Extended Day Staff

Job Details: Job Location: Lower School - Wynnewood, PA, Position Type: Part Time, Education Level: 4 Year Degree, Salary Range: Undisclosed, Job Shift: Day, Job Category: Education, Friends’ Central School Overview

Friends’ Central School is an independent, coeducational Quaker day school founded in 1845 and serving approximately 850 students in Nursery through grade 12. Located in the Philadelphia suburbs, the School has two campuses. The Middle & Upper Schools are located just outside of West Philadelphia in Wynnewood, and the Lower School is on our Old Gulph Road campus in the heart of Wynnewood. The Lower School, which is grades Nursery through Fifth Grade, has approximately 270 students.

The exceptional faculty at Friends’ Central offers a curriculum that cultivates the intellectual, spiritual, and ethical growth of our students. Our pedagogy is grounded in continuing revelation, reflection, and integrity. From Nursery to Grade 12, our students participate in a process designed to foster creative, critical, and flexible thinking, along with compassion. As they transform from playful children to skilled, self-possessed teenagers, they are intellectually curious and engaged thinkers. Friends’ Central prepares graduates to succeed in college and in life.

Lower School Extended Day Associate

The Friends’ Central Lower School seeks part-time staff for the Lower School Extended Day program. Ideal candidates will be highly motivated, hard-working, flexible, demonstrate a desire to learn, show initiative, and have a sense of humor. This position is part-time, Monday-Friday, from 2:30-5:45 pm. Friends’ Central Extended Day Program provides a safe and supportive space for students to engage in a community-driven and expanding learning and social opportunity. Extended Day students will have supervised homework time, planned activities, as well as scheduled free play. Extended Day staff members report to the Director of Extended Day and the Lower School Principal. 

Responsibilities:

Assist with daily planning appropriate and engaging activities within the Extended Day program, ensuring that students are safe, happy, healthy, and actively engaged
Assist with setting up space each afternoon and cleaning up at the end of the day

Physical Requirements

Ability to actively supervise and engage with young children throughout the Extended Day program.
Ability to stand, walk, bend, stoop, kneel, and sit on the floor as needed while interacting with students and participating in activities.
Ability to assist with setting up and cleaning up program spaces, including moving classroom materials, and furniture
Ability to lift and carry materials and supplies weighing up to approximately 30 pounds.
Ability to respond promptly to students’ needs and to emergency situations, including moving quickly when necessary to ensure student safety.
Ability to perform these essential physical functions with or without reasonable accommodation.

Qualifications: Qualifications:

BA degree with emphasis in early childhood and/or elementary education or equivalent experience preferred
2-3 years of relevant teaching or after-school/camp experience required
Knowledge of current learning theories and basic principles of human growth and development
Ability to consider and apply elementary education theories to the design and implementation of learning experiences
Strong interpersonal skills; ability to communicate effectively and respectfully with students, parents, and school staff
All employees will be required to have up-to-date FBI, child abuse, and PA state clearances prior to employment.

Please apply here. The application will ask for a resume, cover letter, and three professional references. All applications should be completed as soon as possible.

Friends’ Central School seeks candidates with a commitment to fostering an inclusive learning community who will address issues of diversity, as well as enhance the Philosophy of Inclusivity and Awareness articulated in our Diversity Statement.