Lead After School Activity Leader

Lead After School Activity Leader

Part-Time, Hourly, Year-Round

Grow Public Schools

Summary Description: The Lead After School Activity Leader supports the After School Program Site Lead by overseeing and guiding After School Activity Leaders, ensuring that high-quality, safe, and engaging programming is delivered to scholars. In addition to performing all responsibilities of a regular Activity Leader, the Lead acts as a mentor and role model, provides on-the-job training, ensures smooth daily operations, and helps maintain compliance with program standards and school culture.

Duties and Responsibilities will include:

• Under the direction of the Afterschool Program Site Lead, the Lead will support the coordination of daily after school programming, including schedules, rotations, and enrichment offerings.


• Encourage team accountability by helping peers understand routines, follow policies, and maintain a productive, student-centered environment.


• Supervises scholars to ensure their safety, development, growth, achievement, and general well-being


• Model high expectations in student engagement, safety, and classroom management for afterschool activity leaders.


• Mentor and guide new and current afterschool staff by sharing best practices and helping them acclimate to the expectations of the role.


• Oversees the pick-up and supper portion of the after school program including grant compliance monitoring such as attendance 


• Act as site leader in the absence of the Afterschool Program Site Lead


• Assist and guide students by appropriate role modeling, emotional support, patience, and a friendly, engaging attitude


• Support behavior management across the program and assist peers in implementing the Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) framework.


• Collaborates in the development of minimum day recreational and educational activities. 


• Facilitates minimum day recreational and educational activities for universal pre-kindergarten through 8th grade students


• Facilitates Friday activity and lessons groups of students


• Actively enforces school wide expectations, the Grow Public Schools Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports framework, the organization’s core principles, and the health and wellness policy


• Provides guidance to students to increase academic and social emotional skills


• Participates in professional development trainings


• Supports the planning, recruitment of students, and implementation of Fall, Winter, Spring, and Summer BridgesCamp Grow


• Supervises Saturday Enrichment AcademySaturday celebration activities and trips


• Maintain a neat, orderly, and attractive learning environment that supports learning.


• Serve as a program resource for peers and communicate staff needs or observations to the After School Program Site Lead


• Performs other duties as assigned by the After School Program Site LeadManager and Administrative Team

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• At least one year of experience working with students in a TK-8 school setting is required. 


• High School Diploma required


• A.A. degree or equivalent preferred


• Experience working with ELL students a plus


• Fluency in Spanish preferred


• Experience working with large groups of children

Salary:
Grow Public Schools offers competitive compensation based on backgroun