Kids Safari Site Coordinator

Position: Kids Safari Site Coordinator (full-time)

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• Bachelor’s Degree in Childhood Development, Youth Development or Elementary Education
• Lift, carry, and/or hold children up to 70 pounds
• Two years of experience in teaching or managing school-age children in a before and after school-age care environment preferred

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Childhood Development, Youth Development or Elementary Education
• Lift, carry, and/or hold children up to 70 pounds
• Two years of experience in teaching or managing school-age children in a before and after school-age care environment preferred

Fair Labor Standards Act Status: Non-exempt

Reports To

Principal and Director of Kids’ Safari or Designee

Job Goal

To effectively supervise, plan, coordinate, and direct a balanced before and after school program that supports each student’s development and achievement.

Performance Responsibilities

• Provide a nurturing and appropriate learning environment for students in a before and after school setting
• Facilitate the hiring process, interviewing process, and ongoing supervision and evaluation of youth development staff
• Manage Kids’ Safari staff to ensure appropriate supervision of students at all times and in compliance of adult to child rations
• Actively recruit and market program to families and in neighborhoods
• Demonstrate and utilize appropriate positive guidance and discipline techniques in accordance to district standers
• Maintain an orderly physical environment conducive to optimal growth and development of students
• Acquire a thorough knowledge of quality standards for before and after school programming and integrate into all areas of the ISD program
• Monitor overall program implementation and perform on-going evaluation to assure quality of services and support for children and families
• Organize, facilitate, and monitor the program’s daily schedule and curriculum
• Organize and implement ongoing student assessments to ensure the program is meeting the needs of each student enrolled
• Provide developmentally appropriate experiences that encourage diversity and recognize individual student differences, regardless of special abilities, talents, ethnic heritage, culture or language
• Establish rapport and communicate with parents regarding their child’s progress and enrichment education
• Participate in school advisory council/committee to represent the Kids’ Safari program
• Provide quarterly family development activities in tandem with scheduled building activities
• Maintain relationship and facilitate duties with Central Office Kids’ Safari and Business Office to assist with tracking family accounts, DSS paperwork, site expenditures, and site budgets
• Develop and maintain positive working relationship with key building personnel
• Collaborate with district administrators, building teaching staff, and other Kids’ Safari Coordinators to promote the sharing of activities, teaching techniques, and appropriate instructional practices
• Cooperate with support staff and building personnel to assist with meeting program requirements
• Maintain relationships with students, parents, and neighborhood community to ensure neighborhood school model of programming
• Maintain current Food Handler’s permit
• Maintain current CPR and First Aid Certification
• Comply with state of Missouri licensing regulations, YPQI standards and procedures to safeguard the health and safety of children in the program
• Participate in YPQA and creating/implement a quality improvement plan to be updated annually
• Maintain student data base, including enrollment, weekly attendance, health, behavior, activities/events and other relevant student data
• Attend all required department and school meetings including designated evening or Saturday times
• Participate in required professional development on a department, district, local, state, and/or national level
• Submit physical examination to include tuberculin screening
• Responsible for reading and complying with…