Job Details
Job Location
Lafayette Elementary School - Seattle, WA
Position Type
Part Time
Education Level
High School
Salary Range
$22.00 - $25.30 Hourly
Job Category
Education
Description
If you have school-age childcare programming experience and enjoy teaching young minds, Associated Recreation Council (ARC) has a role for you as a School-age Childcare Counselor in West Seattle at Lafayette Elementary School (Hiawatha Community Center). This is a year-round, part-time position starting September 2023.
ARC, in partnership with Seattle Parks and Recreation, serves Seattle by offering access to licensed childcare and a variety of recreational and lifelong learning programs, classes, and activities. In this role, School-age Childcare Counselors will share their talents with the community and teach children ages 5-12 years old during the after-school program.
Our programs provide a fun, creative, safe, and welcoming environment for children to learn, play, and grow.
Schedule:

• Part-time, non-exempt, up to 23 hr/week position during the school-year; may work summers as well
• Monday - Friday; hours between 2:30pm - 6:00pm on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday; 1:00pm - 6:00pm on Wednesdays
• Due to your schedule, you can work some or all of these days; please let us know

School-age Childcare Counselor Responsibilities:

• Assists the lead teacher with leading daily curriculum activities with a classroom of children ages 5-12 years old
• Models appropriate behavior and provides opportunities for social and emotional growth
• Ensures a ratio of 1:10 (staff to children) is maintained as much as possible to ensure that children are safe and accounted for
• Reports to the Associated Recreation Council School-age Director

School-age Childcare Counselor qualifications:

• Must be 18 years of age or older
• Must have High School Diploma, GED, college transcripts or other secondary education
• At least one year of experience working with children between the ages of 5-12 years old in a recreation or childcare setting is highly preferred
• One year experience supporting and following curriculum activities with a large group of children is highly preferred
• DCYF requirements to be completed after hire to include providing MMR vaccination record, TB skin test, MERIT portable background check and WA state food worker's card etc.

Location: Lafayette Elementary School
Pay Rate: $21.00-$23.22 /hr; part-time position
Benefits:

• 12 Paid Holidays
• 401K if eligible
• Pre-tax Employee/Employer Contribution Transit Plan
• ARC Paid Sick and Safe Time (PSST)
• Employee Assistance Program

The new hire signing bonus will be paid out in three (3) installments.

• $200 after the successful completion of 30 days of employment
• $200 after the successful completion of 60 days of employment
• $200 after the successful completion of 90 day of employment

We are actively prescreening and interviewing for this role, so if this role is a good fit for you and you want to learn more about it, please apply now.
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