Youth Development Program Specialist

Position Type:
Community Education/Assistant
Date Posted:
12/6/2023
Location:
Quarryview Education Center
TYPE OF POSITION:
M-F, 7:30 AM-4:00 PM
12-month position
REPORTS TO:
Community Education Director
SUPERVISION:
Kids Connection Facilitators
Qualifications:
3-5 years of school age care program management
3-5 years of special needs inclusion management
3-5 years of youth service program management
POSITION SUMMARY:
Provide leadership in the development, coordination, implementation and evaluation of a comprehensive school age care program.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

• Hire, train, supervise and evaluate school age care site facilitators and inclusion staff.
• Work with site facilitators and inclusion staff to provide the best possible program for school age care students and families.
• Develop individualized, written behavior management strategies (inclusion plans) and train program and support staff on the appropriate implementation of each plan.
• Develop and manage annual budgets for the Kids Connection and Extended Day programs.
• Attend parent meetings as needed to review child's progress.
• Monitor new enrollments and set up intake conferences with parents / guardians of students with special needs.
• See that staff development opportunities on site are provided as needed, including assigning tasks that allow staff to grow in the abilities.
• Approve staffing patterns, including assigned hours for sites.
• Communicate necessary district, department, and program information to staff in a timely and consistent manner including policies and procedures.

RELATED DUTIES:

• Conduct a quality assurance process at each site including the establishment of site goals and sit evaluations.
• Keep abreast of research and trends in the school age care and special needs fields and make recommendations to program design.
• Develop and coordinate the registration process.
• Meet regularly with staff, including site visits.
• Monitor overdue parent accounts and provide support for fee collection in collaboration with the billing secretary and site facilitator.
• Follow and implement State of Minnesota and Minnesota Department of Education requirements for development and implementation of youth service programming.

PHYSICAL FACTORS:

• Frequent: walking, standing, sitting, hearing, talking, and seeing

All Employees of Saint Cloud School District 742 are responsible to support District goals, to work collaboratively and respectfully with diverse populations of staff, students and parents and to model and promote a welcoming working and learning environment. Employees are expected to support and adapt to change and to demonstrate commitment to continuous performance improvement. Employees are responsible to establish and maintain effective communication with students, teachers, support staff, colleagues and parents, respect confidential matters, encourage a safe and secure environment throughout the District, and to be dependable and accountable in the performance of their work.
It is the prerogative of the District to assign staff so as to best meet the needs of the District.