Assistant Site Coordinator

SEEDS Ecology & Education Centers•Traverse City, MI

19h•Onsite

About The Position

The Assistant Site Coordinator will deliver support to the Site Coordinator and other team members to provide nutrition, enrichment, and academic and emotional support to youth. This role involves preparing and conducting high-quality lessons, establishing and maintaining excellent work relationships, managing and running programming, documenting child behavior, providing leadership in the absence of the Site Coordinator, responding to emergencies, and ensuring compliance with DHHS/LARA and Michigan Department of Education (MDE) requirements. The position also includes significant administrative duties such as tracking and reporting documentation, managing EZ reports, entering child attendance and activities, updating enrollment forms, facilitating surveys, assisting with the PQA process and GEMS uploads, and reporting outcome data. Other responsibilities include communicating with team members, maintaining a clean and safe learning environment, and attending meetings.

Requirements

High School Diploma/GED required
Must be able to pass all required background checks
Must be First Aid/CPR certified
Minimum of 1 year working with youth
Must meet all DHHS/LARA qualifications as stated in the Licensing Rules for Child Care Centers booklet

Nice To Haves

At least 19 years of age, preferred
480 hours of direct work with school aged children preferred
Have completed 15 clock hours, 1 semester hour, or 1.5 CEU’s of documented school aged training preferred
Previous supervisory experience preferred

Responsibilities

Prepare and conduct high-quality lessons, utilizing EEE resources, that align with grant objectives, and provide academic and social enrichment to students
Establish and maintain excellent work relationships with Site Coordinator, fellow site staff members, school staff, students, and student families
Manage and run programming in classroom, without supervision
Run program in the absence of Site Coordinator
Document child behavior instances
Provide leadership and oversee SEEDS support staff in the absence of Site Coordinator
Respond to all emergencies and carry out emergency response plans
Become well-versed in requirements, understand and assist with ensuring compliance and data collection required by DHHS/LARA and Michigan Department of Education (MDE) is completed
Ensure that documentation required by Michigan Department of Education and SEEDS is tracked and reported in a timely manner
Manage EZ reports
Enter child attendance weekly
Enter/update EZ reports activities weekly
Input/update child enrollment forms
Facilitate end of year surveys
Assist in the PQA process and contribute to the development and fulfillment of Program Improvement Goals
Assist with GEMS uploads
Assist with reporting outcome data
Communicate with, and solicit assistance from other SEEDS team members to complete responsibilities, as needed
Maintain a clean, tidy and safe learning environment for students on a daily basis
Attend EcoSchool regional and circle meetings
All other duties as assigned