Reports To: Team 21 Site Coordinator

Hours: See “Schedule” Below

Classification: Non-Union

SUMMARY:

The TEAM 21 Group Leader will plan and implement youth and family activities as part of the TEAM 21 after school and summer programs.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIESOther duties may be assigned.

• Plan and implement youth activities, including: Academics, Physical Fitness, Art, Character Education and other enrichment activities
• Supervise students during program hours, maintaining a safe and engaging environment;ensure that check-out procedures are followed for parent/guardian pick-up, bussing and/or walking
• Provide homework help and academic assistance, including identifying challenges and working to effectively meet individual student academic needs
• Serve as a mentor and role model for students, both in the program and in the general school population
• Manage student behavior, including discipline and redirection of students
• Maintain communication with members of the school staff about student needs and aspects of the after school and summer program
• Participate in self-reflection and other professional development opportunities
• Contact parents/guardians of students through in-person, phone and written communication
• Work closely with public school support staff and administrators to effectively meet program and student needs and proactively develop solutions
• Maintain clean and tidy program spaces, ensuring materials are stored appropriately and teacher classrooms and other spaces used by school staff are cleaned up and treated in a respectful manner by students
• Assist in ensuring compliance with licensing rules and regulations for child care centers
• Complete necessary reporting of suspected child abuse/neglect in accordance with role as a Mandated Reporter
• Prepare accurate and timely correspondence, records and reports
• Provide high quality customer service and courteously respond to routine and non-routine
• inquiries, including referring to a supervisor as necessary
• Perform other duties as assigned

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

• Background in education, social work, recreation, or related human services field
• One or more years’ experience or desire to work with youth, K-8 th grade, in a structured
• program setting
• Must be at least 16 years of age
• Able to communicate effectively verbally and in writing
• Able to establish excellent working relationships and use good judgment in interacting with
• others
• Able to work effectively within a school setting and adapt to last minute changes
• Bilingual (Spanish) preferred

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Supervises students

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:

Preferred Associate’s (or higher) Degree or two years of study at an institution of higher education or passing scores on the WorkKeys assessment system; previous experience with physically, emotionally or mentally impaired students or a combination of experience and post high school training.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES RELATED TO CULTURAL COMPETENCE AND EQUITY:

• Knowledge/awareness of own cultural identity and how this influences behavior, and desire to learn about the cultural identity of others.
• Ability to establish and nurture an environment that promotes cultural competence and equitable treatment of staff, students, and partners of the District.
• Has demonstrated experience as a leader for equity and/or has evidence of success in closing opportunity gaps for students of color. 
• Ability to nurture a school environment that celebrates, respects, and values diversity, where teaching and learning are made relevant and meaningful to students

REASONING ABILITY:

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations

.

SCHEDULE:

School Year – August-May (Temporary)

• Up to 34 weeks per year
• 17 hours per week
• Monday – Thursday, with occasional Friday and weekend responsibilities
• Specific hours are site-dependent, between 2:00pm – 6:45pm

Summer – June-August (Temporary)

• 7 weeks, as scheduled between June and August (calendar varies depending on school site)
• 27 hours per week
• Monday – Thursday, with occasional Friday and weekend responsibilities
• Specific hours are site-dependent, scheduled between 7:00am-4:30pm

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT: 

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to communicate with others in person or by phone and view written documents. The employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. In the course of a typical day, the employee is required to be physically active, including bending, stooping, sitting, standing and/or walking. The employee is frequently required to be mobile in an office or school setting and outdoors, including occasionally traversing uneven terrain. The employee is frequently required to use manual dexterity to type or enter data and write. The employee may occasionally be required to transport and lift equipment and supplies of light to moderate weight.

The employee works primarily at a program site, typically a school, and may work occasionally in an office setting. The employee may be required to travel to varied locations in inclement weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment can range from moderate to loud while at program sites, with quiet in an office setting.

Godfrey-Lee Public Schools is an equal opportunity educational institution. It is our expressed policy that no person shall be unlawfully excluded from participation, be denied benefits of, or otherwise subjected to discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, national origin, sex, age or handicap/disability in its activities or programs as required by Title VI, Title IX and Section 504. Any person believing that the Godfrey-Lee Public Schools or any part of the school organization has inadequately applied the principles and/or regulations of (1) Title IX of the Education Amendment Act of 1972, (2) Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, (3) the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, and (4) Title II of the Americans with Disability Act of 1990 may bring forward a complaint, which shall be referred to as a grievance, to Mark Provost, the local Coordinator at the following address: 1324 Burton St. SW Wyoming, MI 49509.