What are the responsibilities and job description for the Extended Afternoon Helper position at Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart Inc.?
Description
Summary:
Seeking Duchesne Upper School Students to help with Lower School Extended Afternoon. This is an opportunity to work with the younger students, PK- 4th grades building community in a nurturing, positive atmosphere.
Hours: Monday – Friday 3:45- 6:00 p.m.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Arrive on time
- Assist Extended Afternoon Staff with various activities
- Interact with and watch over students
- Assist with picking up students from after school classes
- Participate in activities with students
Requirements
Minimum Education/Prior Experience/Qualifications Required
Successful candidates are energetic, high-performers, committed to the school’s mission, who impress us with their drive, joy, initiative, and ability to work productively under multiple deadlines, where unanticipated external and internal events can shift priorities.
Candidates must also possess:
- Ability to communicate with students, parents and other staff members
- Excellent work ethic
- Dependable
- Strong attention to detail
- Communicate openly and effectively
- Stay active, helpful and ahead of schedule
- Creative
- Strong references to convey abilities
- Successful completion of criminal offender record information and sexual offender registry information checks (18 years or older)
- Successful completion of CMG Safe Environment Training
- Current Safe Environment training (18 years or older)
General Competencies:
- Excellent communication skills with attention to detail
- Punctual and dependable, and builds trust among colleagues
- Ability to maintain accurate records
- Adherence to all personnel policies, procedures, and rules contained in the Duchesne Faculty/Staff Handbook
- Maintain productive relationships with other Duchesne faculty and staff, working cooperatively as a team player to help others achieve their best
- Possess strong people skills in order to be empathetic to children’s and parent’s needs
Essential Expectations:
- All faculty and staff members at Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart are expected and required to do the following:
- Overtly support and act in accordance with the Goals and Criteria of the Society of the Sacred Heart; this expectation includes attendance at and applicable participation in faith-based practices.
- Foster a safe, predictable, and supportive environment.
- Interact with colleagues in a respectful and collegial manner that contributes to a healthy school culture.
- Demonstrate appropriate planning and preparation and fulfill routine responsibilities in a thoughtful and timely manner.
- Uphold professional standards of personal presentation, professional courtesy, discretion, punctuality and attendance at all required meetings and events.
- Appropriately carry out specific duties as determined by the Head of School and/or supervisor.
- Maintain professional credentials and complete required training. Participate in and provide documentation for at least one professional development opportunity per year in addition to those required and provided by the school.
- Respect the confidentiality of the school, its employees, students, and families.
- Comply with the policies and procedures as articulated in the faculty and staff handbook.
- Authentically engage in the school’s self-reflection process that requires written goals and measured progress towards them.
Nothing in this Job Description restricts Duchesne’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this position at any time. This position is at will, which means that either the employee or Duchesne may terminate the employment relationship at any time, with or without notice and for any reason or no reason.
Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart is committed to providing equal opportunity in all of its employment practices, including selection, hiring, promotion, transfer, and compensation, to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex (gender), age, national origin, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law.
