Job Description
Job DescriptionDescription:
The School Age Group Leader is responsible for planning and executing an active, nurturing, and stimulating school age program in line with the philosophy and goals of Child Care of the Berkshires.
The Magic Seasons Center provides care for toddlers, preschoolers, and school-age children in a renovated elementary school in Adams. The Center is licensed by the Department of Early Education and Care.
Requirements:
Must be EEC Group Leader qualified; at a minimum, 9 months of previous experience working with school age children, 3 months which must be in a licensed school age program. Prefer degree in early childhood education or related field or advanced training and relevant experience.
3. Ability to implement nurturing, stimulating, and developmentally appropriate curriculum activities.
4. Ability to supervise children through good vision and hearing capabilities.
5. Ability to establish rapport with persons of different ethnic, cultural, and economic backgrounds.
6. Ability to deal tactfully and respectfully with parents, staff and persons in the community.
7. Ability to report for work on time and demonstrate regular attendance
8. Able to provide documentation of good physical and mental health, freedom from communicable diseases and evidence of up to date immunizations.
9. Ability to walk, stand, sit, stoop, lift, and carry children weighing up to 50 lbs.; ability to engage in a variety of physical activities with the children.
10. Ability to handle calmly stressful and emergency situations.
11. Ability to accept constructive feedback and direction and to implement changes as needed for continued professional growth.
12. Ability to process, analyze and integrate information and make appropriate decisions concerning program policies and procedures; must demonstrate good decision-making skills.