School Age Site Administrator
Company: YMCA of Delaware
Location: Newark
Posted on: January 20, 2023
Job Description:
Administrators addresses the emotional, cognitive, social, and
physical needs of both an individual and groups of children while
effectively communicating with parents.
Essential Responsibilities
- To bring consistency and build quality to the Before/After Care
program by being on-site 50% of the program's operating
hours.
- Supervise the site(s), children, group(s), and all activities
as assigned while exhibiting safe, healthy, developmentally
appropriate childcare practices.
- Provide daily care for children including feeding and
supporting social/emotional needs.
- Encourage, engage, and support children in all classroom
activities including Instructional times, mealtimes, transitions,
and gross motor
- Implement positive behavior management techniques.
- Plan, implement and actively participate in daily
age-appropriate classroom activities to ensure all children are
provided an opportunityto learn. This includes ensuring a variety
of literacy, health living, STEM and physical activities are
provided daily.
- Observe children and document their progress and
development.
- Communicate effectively with co-workers, branch administration,
and parents to develop & maintain positive relationships that
encourage collaboration1 consistency and increase parent
participation.
- Ensure all members receive exceptional experience by meeting
the needs of the customer in a timely and polite manner.
- Ensure the facility and all equipment/supplies are clean,
well-maintained, and free of hazards daily.
- Complete and maintain required program documentation including,
but not limited to, children's attendance, meal counts, emergency
drills, and daily parent communication.
- Attend and actively participate in family nights, program
activities, staff meetings, and ongoing professional development
trainings.
Leadership Responsibilities
- Ensure all YMCA and State mandated regulatory standards,
policies and protocols are always adhered to including Licensing,
Stars and DPH.
- Attends and completes all required trainings as
assigned.
- Reports program needs and concerns to Child Development
Director.
Minimum Qualifications
- Education and Experience: To meet licensing requirements, the
School Age Administrator must be at least 20 years of age and must
meet one of the following qualifications:
- Option 1: At lease a high school diploma or equivalent
recognized by DOE and successful completion of at least 12 college
or university credits from a regionally accredited college or
university in recreation, elementary education, school-age care, or
school-age administration and six months experience working with
children kindergarten through sixth grade in a group.
- Option 2: At lease a high school diploma or equivalent
recognized by DOE and successful completion of at least 6 college
or university credits from a regionally accredited college or
university in recreation, elementary education, school-age care, or
school-age administration and the school-age bundle offered by the
Delaware Institute for Excellence in Early Childhood and six months
experience working with children kindergarten through sixth grade
in a group.
- Option 3: At lease a high school diploma or equivalent
recognized by DOE and successful completion of the school-age
bundle offered by the Delaware Institute for Excellence in Early
Childhood and twelve months experience working with children
kindergarten through sixth grade in a group.
- Complete a physical & tuberculosis screening and provide a
physician's documentation of both within 30 days of hire.
- Successful completion of a comprehensive criminal history,
child abuse & adult abuse background check as required by the State
of Delaware.
- Proficient active listening skills to understand and adapt to
the various needs of children and parents.
- Patience and compassion suitable for working with young
children.
- Ability to provide activities for children that encourage
healthy development.
- Ability to exercise control and maintain classroom
discipline.
- Ability to provide a supportive and caring environment for
children and staff.
- Be mentally and physically capable of caring for a large group
of children alone in a classroom
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills and the ability
to work effectively with a wide range of constituencies in a
diversecommunity.
Preferred Qualifications
- Multi-lingual skills
- Prior experience working with youth in a group
setting.
- Develop positive, authentic relationships with people from
different backgrounds,
- Flexible and willing to accommodate the needs of the early
childhood community and staff team.
- Ability to develop and present educational programs and/or
workshops.
- Ability to persuade and influence others.
- Knowledge of early childhood /school age education programs and
techniques,
- Knowledge of child development theory and practice.
- Have an awareness of the unique needs of young children and
have appropriate expectations of their abilities.
- Preference will be given to candidates who can work either 5
mornings, 5 afternoons or both to ensure continuity of care for our
students.
The YMCA of Delaware is an equal opportunity employer. The Y
maintains a work environment in which staff are treated fairly and
with respect and in which discrimination of any kind will not be
tolerated. In accordance with federal, state and local laws, we
recruit, hire, promote and evaluate all applicants and staff
without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin,
ancestry, familial status, marital status, sexual orientation or
preference, gender identity or expression, citizenship status,
disability, veteran or military status, domestic or sexual violence
victim status or any other characteristic protected by applicable
law. Unlawful discrimination will not be a factor in any employment
decision.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with
Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner
discriminate against employees or applicants because they have
inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of
another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access
to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as
a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of
other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise
have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is
(a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance
of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an
investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the
contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR
60-1.35(c)
Keywords: YMCA of Delaware, Newark , School Age Site Administrator, Other , Newark, Delaware
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