Afterschool Core : Middle Schools - Burlington School District SY

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Job : 5875839
Final date to receive applications: Posted until filled
Posted: Aug 07, 2026 5:00 AM (UTC)
Starting Date: Immediately

After school Core Staff:
Middle Schools

Burlington School District

Burlington School District believes a diverse and culturally proficient faculty and staff are pivotal to the creation of a strong learning and working environment that supports student achievement and success. BSD administrators lead inclusive school communities with our vision: "Cultivating caring, creative, and courageous people.

- Join the journey."

Job Goals:

Core staff must enjoy working with middle school-aged children. They are responsible for planning and implementing activities, interacting with children and their families, working independently as well as with a team, and creating an enriching, fun, and safe environment that meets all licensing and school regulations. The Core Staff must have a positive attitude and serve as a role model for participants in the program.

After school Core Staff shall meet or exceed the following qualifications:

• Be at least eighteen years of age and
• Have a high school diploma or equivalent

• Ability to work at least 1 day a week from 2:30 p.m. until 5:30 p.m.
• Maintain high level of attendance, arriving on time, being ready to work, following protocol when absent
• Ability to effectively manage challenging student behaviors
• Ability to demonstrate excellent communication with parents, staff and coworkers
• Ability to be flexible, take initiative and be open to feedback
• Ability to effectively collaborate with all school-day and after school program staff members
• Knowledge of safety principles and practices as they apply to group activities
• Experience with direct interaction with students in teaching, care-giving or service delivery.
• Experience working with diverse populations
• Knowledge of a variety of recreation and leisure activities and group games
• Hold current first aid/CPR certification or willing to be trained
• Enthusiastic, creative, innovative, flexible, imaginative, culturally competent and thoughtful, eager to engage and care for middle school-age youth.
• Ability to pass a criminal record and background check

• Follow and enforce all program, department, and school rules and regulations

• Based on interest and skill level, staff may work independently and lead a group of up to 10-13 students through an activity they plan or they may work collaboratively to plan and lead activities with other staff members, as directed by the site leader
• Plan and lead activities as directed by site leader; submit weekly lesson plans when appropriate and as requested
• Attend monthly staff meetings and trainings as determined by supervisor
• Engage students, assume leadership roles, offer constructive solutions/feedback, and take the initiative to resolve challenges
• Provide academic support for students during Homework Help
• Clean up at the end of the day and use district facilities with care
• Create and maintain safe spaces that are physically and emotionally safe that support our diverse student population. Report any deficiencies in safety to site leader
• Facilitate environments that foster youth leadership within programs as appropriate
• Demonstrate cultural competence and respond to challenging situations appropriately
• Report all accidents and incidents occurring within jurisdiction to Site Directors and administer proper First Aid/CPR as required

• Report all suspected incidents of…