Aftercare / School-Age Summer Camp Teacher

What You'll Do

Key Responsibilities

The Aftercare / Summer Camp Teacher will:

• Supervise school-age children in a safe, positive, and structured environment.
• Plan and lead engaging daily activities, projects, and enrichment experiences.
• Create hands-on projects that are fun, age-appropriate, and educational.
• Support children with homework, reading, quiet time, and structured transitions during the school year.
• Lead summer camp activities such as STEM projects, arts and crafts, robotics, sports, games, water play, themed weeks, and group challenges.
• Maintain active supervision at all times, including indoors, outdoors, during transitions, and during field-trip-style activities when applicable.
• Build positive relationships with children, families, and staff.
• Help children practice kindness, respect, responsibility, teamwork, and problem-solving.
• Manage behavior using positive guidance and clear expectations.
• Assist with snack/mealtime routines, clean-up, and classroom organization.
• Keep activity areas clean, safe, organized, and ready for children.
• Communicate child updates, concerns, incidents, or needs to the Director or Program Lead.
• Follow all center policies, licensing requirements, safety procedures, and emergency protocols.

Creative Project Expectations

This position requires someone who can bring fresh ideas to the table. We want our school-age program to feel exciting, not like basic babysitting.

Examples of projects may include:

• Build-a-bridge STEM challenges
• Simple robotics or coding activities
• Slime, volcanoes, and safe science experiments
• Vision boards and leadership projects
• “Kids Shark Tank” business ideas
• Gardening or nature projects
• LEGO engineering challenges
• Art shows and design projects
• Cultural celebration projects
• Cooking or no-bake snack activities
• Music, movement, dance, or performance projects
• Team competitions and problem-solving games
• Community service projects appropriate for children

Requirements

Qualifications

Preferred candidates should have:

• Experience working with school-age children in a childcare, camp, school, tutoring, recreation, or youth program setting.
• Strong classroom management skills.
• Creativity and willingness to plan fun, meaningful activities.
• Ability to supervise multiple children at once with confidence and calmness.
• Dependability, professionalism, and strong communication skills.
• Patience, flexibility, and a positive attitude.
• Ability to follow child care safety and licensing requirements.
• CPR/First Aid certification preferred, or willingness to obtain.
• Must meet all background check and child care employment requirements.

Nice to Have

Ideal Candidate

Our ideal candidate is someone who:

• Loves working with children.
• Can lead a room without yelling.
• Knows how to make learning fun.
• Brings ideas, not excuses.
• Can keep children safe, busy, and engaged.
• Understands that aftercare and summer camp should be memorable.
• Is dependable, professional, and team-oriented.
• Can help create a program parents are excited to pay for and children are excited to attend.

Physical Requirements

The employee must be able to:

• Stand, walk, bend, kneel, and move throughout the day.
• Supervise children indoors and outdoors.
• Lift or carry classroom materials and supplies as needed.
• Participate in active games, projects, and child-centered activities.
• Maintain visual and auditory supervision of children at all times.

Benefits

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