School Age Group Leader
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. Must not include Job ID etc. Must preserve all substantive info, remove boilerplate, duplicated lines, application instructions, etc.
We need to parse the posting.
Let's extract sections:
- Position Summary: description about role. Could be "About the role". We'll put that as About the role
then
with summary. - Schedule: "Part Time". Also Starting Salary Range $16.00-$19.00/hour. That's Pay. So we need Pay and Schedule sections. - Benefits: list: Sick Leave, First Aid, CPR and Background Check reimbursements, Training Expense reimbursements. - Education & Experience: options. That's Qualifications/Requirements. Could be Requirements or Qualifications. We'll use
Qualifications
maybe. - Additional Eligibility Requirements: Must be 21+, enjoy working with children, knowledge of child development, classroom management skills, understanding of best practices, strong active listening skills, strong written and oral communication skills, strong problem solving skills, documented completion of medical exam within 1 year, statement from physician physically capable, evidence of mandatory vaccinations (MMR or immunity to TB), background checks required. That's more qualifications/skills. - Key Responsibilities: list of duties. That's Responsibilities. - Health & Safety: more responsibilities. - Curriculum: responsibilities. - Communications: responsibilities. - Other Duties as Assigned: responsibilities. - Additional Information: Work Environment, Physical Demands, Ongoing Training & Certification Requirements, Limitations & Disclaimer (boilerplate to remove). We need to keep substantive info: Work Environment (Classroom, Outside play areas, Office), Physical Demands (lift children up to 75 lbs, speak at eye level, sit on floor, run, engage in active play), Ongoing Training & Certification Requirements (Annual First Aid & CPR, Maintain certification with MA EEC and/or CT OEC, Annual professional development). Limitations & Disclaimer is boilerplate, remove. Also there is repeated "Playful Minds Learning Center LLC, SA Group Leader Job Description Updated 6/2026" lines; we should drop duplicates. We need to avoid filler like "commensurate with experience" etc. Not present. We need to output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown fences. We'll structure:About the role
... summary ...
Responsibilities
- ... list items ...
Qualifications
with- for education/experience options and eligibility requirements.
Skills: maybe separate
- Education & Experience options:
- Option 1: Bachelor’s Degree or Associate’s Degree and 3 months of experience working with school-age children
- Option 2: High School diploma or GED and 6 months of experience working with school-age children, including 3 months of supervised experience at a school-age childcare program
- Option 3: 9 months of experience working with school-age children, including 3 months of supervised experience at a childcare program
- Additional Eligibility Requirements:
- Must be 21 years of age or older
- Must enjoy working with children
- Knowledge of child development
- Classroom management skills
- Understanding of, and commitment to, best practices in education
- Documented completion of medical exam within 1 year of employment and statement from a physician that the applicant is physically capable of doing the job
- Must provide evidence of mandatory vaccinations, including MMR, or immunity to communicable diseases, including TB
- Background checks required
Skills
for active listening, communication, problem solving, etc. But we could combine with qualifications. The instruction: prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we could have Qualifications covering education/experience and eligibility, and Skills covering communication, problem solving, active listening, etc. But we could also put all under Qualifications. However they said use headings for Skills if present. There is explicit list: Strong active listening skills..., Strong written and oral communication skills, Strong problem solving skills. Those are skills. So we can have a Skills section. Benefits: list. Pay: Starting Salary Range $16.00-$19.00/hour. Schedule: Part Time. We also have "Starting Salary Range" maybe also include as Pay. We need to ensure we don't create sections with filler like "not specified". We have actual content. Now we need to extract exact text, preserving all substantive info, not inventing or summarizing away detail. We must not lose any detail. So we need to copy the text verbatim (or close) but we can format as list items. We must be careful not to include boilerplate like "Playful Minds Learning Center LLC, SA Group Leader Job Description Updated 6/2026" repeated lines. Also remove "Limitations & Disclaimer" etc. Let's extract each piece. Position Summary paragraph: "The School Age Group Leader’s first responsibility is teaching and providing the best possible environment for the children assigned to their classroom. In collaboration with the Site Coordinator, the School Age Group Leader is responsible for ensuring compliance with all regulations, Playful Minds policies and procedures, and for striving for continual improvement." That's the summary. We'll put that in. Now Responsibilities: we need to gather all duty statements. From "Key Responsibilities" bullet list (though not formatted as