Extended Day High School Assistant (SY 25-26)

Position : Extended Day High School Assistant

Position Type : Part-time

Department : Community Education

Location : Elementary Schools - Watertown Public Schools

Reports to : Site Coordinator / Assistant Director and Director

Affiliation : Non-Aligned

Salary range : $17.46 per hour

Schedule : Minimum of 2 days / week 3 : 30-6 : 00 PM daily 3-5 days / week preferred 3 : 30-6 : 00 PM. Additional hours on district elementary early release days are available.

General Description :

Watertown Community Education is a self-sustaining program of the Watertown Public Schools that provides quality enrichment programs and courses for children adults and families.

Watertown Community Education is currently hiring for various open positions supporting the Extended Day Programs at the Cunniff Hosmer and Lowell schools. The Extended Day Program provides a safe nurturing environment after school for children in PreK through Grade 5 from 2 : 30 PM to 6 : 00 PM daily. Activities are provided that challenge each child to explore discover create and grow.

Responsibilities :

• Provide support to one or more groups in preparing materials for activities setting up / cleaning up activities and assisting lead teachers as needed.
• Engage and interact appropriately with students support age-appropriate expectations and work with program leaders to support and include all students by meeting and supporting students individual strengths and needs.
• Actively participate in the care and supervision of students during the entire duration of the shift.
• Assist in modeling conflict resolution strategies for students.
• Ensure proper use of and care for program spaces and all materials / equipment belonging to the program and / or school. This includes daily cleaning tasks such as wiping down tables pushing in chairs and returning program materials to dedicated storage areas.
• Follow safety policies and procedures.
• The High School Assistant may also be assigned other duties by the Extended Day Site Coordinator and / or Community Education Assistant Director and / or Director.

Professional Commitment

The Extended Day High School Assistant is required to work a minimum of 2 days per week. 3-5 days per week is preferred.

In addition to his / her regularly scheduled hours the Extended Day High School Assistant may be asked to attend the following periodic meetings :

Qualifications :

Annual Professional Development Requirement :

Physical Demands :

Regularly required to sit stand walk talk hear operate a computer hand-held learning devices and other office equipment reach with hands and arms and must occasionally lift and / or move up to 10 pounds.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Watertown Public Schools is committed to maintaining a work and learning environment free from discrimination on the basis of race color religion national origin pregnancy gender identity sexual orientation marital / civil union status ancestry place of birth age citizenship status veteran status political affiliation genetic information or disability as defined and required by state and federal laws. Additionally we prohibit retaliation against individuals who oppose such discrimination and harassment or who participate in an equal opportunity investigation.

Key Skills

DBA,Customer Service,ADMA,Environmental Science,Claims Investigation

Employment Type : Hourly

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1