Site Director - Before and After School Program

Description

Eagles Landing Site Director - Before and After School Program

Stargate Charter School is seeking an individual to serve as the Program Director for Eagles Landing, the school’s Before and After School Child Care Program. The Program Director manages the daily operation of the BASE Program that offers before school, after school and summer enrichment activities. Duties include implementing age-appropriate and educational activities for students; ordering supplies; providing direction; guidance and assistance to staff and students; effectively handling student discipline situations; ensuring student safety and security; communicating with parents, staff, teachers and site director; opening, closing and securing school building; preparing snacks; cleaning BASE areas; recording attendance; assisting sick or injured students; recruiting, hiring, and supervision of staff.

This is a full time, benefited position with a salary range from $50,000-$65,000 based on related experience. Benefits include employer paid medical, dental, STD, LTD, life insurance, and paid time off; other optional benefits plans, like vision, life and AD&D insurance are available and paid by employee. (Please note benefits are subject to change without notice.)

Our Mission Statement: Stargate School will provide a differentiated program designed specifically to meet the needs of identified intellectually gifted learners in order to challenge each student’s academic abilities, support their unique emotional needs, promote individual character development and encourage a life-long love of learning.

Our Vision Statement: Stargate community will be a leader and innovator in intellectually gifted education by providing a learning environment to enhance gifted students’ needs.

Requirements

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manage the daily operation of the program by taking student attendance, monitoring enrollment, ensuring daily safety of children, maintaining staff-to-child ratio, and effectively handling student discipline. Order and purchase supplies and snacks as needed.
• Complete, manage and maintain financial, administrative and state required records and report through the use of district information technology systems (Infinite Campus) and ProCare, and following-up on delinquent accounts. Administrative records include but are not limited to, student enrollment forms, student behavior documentation, medication administration and injury/incident/lost child reports.
• Coordinate and implement age-appropriate activities for students. Engage students in educational and enrichment activities that include math, literacy, science, games, field trips, and homework. Provide positive behavior support to students as needed.
• Supervise Program Leaders and Program Aides by training, scheduling, assigning daily tasks, implement disciplinary actions, addressing complaints, resolving problems and completing employee performance evaluations. Maintain staff files per state and District guidelines. Conduct staff meetings.
• Communicate program information and respond to phone calls, e-mails and written correspondence to school administration, staff and parents. Attend and participate in assigned meetings.
• Secure building, equipment, and program per District and department guidelines. Ensure areas and equipment used by the program are cleaned and maintained.
• Collect and maintain medication documentation. Distribute medication to students as directed. Provide general First Aid when needed.
• Implement accommodations, aids, and services as determined by the child’s IEP Team, or 504 Team, to be necessary to ensure student’s equal access to the before and after school program.
• Responsible for interviewing, hiring and training employees; planning, assigning and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; making recommendations on terminating employees; and addressing complaints and resolving problems.
• Responsible for supervising the behavior and well-being of students on site, getting on and off the bus, field trips, on recess, etc.
• Perform other job related duties as assigned.

Education, Licenses, and Related Work Experience:

• Must be qualified to be a School Age Program Director or be able to become qualified within 90 days of hire.
• Must be at least 21 years old.
• Must meet or exceed the education and experience requirements for a School-Age Child Care Center Program Director as established by the Colorado Department of Human Services:
  • Four-year college degree with a major in recreation; education with specialty in art, elementary or early childhood education; or a subject in the human service field. Copy of transcript req