bullet but sentences). Let's list each: - Uphold the philosophy of Playful Minds and serve as a positive representative of the organization - Establish and maintain high quality relationships with children and families - Establish and maintain strong, professional relationships with other Playful Minds staff - At all times, speak to children with respect - Maintain an appropriate and safe environment for children at all times - Consistently implement all licensing requirements, including but not limited to maintaining supervision ratios at all times - Maintain all required documentation and record keeping accurately and in a timely manner including, but not limited to, attendance records, Incident & Injury Reports, meal records and progress reports - Consistently follow all Playful Minds’ policies & procedures - Consistently attend work according to your established schedule - Attend all required staff meetings and trainings - All staff are Mandated Reporters - Ensure the health and safety of all children Then "Health & Safety" subsection: - Maintain safety, organization and cleanliness of the classroom: includes washing, vacuuming and other light housekeeping tasks, keeping all dangerous materials out of children’s reach and reporting any broken equipment - Follow all dismissal procedures, including but not limited to, only dismissing children to approved pickup adults - Report all health or safety related incidents, including but not limited to medical and behavioral issues, to the Site Coordinator - Administer medication to children in accordance with licensing regulations and Playful Minds policies and procedures - Assist with food program preparation, set up and clean up as assigned Then "Curriculum": - Establish a classroom environment which is content and sensory rich, intentional, organized, appealing, responsive to the needs and interests of the children and approved by the Site Coordinator - Through careful, documented observations, get to know the individual children in your group, including their needs, skills and interests, and individualize your teaching and interactions accordingly - Implement the recommendations of specialists for individual support, as approved by the Site Coordinator - Support the growth of all developmental skills, meeting each child where they are developmentally - Help children to properly utilize classroom materials - Assist Site Coordinator with creating high-quality, developmentally appropriate, engaging lesson plans which are aligned with best practices, PMLC curriculum guidelines, state and federal licensing regulations, and tailored to the needs, skills and interests of the children in the group - Share lesson plans with the Group Assistant and any volunteers, and provide implementation guidance - Implement child guidance in accordance with PMLC policies and procedures, individualizing your responses based on the needs and abilities of each child - Create a community of inclusion and respect among the children and adults in the classroom Then "Communications": - Conduct parent-teacher conferences as needed or assigned - Assist Site Coordinator with updating classroom bulletin board at least monthly, according to schedule - Notify the Site Coordinator or Program Director of any parent complaints - Direct, mentor and collaborate with the Group Assistant and any volunteers Then "Other Duties as Assigned": just that phrase; we can include as a bullet: "Perform other duties as assigned." Now Qualifications/Education & Experience: Option 1: Bachelor’s Degree or Associate’s Degree and 3 months of experience working with school-age children Option 2: High School diploma or GED and 6 months of experience working with school-age children, including 3 months of supervised experience at a school-age childcare program Option 3: 9 months of experience working with school-age children, including 3 months of supervised experience at a childcare program. Additional Eligibility Requirements: - Must be 21 years of age or older - Must enjoy working with children - Knowledge of child development - Classroom management skills - Understanding of, and commitment to, best practices in education - Strong active listening skills: ability to give full attention to what others are saying, take time to understand, ask questions as appropriate and respond at the appropriate time. - Strong written and oral communication skills - Strong problem solving skills - Documented completion of medical exam within 1 year of employment and statement from a physician that the applicant is physically capable of doing the job - Must provide evidence of mandatory vaccinations, including MMR, or immunity to communicable diseases, including TB - Background checks required We might separate Skills: active listening, written/oral communication, problem solving. Also classroom management skills, knowledge of child development, understanding of best practices, etc. But we can put those under Qualifications. But we have a separate Skills heading possible. Let's decide: We'll have Qualifications (education/experience + eligibility) and Skills (active listening, written/oral communication, problem solving, classroom management, knowledge of child development, understanding of best practices). However the instruction: prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So maybe combine all into Qualifications. But they explicitly said use