Afterschool Site Director or Group Leader

Responsibilities include direct care, being a strong member of our school age team, planning curriculum and more. Afterschool DESCRIPTION OF RESPONSIBILITIES include:

1. Child Responsibilities
2. Parent Responsibilities
3. Curriculum Responsibilities
4. Professional Responsibilities
5. General Responsibilities:

• • Follows licensing guidelines to maintain a safe, age appropriate environment
  • Adheres to the mission statement and program philosophy
  • Follows agency policies, procedures and practices
  • Attends and participates in bi-weekly staff meetings with entire staff as well as weekly staff meetings with site team
  • Utilizes administrative staff as a resource for help
  • Completes all required paperwork in a timely manner
  • Assists in the general upkeep of classroom and shared areas
  • Welcomes new ideas and demonstrates flexibility
  • Performs duties in a timely and safe manner, as requested by site director or administrator

In addition, Site Directors have the following supervisory responsibilities: Age Group Responsibilities:

• Provides leadership to teaching staff
• Mentors new staff and act as additional support
• Acts as liaison between direct care staff and administration
• Problem solves solutions for staff coverage
• Facilitates communication between classrooms
• Co-chairs staff meetings
• Coordinates age group events and projects
• Collaborates on special projects
• Attends program meetings as needed

 Qualified persons should have experience and / or education in ECE, EI. Ed or Recreation Group Leaders minimum qualifications are:  Meets minimum school age group leader guidelines required by the Bureau of Child Care Licensing, including the following:

• must be at least 18 years of age, have a high school diploma or equivalency and one of the following:
  1. (1)total of 600 hours working with school-age children
  2. documentation of at least 3 credits in child development, education, recreation, or other relevant field of study, awarded by a regionally accredited college or university
  3. documentation that he or she is a certified coach; or
  4. documentation from or on file with the department that she/he was qualified as a group leader in a school-age program on or before the adoption of these rules in 2017.

Site Directors minimum qualifications are: Meets minimum school age site director guidelines required by the Bureau of Child Care Licensing, including the following:

• must be at least 20 years of age, have a high school diploma or equivalency diploma and have at least one of the following:
  1. Written documentation from or on file with the department that she or he was qualified and employed as a site director in a school-age program on or before the effective date of these rules in 2017;
  2. A minimum of an associate’s degree in child development, education, recreation, or related field of study, awarded by a regionally accredited college or university;
  3. Certification of successful completion of training as a recreation director plus 1000 hours experience working with children in a licensed child care program, recreation program or a public or private elementary school;
  4. A total of 12 credits in child development, education, recreation, or other field of study focused on children, from a regionally accredited college plus 1000 hours of experience working with children;
  5. Current certification as an educator by the department of education;
  6. Experience working with children totaling 2000 hours and the following:
     1. Current certification as a para II educator by the department of education; or
     2. Both of the following:
        1. Documentation of enrollment in a course for at least 3 credits in child development, education, recreation, or other field of study focused on children, through a regionally accredited college or university and a written plan on file for completion of at least 3 additional credits as specified; and
        2. Within 12 months of the date the individual begins working as a site director, documentation of successful completion of a total of at least 6 credits as specified in b.1. shall be on file for review by the department.

A growing program providing afterschool enrichment and care to school age children grades K-5 in the Seacoast NH area.  Seacoast Community School currently has opening for both Site Director and Group Leader qualified staff.  These positions are part-time in nature, but for those that also qualify to serve as support in our ECE programs, they can be full-time hires as well.  Position and rate of pay available do depend on whether you qualify under DHHS licensing as a Group Leader or Site Director.