After School Care Assistant

After School Care Assistant

Classical Charter Schools of Whiteville has an immediate opening for a Before and After School Care Assistant.

The Roger Bacon Academy is an education management organization that manages multiple charter schools in southeastern North Carolina including Classical Charter Schools of Whiteville, located in Whiteville that serves students in grades K - 8. The following mission outlines the expectations of all employees at the school level as well as employees of The Roger Bacon Academy in providing support to the schools.

Our understandings of humankind and our universe are expressed and communicated through all of our arts and sciences. Each method of expression – language, painting, music, mathematics, and science – has its rules and techniques for effectively communicating these ideas and understandings.

These rules and techniques are the bridges over which ideas must be communicated from one generation to the next.

Thus, our Mission is:

• To teach the rules and techniques for effective expression and communication in the arts and sciences.
• To communicate, by these arts and sciences, our understandings of the universe and our role in it.
• To instill a love of learning and discovery justifying a lifelong dedication to health, truth, and virtue.

Paramount for every job at every level on every campus is the fulfillment of this Mission.

Job Priorities

This Mission is furthered in accordance with the priorities observed in all aspects of school life:
Safety, Character, and Scholarship and an unfailing adherence to the School Pledge.

Before and After School Care Assistant – Job responsibilities

Purpose:

Responsible for supervising, nurturing, and caring for children from grades K-8th before school from 7am-8am and after school from 3:30pm-6pm and during Camp Days.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Nurture and care for children while parents are at work.
• Provide snacks and meals.
• Maintain Daycare Facilities:
  No matter the age of the children being cared for, it's essential that their environment is safe, clean, and comfortable. The After School Care Assistant needs to help clean and organize the facility end of each day.
• Prepare and Clean up Meals: help prepare meals and snacks, supervise the children while they eat, and clean up after mealtime.
• Promote personal Hygiene: help the children under their care stay clean and teach them the importance of personal hygiene habits.
• Perform good hand-washing techniques for disease and infection control.
• Oversees projects and Free Time
• Organize activities and implement curricula that stimulate children's physical, emotional, intellectual, and social growth.
• Provide for a child's basic needs.
• Report behavior to parents each day.
• Supervise children while they are playing outside or on a playground.
• Provide homework assistance.
• Lock the building at the end of the day.

Qualifications

• An Associate's degree in any field or 48 semester hours at an accredited university or college is required (focus in education and early childhood development desired).
• Ability to maintain a clean and orderly environment.
• Ability to perform clerical duties.
• Ability to operate common office machines.
• Ability to maintain basic files and records.
• Ability to understand and follow oral and written directions.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships as necessitates by work assignments.
• Physical ability to lift/carry 20 lbs and dexterity to perform the duties and responsibilities of the job.