Preschool Aftercare Aide

Overview

The Preschool Aftercare Aide is an essential role in the day of many children at the school. The Aide is responsible for the Preschool children who attend aftercare, following a daily and weekly rhythm that gives these children the opportunity to partake in rest, appropriate activities, and time to play and relax after a long school morning. The aide is also responsible helping to arrange a healthy, late afternoon snack.

Essential Job Duties

• Help set up the classroom for nap time
• Create a mood of rest and quiet
• Restore the room to order after nap
• Assist with snack preparation and clean-up
• Daily check of times at which children are picked-up with parent/guardian's signature

Qualifications

• Waldorf training preferred (or in process)
• 6 ECEs completed (or in process)
• Experience working with young children
• Red Cross/CPR First Aid certification/Medicine Administration training (classes are usually offered during Faculty workdays)
• Maintain a working knowledge of school policies and procedures: earthquake and evacuation procedures, proper documentation of children’s injuries, location and use of first aid kit

Physical Requirements and Work Environment

• Be able to occasionally lift up to 30 lbs.
• Work intermittently in outside weather conditions, including heat and cold
• Regularly sit or stand for 3 or more hours

Employment Details

• Compensation: $29 per hour
• This is a part-time, non-exempt, hourly position
• Benefits include San Francisco Sick Paid Sick Leave and San Francisco Health Care Ordinance
• This position does not continue through the Summer break
• Holidays are unpaid
• FDA Classification: Hourly; Non-exempt from overtime
• Reports to: Preschool Aftercare Coordinator
• Hired by: Grade School Steering Committee

To Apply

Please send your resume, letter of interest, and the contact information for at least two references that know your work with children to jobs@sfwaldorf.org. In addition, please provide a list of all previous school or educational institution employers, including city and state, in accordance with CA SB 848.