day, promotes physical fitness and creativity; provides assistance to students; creates and maintains students’ interests in age appropriate activities and experiences.
- Adapts activities to accommodate students with special needs. Supervises and engages with students in playground activities; ensuring compliance with playground safety standards.
- Maintains assigned work areas in a neat and orderly condition; cleans up students, clothes and facilities as necessary and attends to the personal needs of assigned students.
- Serves snacks and other meals, as appropriate; cleans up serving area after meals following District guidelines.
- Provides assistance, supervision and engagement on field trips.
- Ensures the health and safety of assigned students by following health and safety rules and regulations. Administers and logs medication in accordance with District procedures and policies.
Experience:
- General knowledge of afterschool programs.
- Proven experience in classroom management and behavior management.
- Experience in special education and implementing special education strategies and accommodations.
- Appropriate child development practices for elementary and middle school students, especially in the areas of cognitive development, socialization, and physical fitness, including students with special needs.
- Basic health and nutritional requirements for elementary and middle school students. Child guidance principles and practices.
- Basic subjects taught in primary grades, such as mathematics, grammar, spelling, reading, writing, as well as physical and motor skill development.
- Oral and written communication skills. Interpersonal relation skills; using tact, patience and courtesy.
- Basic record-keeping techniques.
Locations Available:
- Westminster
- Fullerton
- Placentia/Yorba Linda
- Anaheim
- Orange
- Aliso Viejo
Physical Demands:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle or feel, as well as being able to talk and hear. The employee frequently is required to sit and reach with hands and arms. The employee is often required to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch and move rapidly. The employee must frequently lift and/or move items weighing up to 25 pounds and sometimes lift and/or move objects weighing up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
Compensation:
Starting rate: $22/hour
LICENSES AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS:
The possession of/or securing of a CPR Certificate, sexual harassment training, workplace violence, TB test, and mandated reporter training within thirty (30) days of employment.
Job Type: Part-time
Pay: From $22.00 per hour
Application Question(s):
- Are you comfortable with being on the on call sub list?
- Are you willing to commute to different cities to support the afterschool programs?
- What is your Monday-Friday availability ?
Experience:
- Classroom management: 1 year (Required)
Work Location: On the road
