Job purpose

The Group Leader will implement and lead all daily OST/21^st CCLC program activities in the after-school and summer programs for assigned age group. This includes supervising, mentoring, and engaging school age youth in all programmatic activities. Also responsible for the preparation and distribution of snacks/meals to students and facilitating social, educational, and cultural group activities and is also responsible for implementing specific Project Based Learning (PBL) and 21^st CCLC activities daily.

Duties and responsibilities

Focuses on, but is not limited to:

• Walks the children from the school to the OST program
• Distributes snacks to the children
• Assists children with homework and special projects
• Plans and implements project based learning (PBL) projects
• Structures activities projects
• Engages with all the children in the OST program
• Interacts with the parents on a daily basis
• Participates in sports, arts and crafts, and physical fitness activities with children
• Cleans up the area after activities are completed
• Responsible for general cleanliness of the classroom
• Responsible for sign in and sign out sheets
• Responsible for any communication correspondence with the families
• Puts equipment away at the end of the day
• Locks classrooms and designated areas of use

 Qualifications

• Education
  • Must have a High School Diploma or G.E.D. equivalent
  • Safe Environment training and Mandated Reporter training
• Specialized knowledge
  • First Aid and CPR training
• Skills
  • Organization
  • Communication
  • Computer
• Abilities
  • Prioritization
  • Multi-tasking
  • Work in high energy and stressful environment
• Other characteristics such as personal characteristics
  • Mission focused
  • Compassionate
  • Dedicated
  • Consistent track record of responsibility
• Experience
  • 2 years of experience or 2500 hours of secondary experience

Physical requirements 

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tool or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; talk or hear.  The employee must occasionally lift or move office products and supplies, up to 30lbs