CARING PEOPLE ALLIANCE JOB DESCRIPTION

Group Supervisor - Afterschool/Summer Camp

Statement of General Purpose

This position will plan and implement high-quality afterschool and summer camp activities for children enrolled in a Philadelphia-based elementary/middle school, coordinate the activities of assistant group supervisors, and assist the Site Director with administrative tasks.

Examples of Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Designs and facilitates high-quality educational, recreational, and skill-building programming for elementary and middle school students, meeting all contract objectives; creates and adhere to weekly lesson plans.
• Supervises children at all times, ensuring their safety and well-being through active supervision and constant engagement.
• Serves as a positive role model for youth by building strong relationships with participants and demonstrating and promoting positive and professional communication, behavior, and engagement.
• Oversees individual child and group behavior, preventing altercations and injuries through non-confrontational, non-physical, non-threatening techniques; corrects disciplinary problems in an understanding, positive, and non-physical manner; teaches conflict resolution through the development and use of verbal skills; manages classroom behaviors and overall positive learning environment.
• Completes incident and injury reports in a timely and accurate manner and reports any issues related to child behavior and/or wellbeing to program leadership and parent.
• Maintains a clean, organized, and safe program space.

• Coordinates and facilitates snack distribution, homework time, project-based learning activities, field trips, and other program activities.
• Monitors daily attendance, meal tracking, and other forms of daily reporting.
• Developments and maintains a positive and productive working relationship with other program staff, school leadership and staff, community partners, students, families, and other stakeholders.
• Attends professional development sessions and internal and external meetings, as required.
• Assists the Site Director with administrative tasks, as needed.
• Performs related duties as required.

Core Competencies

• Ability to design and facilitate high-quality afterschool and summer camp programming that is both educational and engaging.
• Ability to communicate effectively and work productively with children, families, community partners, and school leadership and staff.
• A passion for working with children and an ability to engage them individually and in a group setting.

Minimum Qualifications

• Experience designing and facilitating afterschool and/or summer camp programming for children, preferably in a school setting.
• One of the following:

• • Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in early childhood education, child development, special education, elementary education or the human services field.

• • Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university, including 30 credit hours in early childhood education, child development, special education, elementary education or the human services field and 1 year of experience with children.

• • Associate’s degree from an accredited college or university in early childhood education, child development, special education, elementary education or the human services field and 2 years of experience with children.

• • Associate’s degree from an accredited college or university, including 30 credit hours in early childhood education, child development, special education, elementary education or the human services field and 3 years of experience with children

• Availability during afterschool hours (2:30-6:30pm Monday-Friday) and full-day availability during summer camp.
• Ability to provide clear background checks, educational documentation, reference checks, and other required onboarding documentation.