Teen Aide

**student must be 16 years old

General Responsibilitites:

To assist the teacher, supervisor and/or aide in caring for the children and maintaining the physical environment of the school facility

Major Tasks:

• Helps maintain existing physical environment in good condition.
• Maintains interpersonal environment that:
• Provides warmth and affection to all children equally.
• Fosters self-esteem, respect for others, and independence; and Provides for individual differences and abilities.
• Establishes good communication with parents.
• Assists teacher, supervisor and/or aide in carrying out daily activities.
• Participates in self and school evaluations.
• Helps supervise children during education and play activities meeting their needs for attention, guidance, and safety.
• Assists teacher, supervisor and/or aide, in leaving center cleaned, materials put away, and rooms locked. When requested, stays with teacher, supervisor, and/or aide until all children are picked up.
• Reports to teacher, supervisor, and/or aide.
• In charge of setting up activities & supplies before the students arrive.
• Helps with tutoring club when necessary.
• Attends Kids Club meetings and training when applicable.

Qualifications:

• High School student in good standing.
• Some experience with children preferred; especially Child Development classes.
• Exhibit flexibility, creativity, and willingness to learn.
• FLSA: Hourly

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, talk and hear. The employee frequently is required to reach with hands and arms.
• The employee is occasionally required to sit and use hands to finger, handle or feel objects. The employee is frequently required to stoop, bend, or crouch.
• The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individual with disability to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee frequently works in outside weather conditions.
• The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions and extreme heat.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate and frequently low.

Supervision:

Received from: Director and Teachers
Given to: Students with supervision