YMCA of Greater Boston

Community health, child care, youth programs

Before & Afterschool Group Leader

Community Outreach & ProgramsConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-time$16.50 - $22 /hrIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

Meet one of the stated eligibility paths: have a Bachelor's or Associate's degree and three months of experience working with school-age children; have a high school diploma or equivalent and six months of school-age-child experience, including three months of supervised experience at a school-age child care program; or have nine months of school-age-child experience, including three months of supervised experience at a school-age child care program.
For experience to count, it must be at least 12 hours per week; if fewer than 12 hours per week, each block of 50 hours counts as one month.
Keep children's safety as the first priority and emphasize personal safety and emotional well-being with children, parents, and early education staff.
Use positive and constructive methods of child guidance and ensure all staff do the same.
Adhere to the rules, regulations, and procedures of the YMCA of Greater Boston, the branch location, and the Department of Early Education and Care, as applicable.

Responsibilities

Plan and implement classroom curriculum and provide homework assistance.
Communicate information to families and serve as a liaison between school-day teachers and parents to support students' academic and social-emotional success.
Ensure program curricula foster cognitive skills, self-awareness, group relationships, and character development.
Maintain a safe, healthy, warm, engaging, and attractive program environment.
Provide a developmentally sound program with positive opportunities for children to grow, learn, and develop to their full potential.
Supervise children and manage smooth transitions to promote safety and appropriate behavior.
Work with the Site Director to design the program space and maintain the facility and supplies.
Assist the Site Director with assessments throughout the year, including progress reports, parent surveys, and program self-assessment.
Provide a well-balanced curriculum of planned learning experiences that support children's social, emotional, physical, cognitive, and language development.
Promote healthy living, social responsibility, and youth development through age-appropriate activities that foster cognitive skills, self-awareness, peer relationships, and character development.
Conduct oneself in a caring, responsible, honest, and respectful manner and serve as a role model for colleagues, program participants, and families.
Deliver programming that meets community needs in a manner consistent with the YMCA mission.

Location: Hyde Park, Mattapan

Under the supervision of the Site Director/Program Administrator, the Group Educator plans and implements classroom curriculum, provides homework assistance, communicates information to families, and maintains a safe, healthy, warm, engaging, and attractive environment. The Group Educator will serve as a liaison between the school day teacher and parent to support the academic and social emotional success of the students in their classroom.

This employee ensures:

Group/Program curricula that provide growth in cognitive skills, self-awareness, group relationships, and character development.
Ensures adherence to EEC licensing standards and perpetuates an inclusive culture.
Communicates information to parents.
Maintains a program environment that is safe, healthy, and engaging.
A developmentally sound program for children which provides positive channels to grow, learn and develop to their full potential.
A program which meets community needs in a manner consistent with the YMCA mission.

Age-appropriate activities should provide for growth in cognitive skills, self-awareness, peer relationships, and character development. The educator conducts him/herself in a caring, responsible, honest, and respectful manner and is a role model for colleagues, as well as for program participants and families. In addition, he/she ensures focus on programming that promotes healthy living, social responsibility, and youth development with the ultimate goal to position the YMCA of Greater Boston to be the childcare program of choice for families and school districts, providing the best in outcomes, staff and level of innovation.

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Qualifications:

Must meet one of the following:

Have a Bachelor's or Associate's degree and have three months of experience working with school age children.
Have a high school diploma or equivalent and six months of experience working with school age children including three months of supervised experience at a school age child care program.
Have nine months of experience with school age children including three months of supervised experience at a school age child care program.
In order for experience to be counted, it must be a minimum of 12 hours per week or if less than 12 hours a week, every block of 50 hours counts for one month.

Requirements:

Keeps safety of children as first priority; emphasizes personal safety and emotional well-being with the children, parents, and early education staff.
Uses positive and constructive methods of child guidance, while ensuring that all staff does the same.
Adheres to the rules, regulations and procedures set forth by the YMCA of Greater Boston, the branch location, and the Department of Early Education and Care, as applicable.
Ensures supervision of children and management of smooth transitions to promote safety and appropriate behavior.
Works with the Site Director in the design of the program space and maintain facility and supplies at all times.
Assists the Site Director with relevant assessments on a variety of levels throughout the year by means of progress reports, parent surveys, and program self-assessment.
Provides children with a well-balanced curriculum of specific, planned learning experiences that support their social, emotional, physical, cognitive, and language development.

About the Company

YMCA of Greater Boston

Community health, child care, youth programs

The YMCA of Greater Boston runs a network of facilities and program sites that provide health and wellness programming, child care, summer camps, youth sports, teen leadership programs, workforce development, and community outreach in Massachusetts. Its programs work by offering membership-accessible activities and schedules across locations, enabling families and individuals to participate in fitness, child care, camps, sports leagues, leadership trainings, and job readiness services through on-site programs and community partnerships. The organization differentiates itself by being the largest social services provider in Massachusetts with a broad, integrated set of services focused on wellness, youth development, education, and employment in a community-based, nonprofit model. Its goal is to strengthen communities by improving health, developing young people, and expanding economic opportunity through accessible programs and support services.

Company size: 1,001-5,000
Company stage: Grant
Total funding: $40K
Headquarters: Boston, MA
Founded: 1851

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