About the Role
Spark Learning is seeking a Part-Time After School Teacher to join their team. This role focuses on providing a play-based approach to teaching and intervention for children aged 2-6 years old in an early education program. The position offers a collaborative and supportive work environment with opportunities for growth and ongoing learning.
Responsibilities
- Provide care to a group of children Monday-Friday 2:30pm-5:15pm
- Maintain a safe environment for all children
- Develop and plan a daily schedule of activities that are fun, engaging, and developmentally appropriate
- Help children discover new interests by introducing them to new activities
- Ensure children are learning positive behaviors
- Collaborate with our therapy team and lead teachers to support each child’s learning and development
- Communicate with parents daily at pick up
Requirements
- Experience working with children, and an interest in working with children with special needs
- Enjoy working with, caring for, and having fun with children
- Outgoing and a positive attitude
- Able to receive ongoing feedback
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, and overall enjoy communicating
- Want to work as a team with your peers
- Physically able to play on the floor with children, while providing therapy (sit, stand, kneel, lift up to 50 lbs)
- Reliable transportation, valid driver’s license, ability to pass background check and drug screening
Skills
- Written communication skills
- Verbal communication skills
Location
- Onsite
Work Type
- Part-Time
- After School
Benefits
- Continued training, supervision, and support in your career development
- Upward mobility and growth opportunities
- Team committed to utilizing the latest research, new techniques and your ideas
- Community that celebrates your success and truly cares for and supports one another
- Leadership team who are invested in your success and our high quality clinical standards
- Opportunities to get involved with the community, through local events we support and host
About the Company
- Spark Learning is a locally owned family business.
- Our goal is to foster a culture of hard work, collaboration and fun.
- Since 2012 our play-based approach to teaching and intervention has helped us stay true to those values.
- We pride ourselves on being collaborative and supportive personally and professionally, always looking to improve and have fun together.
- Little Sparks is an early education program for children 2-6 years old.
- Our three inclusive classrooms seamlessly integrate individualized therapy for children with autism and other developmental delays into the classroom setting.
- Children receive instruction in a meaningful way through a variety of developmentally appropriate activities.
