After School Program Lead

Job Description

Job Description

Job Title: After School Program Lead

Location: Openings for Westwood Costars, Silverton Paideia Academy, and Dater Montessori Elementary

Job Type: Part Time, 20-26 hours per week

Pay: $20/hour

Qualifications:

• A high school diploma or its equivalent, an associate degree or higher, is preferred. Education and work experience must meet requirements for Career Pathways Level (CPL) 3 as outlined by Ohio’s Early Childhood Professional Development Network.
• Must be eligible to serve as an Ohio Approved Child Care Administrator.
• Direct experience in leading school age groups is required.
• Flexibility and strong leadership skills
• Strong communication and technical skills including familiarity with Microsoft Windows and ability to use standard Microsoft Office applications.

Childcare Licensing Responsibilities:

• Identified as childcare administrator on license as required by Ohio Department of Children and Youth.
• Partners with School Age Services Supervisor in implementing practices in compliance with licensing and SUTQ standards during daily program operations.

Job Summary:

The After School Program Lead supports and actively participates in the daily operations of a licensed after-school childcare program. This position builds strong, supportive relationships with children while promoting their academic, social, and emotional growth. Under the guidance of the School Age Services Supervisor, the Program Lead helps train and support group leads, ensures daily procedures and licensing standards are followed, and assumes leadership when the Supervisor is off-site. This role requires strong leadership, organizational, and communication skills, along with a commitment to maintaining a safe, inclusive, and developmentally appropriate environment for school-age children.

Key Responsibilities:

Child Supervision & Engagement

• Actively supervise children at all times, maintaining required staff-to-child ratios.
• Develop positive relationships with children and families.
• Engage children in age-appropriate activities including academic support and social skills-building.
• Implement and adjust lesson plans that support individual and group development.
• Model and reinforce appropriate behavior and conflict resolution strategies.

Program Leadership & Compliance

• Support training and development of group leads and assist with on-the-job coaching.
• Ensure adherence to Ohio Department of Children and Youth licensing standards and Step-Up-To-Quality (SUTQ) requirements.
• Maintain a safe and healthy environment, including proper response to emergencies and drills.
• Oversee the site when the School Age Supervisor is absent, managing ratios, addressing behavioral issues, and ensuring smooth operations.

Administrative Duties

• Accurately complete and maintain records, including attendance, food program documentation, and child assessments.
• Assist with field trip coordination, special events, and communication with families.
• Manage and monitor program supplies, cleanliness, and organization.
• Support client account management, including invoice distribution and TAP system use.

Family & Community Engagement

• Communicate regularly with parents, addressing concerns and fostering family partnerships.
• Represent the program professionally within schools and the community.
• Collaborate with team members and support staff to meet program goals.

Professional Development & Team Participation

• Attend required training, team meetings, and professional development activities.
• Maintain knowledge of trauma-informed practices and apply them in daily work.
• Contribute to continuous quality improvement initiatives and program evaluation efforts.

Work Environment:

Exposed to a combination of office, school and mental health treatment environments. Exposed to children with behavior problems. May be exposed to shouting and clients who may be verbally and physically aggressive. May be exposed to blood or vomit and bodily fluids.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands 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: Regularly required to sit, stand, walk, bend and lift up to 50 pounds. Must be capable of sustained exertion and be able to participate in the physical restraint techniques and exercises required to ensure safety of clients at all times.

Our Culture:

Best Point Education & Behavioral Health is Greater Cincinnati’s most prolific non-profit specializing in education, behavioral and therapeutic health services and autism services for vulnerable, at-risk youth, their families, and caregivers.

Best Point Education & Behavioral Health is proud to embrace our ideals of an equal opportunity workplace by actions as well as our words. We lead our community with respect and tolerance, internally and externally, and we expect our employees to embrace this ideal and express it in their day-to-day interactions.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against, based on age, race, gender, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other protected category.