Job Description

GRADE: G9 (Hourly Range/Step 1 - Step 9: $22.42- $28.33)

MINIMUM HOURLY RATE: $22.42

STANDARD HOURS PER WEEK: 30

FTE: 0.75

MONTHS PER YEAR: 10

JOB CODE: 1064

POSITION TYPE: � PERMANENT/REGULAR

LOCATION: THORNTON, CO.

Adams 12 Five Star Schools is deeply committed to a community of excellence, equity, and inclusion in everything we do. We commit to eliminate the predictability of who is included in excellence and who is not. Adams 12 Five Star Schools puts students first and supports our district's mission to elevate student success for every student every day in every classroom. Candidates who can contribute to our goal are encouraged to apply and to identify their strengths in this area.

SUMMARY: Assists in the daily operations of the District Before and After School Enrichment (BASE) Program. Lead and support children in the BASE Program during educational and recreational activities and field trips. Duties include implementing age-appropriate and educational activities for students; ordering supplies; providing direction, guidance and assistance to staff and students; effectively handling student discipline situations; ensuring student safety and security; communicating with parents, staff, teachers and site director; opening, closing and securing school building; preparing snacks; cleaning BASE areas; recording attendance; assisting sick or injured students; assisting BASE Program Site Director with supervision of staff. Acts as BASE Site Director in their absence.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Job Tasks Descriptions

1.Assist with ordering and purchasing supplies and snacks, taking student attendance, monitoring enrollment, ensuring daily safety of children, maintaining staff-to-child ratio, and effectively handling student discipline. Record attendance and contact parents regarding absent students. Ensure daily safety of children and monitoring staff-to-child ratio.

2.Supervise, support, guide and assist students during crafts, art projects, games and other activities to provide developmental stimulation and meet student needs. Create interesting educational activities to engage the interest of students. Monitor student behavior during activities, effectively handle student discipline situations and encourage and support positive behavior. Help ensure implementation of Section 504 and Individualized Education Plan (IEP).

3.Assist with billing, collection of tuition payments, preparing bank deposits, submitting remittance advice forms, and follow up on delinquent accounts. Assist families using the Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) attendance tracker. Assist with student enrollment forms, student behavior documentation, and injury/incident/lost child reports other district or state reports.

4.Observe the children and monitor the safety and security of the building at all times to ensure child health and safety. Assist in the management and record keeping of student medications, and health care plans. Distribute medication to students as directed and provide general First Aid and CPR when needed.

5.Assist Site Director with developing and supporting BASE program staff including mentoring, training, assigning workload, addressing complaints, and resolving problems. Contribute to the completion of employee performance evaluations. Assist with maintaining staff and student files per state and district guidelines. May be responsible for review, approval, and verification of reported time using the district time and labor system or supplemental timesheets.

6.Communicate program information and respond to phone calls, emails and written correspondence to school administration, staff and parents in a prompt and timely manner. May assist with preparing monthly newsletters, field trip bus requests, permission forms, and parent communication through the department financial and attendance system. This may include, but is not limited to, text messages, emails, monthly statements, and pertinent program information. Attend and participate in assigned meetings, including meetings in the absence of the Site Director.

7.Assist the Site Director in monitoring all areas of the site budget using the district financial system. As assigned, reconcile and prepare reports following district guidelines as related to payroll, Monthly Status Report (MSR), voucher request, transfer of expenditures, and purchasing card.

8.Secure building, equipment and program per district and department guidelines. Help ensure areas and equipment used by the program are cleaned and maintained.

9.Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

EDUCATION AND RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE:

• Must be qualified for a BASE Site Director or be able to become qualified within 90 days of hire.
• Must be at least 21 years old.
• Must meet or exceed the education and experience requirements for a School-Age Child Care Center Program Director as established by the Colorado Department of Human Services:
• Four-year college degree with a major in recreation; education with specialty in art, elementary or early childhood education; or a subject in the human service field. Copy of transcript required.
• OR Two years of college training and 6 months (910 hours) of satisfactory and verifiable full-time or part-time equivalent experience since age 18 in the care and supervision of four or more children. Copy of transcript/certificate and employer letter outlining employment verification.
• OR Three years (5460 hours) of satisfactory and verifiable full-time or part-time equivalent experience since age 18 in the care and supervision of 4 or more children and completion of 6 semester hours or 9 quarter hours or 40 clock hours of training in course work applicable to school age children within the first 9 months of employment. Copy of transcript/certificate and employer letter outlining employment verification.

LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS or CERTIFICATIONS:

• Criminal background check required for hire.
• Must complete current state required annual continuing education (presently a minimum of 15 hours) related to one or more of the following: child growth and development, health and safe environment, developmentally appropriate practices, guidance, family relationships, cultural and individual diversity, and professionalism.
• CPR, First Aid and Universal Precautions certifications required within 90 days after entering position. Additional medication administration required as needed.
• Must successfully complete current district training for supervision of Classified Staff within one (1) year of entering position.

SALARY INFORMATION:

All Classified positions are paid on an hourly basis. All Newly hired classified employees are placed initially on Step 1 of the pay grade for their position. Classified employees can advance an additional 7 steps (maximum Step 8) based on their previous experience. Final hourly placement on the Classified Salary schedule is dependent on the Grade Level for the position being posted and employees' previous work experience. "Grade" refers to position or job classification and "Step" refers to the number of work experience credit or service years. See our Classified Salary Schedule for hourly rates. For additional compensation information, please refer to The Classified Master Agreement.

BENEFITS INFORMATION:

Adams 12 Five Star Schools is committed to providing an environment that promotes a healthy employee population able to serve our students at the highest level. We offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision and life insurance as well as other programs for benefit eligible employees. The employee assistance program, voluntary life insurance through PERA, and 401(k), 403(b) & 457(b) plans are available to all employees regardless of hours worked and are available immediately (upon hire date).

To learn more about our benefits, please see our Benefits Overview.

THIS POSTING IS NOT INCLUSIVE OF THE JOB DESCRIPTION.

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