About this opportunity
Stars Illuminate Educate Advocate lists this STARS K-5 Program Assistant opportunity in pasadena, California. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Afterschool Program AssistantThis position interacts with K-5 grade students and their families in the Afterschool Program at Stars. This position is classified as hourly, part-time, non-exempt with a compensation of $18.04. Up to 23 hours per week are available, including Monday – Thursday, 3pm-7pm, occasional weekend events, and flexible administrative hours. Availability to work Summer Programs from 8:00am - 2:00pm is also required.The ideal candidate possesses experience working with K-5 grade students, a commitment to Stars' mission, vision, and values, excellent interpersonal and communication skills, Spanish-speaking skills desired, a high level of integrity, self-motivation, and desire for excellence, and proficiency in Google products.Duties and responsibilities include assisting in maintaining a culture in which students, families, and volunteers thrive academically, emotionally, economically, and spiritually, feel safe, cared for, supported, and appreciated, have opportunities to build relationships, deepen faith, and learn from one another, live life confidently in identity, purpose, and place in the world, practice a lifestyle of generosity with time, talents, and resources, analyze environment and face adversity with resilience, understand the Afterschool program goals, expectations, and requirements, feel equipped and prepared for their role at Stars, engage in quality, enriching, age-appropriate activities and experiences, and establish SMART goals and healthy expectations. The Program Assistant is also responsible for implementing all activities of the Afterschool Program, maintaining a safe, welcoming, clean, learning environment, leading an efficient check-in/check-out process, collecting, recording, and updating data and contact information, observing, monitoring, and participating in all program components, demonstrating consistent enforcement of behavior guidance system, ensuring age-appropriate supplies are ordered and available, updating student folders, attendance, and academic progress, sending weekly communication updates via email, text, phone, social media, etc., being familiar with best practices for pre-teen youth development, being familiar with grade-specific performance indicators for grades 4 - 5, helping coordinate transportation to and from program when needed, and performing other related duties as necessary. The Program Assistant will collaborate with the Program Manager for planning, implementation strategies, and mentoring, Afterschool program's families for relationship building and partnership, Stars' staff, volunteers, ministry leaders, and community partners for support, Pasadena Unified School District for support, and committee members and event organizers for support.Working conditions and physical requirements include the physical ability to work around students including sitting, standing, running, kneeling, and climbing stairs for extended periods of time, the ability to see and respond quickly to situations and alerts, the ability to work in loud environments, the ability to lift and carry or otherwise move 25 pounds occasionally, the ability to work at a computer, the ability to use a keyboard and mouse to enter, retrieve or transfer words or data information and/or move from screen to screen on the computer to view information, strong written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills, the ability to proofread written material, and the ability to perform basic mathematical calculations.
Worksite address
pasadena, CA, 91106, US
Who can apply
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