Before & Afterschool Group Leader

About the Role

The Group Educator plans and implements classroom curriculum, provides homework assistance, communicates information to families, and maintains a safe, healthy, warm, engaging, and attractive environment. The Group Educator will serve as a liaison between the school day teacher and parent to support the academic and social emotional success of the students in their classroom.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure group/program curricula that provide growth in cognitive skills, self-awareness, group relationships, and character development.
• Ensure adherence to EEC licensing standards and perpetuate an inclusive culture.
• Communicate information to parents.
• Maintain a program environment that is safe, healthy, and engaging.
• Provide a developmentally sound program for children which provides positive channels to grow, learn and develop to their full potential.
• Ensure supervision of children and management of smooth transitions to promote safety and appropriate behavior.
• Work with the Site Director in the design of the program space and maintain facility and supplies at all times.
• Assist the Site Director with relevant assessments on a variety of levels throughout the year by means of progress reports, parent surveys, and program self-assessment.
• Provide children with a well-balanced curriculum of specific, planned learning experiences that support their social, emotional, physical, cognitive, and language development.

Requirements

• Keep the safety of children as the first priority; emphasize personal safety and emotional well-being with the children, parents, and early education staff.
• Use positive and constructive methods of child guidance, while ensuring that all staff does the same.
• Adhere to the rules, regulations, and procedures set forth by the YMCA of Greater Boston, the branch location, and the Department of Early Education and Care, as applicable.
• Conduct him/herself in a caring, responsible, honest, and respectful manner and be a role model for colleagues, as well as for program participants and families.

Qualifications

Must meet one of the following:

• Have a Bachelor's or Associate's degree and have three months of experience working with school-age children.
• Have a high school diploma or equivalent and six months of experience working with school-age children, including three months of supervised experience at a school-age child care program.
• Have nine months of experience with school-age children, including three months of supervised experience at a school-age child care program.

Note: For experience to be counted, it must be a minimum of 12 hours per week, or if less than 12 hours a week, every block of 50 hours counts for one month.