School Aged Educator (Bilingual)

El Hogar del Niño, now part of Brightpoint, has been a leader in providing high-quality early childhood care and education services, with an expert focus on the needs of Latinx and newly arriving families in the Pilsen community for 50 years. Brightpoint and El Hogar Del Niño believe that family is the most important asset for child and youth wellbeing, which is rooted in each organization’s commitment to early childhood care and education. Our greatest strength is our shared commitment to support strong families which create thriving children and communities.

The School Aged Educator will be responsible for creating and implementing engaging and educational activities for school-age children during before- and after-school hours. Develops age-appropriate lesson plans, fosters a positive and safe environment, and promotes the social, emotional, intellectual, and physical development of each child. Provides physical care of children and ensures that safety rules are observed. The school aged educator may also support 0-5 programming as needed.

Core Responsibilities and Essential Job Functions:

• Responsible for creating and implementing engaging, age-appropriate educational, recreational, and enrichment activities for school-age children during before and after school programming.
• Promotes the health and safety of all children by following sanitation procedures and universal precautions.
• Monitors the overall health and safety of all program children by observing children upon pick-up from school and throughout the program day.
• Supervises children engaged in play, eating, and sleeping activities.
• Reports any signs of illness, injury, suspected abuse, or neglect to the Site Manager immediately.
• Establishes and maintains positive relationships with parents and guardians through regular communication, collaboration, and involvement in program activities.
• Plans, prepares, and implements engaging, age-appropriate lesson plans and activities that promote children's social, emotional, intellectual, and physical development.
• Maintains a positive, safe, inclusive, and nurturing learning environment that encourages children's independence, leadership, problem-solving, and conflict resolution skills.
• Serves as an in-ratio staff member to ensure DCFS staff-to-child ratio requirements are maintained at all times.
• Responsible, during the school year, for safely picking up program children from local public schools and escorting them to the Brightpoint center while maintaining appropriate supervision and safety procedures.
• Organizes, schedules, and plans educational field trips and completes all required documentation, approvals, and safety procedures.
• Ensures that safety rules are observed and guards against harmful situations on field /trips, walking trips, and on the playground.
• Maintains accurate and up-to-date records, including attendance, incident reports, student progress notes, and other required program documentation.
• Participates in ongoing professional development opportunities to remain current on educational best practices, child development, licensing requirements, and program standards.
• Actively supervises and ensures the safety and wellbeing of all children in the indoor and outdoor environments.
• Adheres to program, licensing, and accreditation standards.
• Maintains confidentiality and exercises good judgment concerning confidential information.
• Reports to work as scheduled and requested.
• This position has the potential for occupational exposure to blood and/or other potentially infectious waste or materials.

Required and Preferred Qualifications and Skills:

• High School Diploma or equivalent required.
• Some college coursework in early childhood education preferred.
• Experience working with children and families strongly preferred.
• Demonstrates ability to effectively interact with children and communicate effectively with children, parents, and staff.
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) required.

Additional Requirements:

• Must be able to lift and carry a minimum of 30 lbs.
• Ability to physically interact with the children through bending, stooping, climbing, running, walking, sitting and rising from the floor, standing, kneeling, and bending from the waist.
• Must be able to lift children, if necessary.

Job details:

• Compensation: Hourly Range $18-$20; offers are commensurate with experience and bilingual candidates may receive additional compensation. The salary range provided represents our current estimate for this role at the time of posting and is subject to change. The final salary will be determined based on a range of factors, including but not limited to, a candidate's relevant experience, education, qualifications, skills, certifications, and alignment with organizational needs. We are dedicated to fair and equitable compensation practices and are committed to fostering a diverse workforce while providing equal opportunities for all candidates.
• Benefits: Medical/dental/vision insurance, 3+ weeks paid time off in the first year including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day (PTO increases with tenure); 11 paid holidays, supplemental insurance options, 401(k) with match (more benefits details here).
• Location: El Hogar Del Niño.
• We don’t just hire talent - we grow it: Emerging Leaders will have access to leadership development opportunities and one-on-one mentorship.
• Schedule: Full-time, hourly; general business hours with some flexibility required for special projects and evening/weekend recruitment events.

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