Name: Minds On Design Lab
Price range: $

Summary

The Group Leader is responsible for working intimately with a small group of elementary school students, helping them achieve their best in both academic and non-academic settings. He/she develops, implements, and participates in a range of activities all geared towards making the students excited about being in an academically and culturally enriching environment. Group Leaders will help young people to develop individualized strategies for meeting their goals and improving their academic skills. Group Leaders at Phipps Plazas work 20 hours per week. Work schedules are between 2 PM and 6 PM, Monday to Friday.

Qualifications

The candidate must possess a High School Diploma or GED and have relevant work experience.

Duties

Provide supervision and ensure the safety of program participants at all times including during trips and snack time.
Engage students in a wide range of project-based learning activities including homework assistance.
Maintain accurate participant attendance, activity and sign-out records.
Develop lesson plans and curriculum in accordance with program schedule, programmatic themes, objectives, and outcomes
Document student progress.
Establish a comfortable learning environment and implement clear, consistent age-appropriate expectations and rules.
Model appropriate child development practices.
Uphold program policies and procedures and proper use of supplies and materials.
Maintain classroom cleanliness and organization.
Attend staff meetings, professional development workshops and program events.
Communicate with all staff, parents, children and community members in a polite and respectful manner so as to represent the program in a professional way.
Perform other duties as assigned by the Program Director.