After School Team Lead - SY 25-26

Job Title: Supplementary Education Team Lead (After School)

Department: REEF

FLSA Status: Part Time

Reports to: REEF Operations Managers

Schedule: 10am - 6pm

Salary: $27/hr

Position Overview: Washington Yu Ying’s REEF program is searching for a bright, bubbly, and can-do Team Lead to bring energy, creativity, and joy to our after-school world! If you think teamwork really makes the dream work, you’ll fit right in. You’ll be the go-to hero for keeping things smooth behind the scenes, coordinating snacks, supporting staff, organizing field trips, answering parent questions, and keeping our kiddos safe, happy, and engaged. It’s part logistics, part leadership, and all heart. If you love kids, love a good plan, and love making magic everyday, we can’t wait to meet you!

You are good at:

• Helping others reach their potential and achieving success outside of their comfort zones!
• Creating materials that don’t already exist to support successful implementation of projects and lesson plans!
• Using inquiry-based learning and the interests of students to teach them about new and different concepts!
• Leading amazing field trips!
• Supporting day-to-day program administration of REEF activities. Collaborate with the Operations Managers and appropriate staff to ensure aftercare classes, activities, field trips, etc. are age appropriate and correspond to the school mission.
• Managing student challenges during REEF. Promptly follow up with incident reports and notifying managers. Ensure that positive recognition occurs. Exhibits effective management techniques when working with Support and Lead Teachers (being proactive, motivating and supportive).
• Coordinate student snack, including but not limited to: recording snack counts; collaborating with meal ops to ensure student snack administration is compliant with any federal, state, and local regulations.
• Leading a team: ensure that processes are adhered to (lesson plans are submitted and executed, supply orders are thoughtful and accurate, manage inventory, offer feedback and guidance where relevant, and boost morale where possible, contribute to professional development, lead strong starts and closing circles for staff

Essential Responsibilities:

Monitor and assist in the coordination of before and/or aftercare (REEF) programs for assigned grade levels. 

• Manage the day-to-day program administration of REEF activities. Collaborate with the Director of REEF and appropriate staff to ensure aftercare classes, activities, field trips, etc. are age appropriate and corresponding with the school’s mission and curriculum.
• Supervise and ensure students’ safety during aftercare activities on campus and on field trips if necessary.
• Ensure that students are participating in the correct REEF classes each period.
• Supervise and lead all transitions during REEF.
• Supervise students and REEF staff on monthly field trips. Ensure students’ safety to and from field trips.
• Help manage student behavior issues at REEF programs. Promptly complete detailed incident reports and notify Operations Manager(s). Ensure that school-wide student discipline policy is used with all students.
• Serve as the first line of communication and point-of-contact with parents for any student related issues.
• Serve student snacks; recording snack counts; collaborating with business staff to ensure student snack administration is compliant with any federal, state, and local regulations.
• Ensure that all areas used during REEF programs are cleaned up with materials and snacks put away completely.
• Lead the program and make responsible decisions when the Operations Manager is unavailable 

Contribute to the development of REEF programs and staff. 

• Ensure that your staff have proper materials for their classes each day.
• Assist REEF Leadership in developing new and special classes and writing new class guidelines and descriptions.
• Work with school administration to develop and implement processes and procedures to maintain the quality, security, and safety of REEF programs.
• Contribute to the development and documentation of REEF policies/procedures and REEF staff and family handbooks.
• Assist with the consistent implementation of REEF student discipline policy and protocols.Assist with the transitions in program leadership, expansion, etc.
• Assist with other REEF operation efforts as needed (camps, presentations, meetings).
  

Assist with other school operation efforts as requested. 

• Contribute to a variety of projects and tasks associated with the general operation of a public charter school and its extracurricular programs, as may be requested from time to time by appropriate personnel.

Qualifications:

• Positive attitude; warm and friendly personality, ability to relate well to children and staff.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred, or a combination of college coursework and experience.
• Experience and knowledge with before-and-aftercare program administration is strongly preferred.
• Appreciation, experience, and understanding of Chinese culture. Fluency in Mandarin Chinese is preferred.
• Must have basic technology skills, e.g. Microsoft Office. Experience with Mac preferred.
• Must be a self-starter with sound time management skills, ability to work with little supervision, problem-solving and crisis management skills.
• Excellent verbal and writing communication skills and strong motivational skills.

Schedule:

• The REEF Team Lead is expected to work 40 hours per week. Daily schedules of work may vary, depending on school needs.

Collaborates and Consults With:

• Director of REEF (Before and Aftercare)
• REEF Operations Managers
• REEF staff
• Meal Operations

Terms of Employment: 10 month schedule 

Physical Demands

The physical demands described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential responsibilities of the job and are not meant to be all-inclusive. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential responsibilities of the job.

Unless reasonable accommodation can be made, while performing this job, the staff member shall:

• Use physical strength to lift, move, carry, pull, or push equipment and/or student(s).
• Sit, stand, walk, and run for required periods, according to the instruction schedule.
• Speak and hear.
• Use close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception along with the ability to focus vision.
• Communicate effectively in English, using proper grammar and vocabulary.
• Reach with hands and arms and use hands and fingers to handle objects and operate tools, computers, and/or controls. 

Environmental Demands

The environmental demands described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential responsibilities of the job and are not meant to be all-inclusive.

• Exposure to a variety of childhood and adult diseases and illnesses.
• Occasional exposure to a variety of weather conditions.
• Exposure to heated/air-conditioned and ventilated facilities.
• Exposure to a building in which a variety of chemical substances are used for cleaning, instruction, and/or operation of equipment.
• Function in a workplace with a high level of noise at times.

* Washington Yu Ying PCS reserves the right to change and update policies, procedures, protocols and this job description/agreement and any addenda as needed. Employees will be notified in a timely manner of such changes by email or in staff meetings and provided an updated copy of this job description/agreement.