Extended Day Teacher

The Extended Day Teacher develops and leads a safe, engaging, inclusive, and developmentally responsive after-school program for elementary-aged children within the King Open Extended Day program. The position is responsible for planning and implementing enrichment-based curriculum and activities that support children’s social, emotional, physical, and academic growth while fostering meaningful connections between school-day and after-school experiences. The Extended Day Teacher collaborates closely with families, school-day staff, program staff, and community partners to support student success and maintain a positive, child-centered learning environment.

This position also provides supervision and guidance to assistant staff, interns, and volunteers and participates in school-day classroom support activities during the academic day.

The essential functions or duties listed below are intended only as illustrations of the various type of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position.

• Lead and develop a child-centered, welcoming, inclusive, and richly diverse after-school classroom serving mixed-grade elementary students.
• Plan and implement an engaging, well-rounded, developmentally responsive, hands-on after-school curriculum that promotes children’s social, emotional, physical, and academic development; regularly incorporates gym games, team-building, arts and crafts, and social-emotional learning; reflect school-day experiences; include at least three 6-week Project-Based Learning units over the school year on themes such as physical recreation, performing arts, visual arts, science, and ecology; and intentionally link with school-day learning by coordinating with teachers to align projects, share relevant student insights, and reinforce key skills and routines across settings.
• Supervise at least one part-time assistant and, as needed, coordinate and supervise support teachers, inclusion staff, high school interns, and volunteers; participate in interviewing and training new assistants, interns, and volunteers.
• Participate in at least five (5) hours per week of in-class work in King Open School's school-day classrooms to support students and teachers during the academic day, including one-on-one support of children, assisting King Open faculty in curriculum delivery and differentiated instruction, small group facilitation, and participatory observation.
• Participate in school-day support meetings such as IEP meetings or family conferences and engage families in a consistent partnership in the education of children, including regularly facilitating family engagement events.
• Maintain a "child growth portfolio" for each child in the King Open Extended Day classroom each school year, including ongoing documentation of child progress, daily activities, outreach, and staff meetings, as well as regular weekly scheduling and lesson planning.
• Manage the classroom budget, including ordering supplies and snacks, planning and leading field trips, and engaging outside consultants and vendors.
• Maintain professional integrity and conduct by following and promoting program policies, procedures, and routines; collaborate and maintain links to King Open Extended Day staff, school-day staff, outside service providers, supervisors, and families; and during the school year, assist families with referrals, applications, and placement into DHSP summer programs—coordinating with program staff and the central office as needed
• Perform other duties as required.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with…