After School Extended Day Assistant (Part-time)

JOB SUMMARY:

As a part-time employee in the After School Extended Day Program, childcare staff are responsible for supervising, supporting, and ensuring the safety and well-being of all children in the program. This role also includes building positive relationships and communicating professionally with parents, guardians, caregivers, and authorized drivers.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND TASKS:

• Arrives on time to allow time to pick up and highlight daily attendance and sign-out sheets before students arrive.
• Supervises, assists, and interacts with students in After School.
• Respectfully welcome and assist parents, guardians, caregivers and drivers.
• Greets and signs in students upon their arrival.
• Informs immediate supervisor at once that students are unaccounted for.
• Monitors and accounts for students in the classrooms, on the playgrounds, during snack time, and when transporting them to another location.
• Ensures that the students are never left unattended in the classroom.
• Knowledge of emergency evacuation routes for the classrooms assigned.
• Knowledge of procedures for referring students who have disciplinary problems.
• Knowledge of school procedures and regulations, including evacuation procedures, lock-down procedures, and weather-related emergency procedures.
• Monitors student behaviors and possible conflicts and is prepared to redirect and intervene when necessary.
• Implements sign-out for children when parents, guardians, caregivers, and/or drivers arrive.
• Must be able to load students in and out of vehicles as needed.
• Maintains accurate attendance sheet records that include time in and time out and parent signatures.
• Report any concerns to the immediate supervisor, such as conflicts, injuries, and/or inappropriate behaviors.
• Adheres to the MCDS’s policies and procedures including code of conduct and ethics.
• Completes other assigned tasks consistent with the position upon the supervisor’s request.