MooseKids Assistant- After School Care

Westtown School • West Chester, PA

4d • Onsite

About The Position

Westtown School seeks energetic, caring, and creative staff to work in its MooseKids after-school program, serving students in Pre-K through Grade 5. The program offers a safe, engaging, and student-centered environment for children to learn, play, explore, and build relationships beyond the school day. It operates Monday through Friday from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. during the academic year, with additional opportunities to work on faculty in-service days and during school breaks.

The ideal candidate understands child development and is enthusiastic about working with elementary-aged children. Staff participate in games, arts and crafts, outdoor activities, music, sports, and imaginative play, helping create a warm and inclusive community in which each child feels welcomed, supported, and encouraged to explore their interests. Candidates should be flexible, dependable, creative, responsive to children’s needs, and able to exercise sound judgment and effective classroom management while collaborating with colleagues.

Westtown School is an independent Quaker pre-K–12 college-preparatory day and boarding school in suburban West Chester, Pennsylvania, approximately 30 miles from Philadelphia. Its 600-acre campus provides facilities where faculty and staff inspire and prepare students to be stewards and leaders of a better world.

Requirements

• Some college is required.
• Experience teaching, organizing, and/or supervising children.
• Ability to interact and play with young children at their physical level.
• Strong character, a team-oriented spirit, and ability to connect meaningfully with students throughout a diverse community.
• Commitment to enhancing an inclusive school community based on cultural competence, social justice, and respect for all voices.
• Strong affinity for Westtown School’s mission and an educational philosophy consistent with the school’s Quaker values.

Nice To Haves

• A bachelor’s degree is preferred.
• Understanding of child development.
• Genuine enthusiasm for working with elementary-aged children.
• Creativity, dependability, flexibility, sound judgment, effective classroom management, and responsiveness to children’s needs.

Responsibilities

• Ensure students’ safety, well-being, and supervision at all times.
• Plan, organize, and facilitate engaging, developmentally appropriate activities for children ages 4–10.
• Lead games, sports, arts and crafts, outdoor play, and enrichment activities that encourage creativity, curiosity, and collaboration.
• Provide homework support and academic enrichment, as appropriate.
• Foster a caring, inclusive, and supportive environment that encourages positive social interactions and healthy risk-taking through play.
• Guide students in resolving conflicts through respectful communication and practices consistent with Westtown’s Quaker values.
• Build positive, professional relationships with students, families, and colleagues through timely and effective communication.
• Document student incidents and communicate important information to program leadership and team members.
• Collaborate with colleagues to create a positive, well-organized, and engaging after-school experience.
• Assist with setup, cleanup, and organization of program materials and spaces.
• Perform other duties as assigned in support of the MooseKids program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree