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Youth Development Instructor

Carole Robertson Center for Learning
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Youth Development Instructor Middle School Age-Teen Reach (Part -Time)

The Youth Development Instructor is a part-time role supporting two programs throughout the day. In both programs, the staff ensures high quality programming for students. This role focuses on Youth Development Instructor responsibilities that include ensuring lessons are ready for students, maintaining a safe and inclusive environment, implementing Carole Robertson Center for Learning curriculum, facilitating project-based activities, helping to build social emotional skills of students, etc. Youth Development instructors are required to be fully in person.

Major Responsibilities and Key Tasks

Youth Development Instructor (afternoons and summer)

Students/Instruction:

  • Collaborate with your team and submit high quality weekly activity plans at least 1 week before the start of the week to your supervisor and in the agreed upon template.
  • Ensure you arrive at your assigned post on time and are ready to greet students each day. Make sure to check in with your manager and school site.
  • Actively supervise students during class, during transitions, and any time children are present.
  • Assist with welcoming and dismissing students and checking in/out students as outlined in the Youth Develpment Handbook.
  • Consistently implement and follow activity plan from the assigned curriculum.
  • Adapt and differentiate your activity to engage students, minimize behavior disruptions, and create a positive learning environment.
  • Print materials and gather all supplies (or communicate with Program Managers about this)
  • Model and consistently review behavior expectations throughout the day
  • Monitor youth not engaged in activities and, if not facilitating, support them while still minimizing disruptions to the organized activity.
  • Participate or lead walk-over to safely transport students from their local schools to CRCL centers. (only 2929)
  • Ensure all classroom, common use areas and playground are maintained and left better than the way they were found.
    • Maintain safety and create a welcoming environment for all youth and families using group- established expectations and best practice group/classroom management

Administration:

  • Notify your manager when you arrive and if you are running late.
  • Take attendance each day at the start of your class. In child plus and Ecornerstone.
  • Communicate with SEL concerns and needs with your manager and SEL support staff
  • Maintain program schedules for quality and consistency. If schedules need to be adjusted, make sure students are aware of schedule changes in advance.
  • Submit orders to your manager for materials and supplies before they run out or become unusable.
  • Work with supervisor to collect student documentation and update program records, including, but not limited to, classroom attendance, meal counts, documentation/anecdotal, etc.
  • Collaborate with team to plan and execute events and outings.
  • Participate in continuous program improvement based on the Youth Program Quality Assessment measures and student assessments as requested by your manager.
  • Ensure all interactions are strengths-based, culturally sensitive, youth-centric and solution-focused
  • Regularly update program records, including, but not limited to, classroom attendance, meal counts, child assessments, incident reports, referrals for social services, and anecdotal notes related to health, peer relationships, individualized goals etc.

Communication/Collaboration: (including family & school)

  • Minor behavior concerns should be addressed in the classroom and communicated with Program Manager (as outlined in the Out of School Time Handbook)
  • Document all communication with students, families, etc. that extend beyond regular classroom interaction. (In addition to an incident report)
  • Modeled and consistently review behavior expectations throughout the day (Document all communication with students, families, etc. that extend beyond regular classroom interaction, in addition to an incident report)
  • With the support and awareness of your manager, hold restorative conversations and follow up with parents about behavior concerns and action plans (including Program Manager on plan and on communication) and proactively communicate student successes and goals.
  • Assist with homework and in collaboration with your manager, identify any strengths and challenging areas and communicating those with parents and teachers
  • Collaborate with team to plan and execute events and outings.
  • Work in good faith with CRCL Site Directors and openly collaborate and communicate.

Other:

  • Adhere to all CRCL expectations and OST Handbook.
  • Maintain overall professional personal appearance adhering to the guidelines of CRCL
  • Participate in staff meetings, training sessions, conferences, workshops, and other professional development activities

Required Education and Experience

Applicant for the Youth Development Instructor must possess one of the following:

  • A bachelor’s degree in education, recreation, or child development and a Level 2-3 ECE credential or
  • 1 year of experience plus thirty semester hours from an accredited college or university with six semesters related to school-age child care, child development, elementary education, physical education, recreation, camping or other related fields
  • 2 years of experience in a recreational program or licensed day care center serving school-age children and six semester hours from an accredited college or university related to school-age child care, child development, elementary education, physical education, recreation, camping or other related fields;

Benefits:

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