ASP Mentor

After School Program Mentors ("ASPs") are responsible for leading students in fun, engaging, and developmentally aligned after-school programming that provides daily academic, recreation, and enrichment activities for Transitional Kindergarten (TK)—8th-grade students.

This is a part-time, school-site-based position with daily afternoon hours, approximately 23 hours per week (MON/TUES/THURS/FRI: Dismissal/1:45 - 6 pm, WEDS: Dismissal/12:45 - 6 pm). 

Responsibilities

• Monitors students’ arrival and departure to the out-of-school time.
• Tracks student attendance with appropriate student attendance programs.
• Plan, organize, and implement a variety of creative indoor activities, including mindfulness, and study habits programs.
• Plan, organize, and implement a variety of creative outdoor activities, including team sports.
• Supervise assigned students to ensure that they are safest all times and that the program operates according to the daily schedule in an organized and effective manner
• Oversee academic, homework, and enrichment activities 
• Support student snack and supper program data tracking
• Travel to staff meetings, school meetings, and training as scheduled and required
• Other duties, as assigned by the supervisor

• High school diploma (AA degree or at least two years of college coursework preferred)
• Prior experience working with school-aged children in an academic or recreational setting
• Strong communication skills, both oral and written.
• Extensive knowledge of age-appropriate classroom and behavior management skills and age-appropriate activities
• Ability to plan, and facilitate fun engaging activities indoors and outdoors
• Ability to lead groups of students in activities while placing a high priority on safety
• Ability to work independently and with a team
• Ability to collaborate effectively with teachers, parents, and students
• A passion for working with youth
• Fluency in a second language (preferred, Spanish and Korean as high-priority languages)