2025-2026 After School at Laurel Supervised Play Room Monitor

Description

Laurel School seeks talented faculty and staff who will put our students first and strive to make a difference in their lives. We seek to attract faculty and staff who thrive on being engaged participants in our community and are committed to developing young women as authentic learners and leaders. The most successful candidates are solutions-driven, are willing to listen to learn, embrace iteration and practice as a necessary part of the product, see opportunities before problems, and thrive in a fast-paced, forward-thinking educational environment. Laurel lives our mission: to inspire each girl to fulfill her promise and to better the world.

Position Summary:

Supervised Play Room Monitors operate primarily in the Supervised Play classrooms, playground and Multi-Purpose Room, Monday-Friday, 3:00 – 6:00 p.m. After School at Laurel’s Supervised Play program serves students from 18 months old through Grade 5. After School at Laurel follows the school calendar and does not meet on school half-days and holidays, or the last day of school. Supervised Play Room Monitors work closely with the After School Coordinator to ensure a safe, nurturing, and fun afterschool program.

Duties and responsibilities include:

• Monitor students in the Supervised Play program.
• Change diapers and assist in toilet training, as needed.
• Lead group activities, such as crafts and storytime.
• Encourage hygienic practices, such as handwashing, and assist in clean-up.
• Be in attendance Monday through Friday, 3:00-6:00 p.m..; provide advance notice of absence when possible. Ideally, you would be available weekly all 5 afternoons, but we are open to someone who can work regularly 1 or more afternoons a week.
• Assist in other duties as assigned.

Requirements

The successful candidate must have experience in working with children. Experience working with children ages 18 mos. – 4 years is highly desirable. First Aid/CPR Certification preferred.

Work Environment

Laurel School is a dynamic, forward-thinking, K-12 girls’ school with a co-ed early childhood division, where every child is well known.

Laurel enjoys an outstanding local and national reputation and is home to the Laurel Center for Research on Girls. In a highly competitive school landscape, Laurel is fortunate to be a school of choice in Cleveland. Our emphasis on the whole child and our legacy of excellence in the teaching of girls set us apart. Located in Shaker Heights, OH (15 minutes from downtown Cleveland) with an additional rural campus 17 minutes away, the school has a suburban/rural advantage. The work environment is noted for being family-friendly and flexible. The feeling in the school is joyous, collaborative and innovative. Our curricular philosophy emphasizes community-based, interdisciplinary and experiential learning. Collaboration and reflective practice are key to pedagogy at Laurel. The school is fully committed to a culturally diverse faculty and student body.

Laurel School is dedicated to providing equal employment opportunities to all personnel and applicants for employment without regard to race; color; religion; sex; gender identity; national origin; handicap or disability; sexual orientation; or status as a veteran, Vietnam era, or special disabled veteran.