After School Program Assistant Director

About the Role

The After School Program Assistant Director (ASPAD) supports the Afterschool Program Director by helping to create a caring and safe environment for students and assisting in activities to improve the overall care and quality of education. This position ensures a high level of execution in state licensing requirements by serving as the program lead in the absence of the After School Program Director.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and engage with children during program times.
• Develop and implement school-age program activities and curriculum.
• Establish a safe, healthy, and comfortable environment for all students.
• Actively engage in activities; manage cleanliness, order, and availability of classroom materials.
• Encourage self-help and good hygiene through behavior modeling.
• Ensure smooth, daily transitions for children.
• Follow all program policies and state regulations.
• Maintain a clean work environment.
• Utilize classroom assessment and evaluation tools as they pertain to child development and curriculum.
• Communicate accidents, sicknesses, and incidents to the Program Director in a timely manner.
• Complete and maintain professional development to ensure continuous quality improvement.
• Maintain good and accurate record-keeping utilizing digital and paper filing systems.
• Follow all Salvation Army KeepSAfe policies.
• Be professional and timely in responding to email and requests.
• Be courteous in communication with students, staff, parents, and volunteers.
• Attend assigned staff meetings and trainings and actively contribute to these meetings.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Must understand and appreciate the mission of The Salvation Army.
• Experience working with school-aged children (classroom teaching experience is preferred).
• High energy and the ability to work well with others.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• An understanding of child development.
• Multilingual (English/Spanish/French) strongly preferred.
• Excellent leadership, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
• Infant/child and Adult CPR and First Aid certification or willingness to attain within 90 days.
• Must clear a full background check.
• Must provide health screening that includes a physical and TB results within the first 90 days.
• Must be willing to support and/or lead faith-based kids’ activities and programming.