What are the responsibilities and job description for the 2025-2026 - Auxiliary Programs - After School Assistant (Later Gators) position at Isidore Newman School?
The Later Gators Assistant works alongside a Green Trees faculty member to ensure the daily care of every child by following all licensing guidelines and professional standards, and helps to maintain an interactive and engaging classroom that is clean and organized. Later Gators Assistants should be able to take direction, be a team player, flexible and willing to learn. As well as being nurturing, compassionate, observant and an overall loving caretaker of young children.
Overview
- Keep children safe, active, and engaged
- Be a positive role model at all times
- Help foster and maintain a safe, fun, and healthy environment
- Attend all days for which you are hired, as well as any orientation and training
- Actively participate in professional development and required meetings
- Adhere to the policies and procedures of Newman at all times
- Complete duties assigned.
Later Gators Classroom Expectations
- Follow specific classroom routine as outlined by the Green Trees faculty member
- Engage in purposeful play indoors and outdoors, which requires motions including climbing stairs, walking, squatting or kneeling
- Assist children with daily tasks:
- Changing diapers at least every 2 hours and support potty training or trained children
- Frequent hand washing
- Putting on and taking off indoor and outdoor shoes
- Monitoring aftercare snack
- Transition children safely to and from classroom and outside spaces
- Assist with lifting children into stroller and walking them to the appropriate caregiver
- Ability to lift a child weighing 10-45 lbs to change diapers, soothe or comfort
- Engage in daily cleaning responsibilities:
- Sanitize shared spaces after each use
- Sanitize classroom and Later Gator materials frequently
- Sanitize tables and chairs when all children have left for the day
- Utilize an online learning management system to record incidents, health checks, and attendance
- Create and manage a Later Gator bin of materials.
- Available to work Monday through Friday between hours of 2:45 - 5:30 p.m.
Education & Experience
High school or equivalent (required)
1 year childcare experience (preferred)
Additional Notes
Part-time Temporary Position