After School Teaching Assistants

The Buckley School, a traditional all-boys K-9 school located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, seeks outstanding, positive, enthusiastic After School teaching assistants, who LOVE working with children and being part of a team. Our students are 5-12 year old boys and our activity-based program runs Mondays through Thursdays from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Fridays from 2:00-5:00.

This is a wonderful opportunity with potential to grow your skills, experience, responsibilities, and pay, within a warm, supportive, team-oriented work environment.

Role Description:

The teaching assistants support and collaborate with each other and with the Director of After School and Auxiliary Programs to provide a high quality After School experience for students and families. Our After School program complements, builds upon, and enhances the daily academic day curriculum. We offer a variety of exciting classes that encourage learning and play, while maintaining the Buckley community standards and Codes of Conduct.

Qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• A college degree or pursuing a degree in education, child development, or a related field is preferred. 
• A passion for working with children and experience in an academic, after school, or similar setting, such as summer camp or daycare.
• A warm, positive, can-do attitude, polite and professional demeanor in all interactions with students, faculty, staff, and parents.
• Strong interpersonal communication skills.
• Able to take direction and receive feedback.
• Must be dependable, patient, organized, flexible, and know how to have fun! 
• Experience creating lessons or leading activities with children.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

• Partner with colleagues in providing support, supervision, hands-on play with the boys, and classroom management to ensure the safety and needs of the children are being met at all times.
• Under the supervision of the Program Director, you will be encouraged to create, plan, and lead a variety of activities from free choice options to specialty educational or recreational classes in your areas of expertise. We look forward to you bringing your talents to our program offerings.
• Assist children with homework to ensure that children complete their assignments.
• Communicate all discipline, medical, and other student concerns to the Program Director who will, in most instances, handle parent communications regarding these matters.
• Communicate professionally with parents or guardians during daily pickup,
• Responsible for activity and room preparations and clean-up for the program.
• Walk students between buildings and classrooms and multiple trips to the lobby for student dismissals all afternoon.
• Responsible for taking attendance, managing snack time, logging injuries.
• Help maintain the After School newsletter.
• Follow Buckley dress code policies
• Any other duties as assigned by the Program Director.
• A commitment through the end of the 2024-2025 school year is expected.

The Buckley School is an equal opportunity employer. Buckley does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, physical or mental disability, citizenship status, marital status, creed, sexual orientation, ethnicity, carrier status or any other characteristic protected by law. The Buckley School actively seeks diversity in its faculty and student body.