Group Leader - KEY Academy for Andover USD385

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**Description**

Group Leader - KEY Academy for Andover District Elementary Schools (M-F)

AM and/or PM sessions available

**JOB RESPONSIBLITIES**

• Attending all mandatory staff meetings and in-service hours
• Facilitate program activities, supervise routines, and encourage
  
  

youth participation

• Remain actively engaged with youth throughout the program with a
  
  

focus on building relationships and being a positive role model in

the areas of interpersonal communication, sportsmanship, healthy

eating and physical activity

• Demonstrating the ability to set and maintain limits for children
  
  

using positive reinforcements

• Support and guide youth in conflict to find positive solutions and
  
  

work out differences and disagreement with respect to all involved

• Maintaining good public relations with parents and host building
  
  

administrators and staff

• Create a welcoming environment by ensuring everyone that enters the
  
  

program receives a warm welcome and children and parents are greeted

by name

• Communicating any issue or concerns to the Site Director in a timely
  
  

manner

• Following all reporting procedures for reporting suspected child
  
  

abuse including notification to your Site Director and/or area

supervisor immediately

• Maintain open communication with your supervisor regarding training
  
  

needs, any interest in opportunities to advance, clarification of

responsibilities or policies and/or feedback on performance

• Child Abuse Prevention - Responsible for adhering to boundary
  
  

policies, attends required training, follows procedures for

high-risk activities and supervision, reports suspicious behaviors

and policy violations, and complies with mandated reporting.

• Engage and actively participate in annual campaign, including but
  
  

not limited to solicitation of donations and participation and

support of campaign fundraisers

• All other duties as assigned
  
  

**Summary**

GENERAL FUNCTION: Under the supervision of the Program Director and/or

Coordinator, the Group Leaders work under a Site Lead and provide direct

service to participants in Child Care licensed school age programs. The

primary role of a Group Leader is to serve as a role model for you,

providing positive interaction and engagement throughout the program

supervising and leading activities with an assigned group of children.