What are the responsibilities and job description for the Extended Day Helper position at Porter-Gaud School?
Porter-Gaud School is an Episcopal, independent, co-educational day school of 1,650 students in preschool through grade 12. The School's Auxiliary Department is looking for energetic and responsible Extended Day Helpers to work in the Extended Day Program!
The goal of the Porter-Gaud Extended Day Program is to assist our parents by providing after-school supervision for children in a secure, fun, and relaxed setting. Students are encouraged to complete homework, read, play games, make new friends, respect others, strengthen communication skills and try something new.
The Extended Day Helper position is part-time and normal work hours are between 2:30pm - 6:00pm, Monday - Friday.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Setting up snacks and fruit for 50 students
- Putting together pencils, pens, markers, crayons, scissors, books and paper
- Assembling First Aid Kits
- Become familiar with Extended Day Student list to be aware of who is coming/going and making sure everyone is accounted for.
- Helping Auxiliary staff get students to appropriate after-school programming
- Checking students into Extended Day, get them set up with a snack, then help them get their homework out
- Aiding and assisting students with homework, while keeping them quiet in order to keep a calm homework environment for everyone. After 30 minutes of homework time, getting students ready for recess, helping students pack up their bags, clean off their table and throw away trash, and quietly line them up for recess
- Responsible for overseeing recess - keeping kids safe within the boundaries of the playground, supervising sports and games (and playing with them!) Indoor recess - set up ping pong, board games, legos, jenga, and play with students
- Bonding with students, playing games like soccer, basketball, tag, swings, 4 square (playing any games that will encourage you to get to know them and become their friends while staying safe)
- Proper use of walkie talkie as form of communication, to assist with getting students picked up in an efficient manner
- Breaking all equipment down and cleaning up all supplies to include arts and crafts, games, pencils, tables and juice pitchers
- Responsible for checking in and taking students to appropriate PG bus
- Monitoring students behavior and report to Auxiliary staff
- Managing the cafeteria inside, checking the Remind app for pickup, signing out students, greeting parents, and calling their students inside for pickup on the walkie talkie
- Responsible for accessing all student contact information to include medical information in case of emergencies, and ensuring that every student who was picked up was also signed out of sign out sheet
Salary: $13-$15 per hour
Porter-Gaud School is committed to increasing the racial, ethnic, and religious diversity of our faculty and staff. The School welcomes applicants who would bring additional dimensions to the School's teaching mission. In accordance with law, Porter-Gaud School is an equal opportunity employer and hires without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex/gender, age, or disability.
Porter-Gaud School is committed to ensuring the safety and well-being of our students. We hold our employees to the highest possible standards. All employees are subject to extensive background check screenings and must sign our code of conduct. We strive to monitor employees while interacting with students. We take any inappropriate interactions between students and employees seriously and are committed to mandatory reporting standards as required by law. We will fully cooperate with authorities in any allegation or case of abuse.
Salary : $13 - $15
