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.

You must be able to communicate, listen, and work well with others in a team environment while implementing a quality school-age educational program and developing positive relationships with children, staff, and parents.

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.

Requirements

• 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 certification 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.