After School Program Assistant Teacher

Job Summary

The After School Program Assistant Teacher will be an enthusiastic caring and creative team member of the After School Program team that includes theBeginning and Lower School students inPreschool-4thgrade. The After School Assistant teacher will promote the Schools Mission and function under the direction of the Head of School as a contributing member of the overall school community.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

An Ashbrook Educator will:

• Be passionate about working with students of this particular age group.
• Know the appropriate knowledge and skills regarding developmental characteristics and needs of the specific age group with whom they work.
• Create a safe and secure environment in which students grow in both autonomy and the ability to work and play together including providing specific programs that establish a bias-free environment inclusive for all which focuses on eliminating cliques and establishing a climate where bullying is unacceptable.
• Understand childrens patterns of physical intellectual social and emotional growth in order to support each childs emerging identity to respect and provide for each students voice and to build a relationship with each student in which that student feels understood nurtured and challenged.
• Defend the dignity and worth of each member of the community and create an environment that fosters respect understanding and acceptance of differences.
• Work to create a relationship with parents that facilitates the exchange of information necessary to ensure the childs progress including recognizing the implications of significant changes in children as they grow older.
• Help students learn to make responsible choices and understand the consequences of their actions.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

The Assistant Teacher will carry out all responsibilities in accordance with the job title and as listed in this job description.

• Work with the Director and Lead Teachers to coordinate the care development and instructional support of the children enrolled in Ashbrooks After School Program.
• Supportan enriching extended learning program that fully supports the academic achievement of students and exposes them to a wealth of enrichment opportunities.
• Support the Lead Teachers with planning learning opportunities and curriculum to engage students during the after-school hours that include homework support snack time social time both indoor and outdoor games projects and centers.
• Collaborate with staff within the After School program as well as with other staff throughout the school.
• Communicate proactively and positively with parents.
• Supervise and ensure the safety and health of children in the program.
• Create and maintain a positive and caring learning environment.
• Maintain all child care state licensing requirements.
• Arrive to work and designated school functions on time and maintain regular job attendance.
• Perform other related duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Associatesdegree or higher in Education or working towardsOR has worked at least 700 hours in a childcare program.
• Knowledge of developmentally appropriateelementary enrichment curriculum designed to promote learning in multiple modalities.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Must have prior to or within 2 weeks of start date: CPR/First Aid certification Food Handlers Card registration with Oregon Central Background Registry Child Abuse and Neglect Training

Preferred Qualifications:

• At least two years of successful experience in a classroom childcare facility or After School Program.
  

Compensation

Hourly wage rate will be determined based on experience level. Minimum starting wage is $15.93 per hour.

Daily report hours are from 2:30pm to 5:30pm.

Apply

Your application should include a current resume cover letter and professional references.

Applications will be screened on an ongoing basis. The position is open until filled. Official start date: August 25 2025.

The cover letter should clearly articulate how you meet the qualifications of the position.

Ashbrook Independent School is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race color religion sex national origin age disability marital status sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by law.

About the School

Ashbrook Independent School is a secular private coeducational institution whose mission is to Challenge and Nurture Academically Capable Students. The school includes a preschool an elementary school and a middle school.

Ashbrook Independent School believes that educational excellence occurs when a combination of outstanding teachers a clearly-defined curriculum with an emphasis on the arts and sciences small classes motivated students and a well- equipped learning environment co-exist. When these factors are in place students learn not only the joy of discovery but also traditional values such as courtesy enterprise self mastery and the importance of personal responsibility. Our programs support the Jeffersonian ideal of free citizens interacting voluntarily for the common good. Our hope is that in habits of mind an Ashbrook graduate will be ready for the twenty-first century: open-minded and curious yet able to evaluate ideas critically.

Ashbrooks educators continue to nourish childrens joy of discovery and passion for learning and to provide for all childrens social emotional physical intellectual and moral growth. Specifically for younger children it is important to give special attention to the mastery of those basic skills and concepts that are the foundation of all future learning. As children grow older they enter a period in their educational experience where they experience a variety of significant changesboth individually and collectively. The range of academic ability and physical and emotional development becomes wide.

For additional information on the history of Ashbrook and its programs please go to our website at .