Lead After School Instructor

About Brookwood School

Brookwood is an Early Childhood through Grade 8 independent school of about 300 students on the coast of the North Shore of Boston. At Brookwood, confidence isn’t taught — it’s cultivated. Our program invites students to think deeply, act with empathy, and engage boldly with the world around them. It’s a place where intellect and imagination thrive side by side, and where children discover the courage to question, the skill to create, and the character to lead.

Our 110 faculty and staff bring that same spirit of confidence and care to their work every day. They collaborate joyfully, innovate thoughtfully, and go the extra mile to do what’s best for kids — shaping a community where everyone is known, valued, and inspired to grow.

The Campus

Brookwood is located 25 miles north of Boston on a beautiful 30-acre wooded campus in Manchester, MA. The physical plant includes a pond, wetland spaces, forest areas, and open green space. The 130,000 square foot facility sits under one roof with construction ranging from the original 1900 stable (now housing grades 5-8) to the 2014 state-of-the-art lower school, a dining commons, and kitchen. In addition to grade-level classrooms, there are five outdoor classrooms, two music rooms, three art studios and a kiln room, four science labs and a science gym, a newly renovated library with a 15,000 volume collection, an Idea Lab, a gymnasium and a multi-purpose theater/gymnasium space, a dance studio, two synthetic turf fields, and well-appointed outdoor play spaces.

The surrounding area of Cape Ann is filled with beautiful natural and historical attractions such as beaches, parks, preserves, museums, and hiking trails that are used frequently by our students, employees, and families alike.

About the Role

The Lead After School Instructor will support the setup and breakdown of daily activities, design community-building activities to transition children to our active school program, plan and execute daily active body activities for grades 1-8, and fill in for the Assistant Director of Auxiliary Programs as needed.

Schedule: Part-Time (Monday – Friday, 2:30 – 5:30 p.m.)
Start Date: September 9, 2026
Reports to: Director & Assistant Director of Auxiliary Programs
Pay: $25/hour

Responsibilities

• Ensure spaces are ready for students with materials.
• Lead and coordinate all schedule transitions by utilizing effective classroom management techniques and routines that build community and support a wide range of student needs.
• Design and lead age-appropriate daily active body activities.
• Step in to additional responsibilities when the Assistant Director and/or Director of Auxiliary Programs are not present.
• Ensure student safety and wellbeing at all times by:
  • Maintaining instructor-to-student ratios.
  • Being with students at all times and/or knowing their whereabouts.
  • Taking attendance.
  • Communicating with Auxiliary leadership about incidents or concerns.
  • Following all health, safety, and emergency protocols.
  • Knowing students as individuals, including their health and behavioral needs, with support from Auxiliary leadership and the School Nurse.
• Assist with student transitions throughout the afternoon, including to: tutoring, music lessons, enrichment classes, and early pickups.
• Supervise and engage children in large and small group settings by:
  • Facilitating developmentally-appropriate, pre-planned activities, both indoors and outdoors, with the opportunity to plan and present lessons in partnership with the Assistant Director of Auxiliary Programs.
  • Setting and enforcing behavioral expectations.
• Positively represent Brookwood by:
  • Being a role model for students.
  • Cultivating a positive and welcoming community culture.
  • Interacting professionally with students, colleagues, and families.
  • Working in partnership with Auxiliary leadership.
  • Maintaining professional boundaries with students.
  • Maintaining the cleanliness of spaces, especially at the end of the day.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Experience working with elementary students in a school or recreational setting.
• Strong classroom management skills.

We strongly encourage applications from people of color, LGBTQ candidates, or candidates from communities that are historically underrepresented in independent schools. We are committed to an inclusive school experience for all those who come to work at Brookwood.