Site Coordinator - Extended Learning

Job Location: 30313 Hollywood Beach ELOP - Oxnard, CA

Position Type:
Part Time

Salary Range: $25.90 - $38.85 Hourly

Travel Percentage:
None

Job Shift: M - F 11am - 5pm

The Program Lead, Extended Learning manages all programmatic and staffing aspects of the extended learning program, in accordance with the agency's program and people management goals. This position ensures program quality is maintained in a single Catalyst Family Inc. Expanded Learning program. The Program Lead position provides oversight of the planning, implementation, assessment, reflection, and program requirements for school age children.

Program Leads are a classroom/program leader that must be able to coach, mentor and provide ongoing observation and feedback to teaching staff that results in implementation of quality programming. Program Lead ensures that all children receive quality staff-child interactions and are supervised, at all times, in a safe and healthy environment.

The Program Lead works collaboratively with the Center Manager/Site Supervisor to support the business of the program including enrollment and attendance, purchasing and community relationship building. The Program Lead position acknowledges and celebrates diversity among staff, children, and families, and provides an environment that reflects the diversity within a community. They create classroom environments that reflect the backgrounds and experiences of children, families, and staff.

Program Leads are in ratio approximately 33% of the time.

Essential Job Functions:

• Liaison for communicating Catalyst Family Inc. vision, mission, philosophy, and curriculum approaches to staff, parents, school personnel, the community, and State and local government agencies, as needed.
• Ensures streamlined processes for documenting learning, developing lesson plans, assessments, and internal and external reviews are consistent with Catalyst Family Inc.'s mission, values, philosophy, and position statements.
• Shares program information and assessment results with the program, site leadership and school district.
• Supports, mentors and role models for teachers in the creation and implementation and evaluation/completion of program action plans through diverse strategies or approaches.
• Collaborates with program staff to provide an enriched, dynamic indoor/outdoor environments, that meet the diverse and cultural needs and interests of children, utilizes staff, family, and community expertise. Environments are safe, clean, well maintained and meet agency and industry standards.
• Assess program quality and curriculum implementation, health/safety, standards; take steps to continuously improve in alignment with our agency's quality standards as well as meet/exceed other external quality tools.
• Maintains knowledge of Developmentally Appropriate Practices and applicable curriculum influences such as Reggio Emilia, California's Learning Framework and Foundations, Quality Standards for Expanded Learning, Search Institute, - as applicable to the age group(s).
• Using staff observations and program assessment tools, work with staff to develop and implement child growth plans.
• In partnership with site leadership and all staff, follows Catalysts Positive Behavior Approach and protocol with family members and provides tools and resources to support implementation of agreed upon strategies.
• Scheduled to be in ratio 33% of work week, depending on program needs.

• Manage a team with a size ranging from 2-5 staff depending on program size and enrollment.
• Manage staff performance proactively; coach, support and provide feedback to staff regularly so that they can deliver their best.
• Conduct Annual Performance review on time and provide regular feedback.
• Facilitate highly effective, participatory team meetings that foster ownership for expected outcomes.
• Observe staff interactions with children, effectiveness of planned activities, maintenance and development of the learning environment and give staff immediate and useful feedback to achieve high program quality.
• Provide on-site mentoring and modeling in the classroom. Train and mentor teaching staff as needed, including frequently observing weekly lesson plans to include a range of age-appropriate activities that support social emotional, physical, cognitive development, observe impact of curriculum implementation, and provide relevant and constructive feedback.
• Orient and integrate new staff into the team to achieve high staff retention. Set and communicate clear job expectations. Communicate Mission, philosophy to all staff; ensure behavior and outcomes of program are staff consistent with agency values.
• In partnership, develop professional growth plans with staff and provide opportunities for continuous growth and development.
• Ensure that individual and team goals are aligned with agency goals and hold people accountable to high performance expectations. Co-develop and implement immediate corrective action plans…